The Page 99 Test

"Open the book to page ninety-nine and read, and the quality of the whole will be revealed to you." --Ford Madox Ford

Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Aila M. Matanock's "Electing Peace"

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Aila M. Matanock is an assistant professor of political science at the University of California, Berkeley. She applied the “ Page 99 Test...
Monday, January 29, 2018

Andrew Elfenbein's "The Gist of Reading"

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Andrew Elfenbein is Professor of English at the University of Minnesota. He applied the “ Page 99 Test ” to his new book, The Gist of Rea...
Saturday, January 27, 2018

Josephine Quinn's "In Search of the Phoenicians"

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Josephine Quinn is associate professor of ancient history at the University of Oxford and a fellow of Worcester College. She is the coedito...
Thursday, January 25, 2018

John Pemble's "The Rome We Have Lost"

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John Pemble has been attached to the University of Bristol since 1977, where he is currently Senior Research Fellow. He has published a wid...
Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Laurie Gwen Shapiro's "The Stowaway"

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Laurie Gwen Shapiro has most recently written articles for publications including The New Yorker , New York Magazine , The Daily Beast , Sl...
Monday, January 22, 2018

Lynne Vallone's "Big and Small"

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Lynne Vallone is professor of English and childhood studies at Rutgers University. She has written and co-edited several books, including B...
Saturday, January 20, 2018

Michael J. Ryan's "A Taste for the Beautiful"

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Michael J. Ryan is the Clark Hubbs Regents Professor in Zoology at the University of Texas and a Senior Research Associate at the Smithsoni...
Thursday, January 18, 2018

Kenny Fries's "In the Province of the Gods"

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Kenny Fries is the author, most recently, of In the Province of the Gods , which received the Creative Capital literature grant. He is the ...
Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Catherine Reef's "Victoria: Portrait of a Queen"

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Catherine Reef is the author of more than 40 nonfiction books, including Noah Webster: Man of Many Words , Frida & Diego: Art, Love,...
Sunday, January 14, 2018

C.J. Janovy's "No Place Like Home"

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C. J. Janovy is an arts reporter and editor for KCUR (Public Radio Kansas City, MO) and former editor of The Pitch . She applied the “ Pa...
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