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

Monday, March 30, 2026

Megan Kate Nelson's "The Westerners"

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Born and raised in Colorado, Megan Kate Nelson is a writer and historian now based in Boston, Massachusetts. She has written about US weste...
Sunday, March 29, 2026

Charlotte Brooks's "The Moys of New York and Shanghai"

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Charlotte Brooks is a historian and author who has published widely on Asian American history, especially Chinese American and Chinese dias...
Friday, March 27, 2026

Eli Hirsch's "Selves in Doubt"

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Eli Hirsch is Professor of Philosophy at Brandeis University. He has published widely on metaphysics and epistemology. His books include Qu...
Thursday, March 26, 2026

Atilla Hallsby's "Sovereign, Settler, Leaker, Lie"

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Atilla Hallsby is Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Communication Studies at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. He is the author o...
Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Susan Engel's "American Kindergarten"

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Susan Engel is the Class of 1959 Director of the Program in Teaching and a senior lecturer in psychology at Williams College. She is the au...
Sunday, March 22, 2026

Japonica Brown-Saracino's "The Death and Life of Gentrification"

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Japonica Brown-Saracino is a regular commentator for major news organizations such as CNN, The New York Times , and The Atlantic , and is t...
Saturday, March 21, 2026

David Igler' "All Species of Knowledge"

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David Igler is Professor of History at the University of California, Irvine. His books include The Great Ocean: Pacific Worlds from Captain...
Friday, March 20, 2026

Matthew Avery Sutton's "Chosen Land"

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Matthew Avery Sutton is the Claudius O. and Mary Johnson Distinguished Professor and department chair in history at Washington State Univer...
Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Frances Courtney Kneupper's "Prophecy and the Battle for Spiritual Authority, 1360–1400"

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Frances Courtney Kneupper is an Associate Professor of History at The University of Mississippi. She has spent her scholarly career focused...
Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Garrett Peck's "The Bright Edges of the World"

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Garrett Peck is an author, historian, and tour guide in Santa Fe, specializing in adventure travel and historic and cultural interpretation...
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