Monthly Archives: November 2007

‘Will You Die Soon?’

Posted on November 11, 2007 by Luke Ford

At American Jewish University’s Celebration of Jewish Books Sunday, I catch lectures by Gina Nahai, Ellen Feldman and Judith Viorst. Viorst talks about her son and daughter-in-law moving in for three months with their three kids. One of the kids … Continue reading →

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The Humble Little Condom

Posted on November 11, 2007 by Luke Ford

From the New York Times: …If this were ancient Rome, you might find yourself wearing a fur condom made from the mane of a she-mule. In the Islamic world around the turn of the first millennium, your device might have … Continue reading →

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Football Books

Posted on November 11, 2007 by Luke Ford

Whever I’ve passionate about something, from football to sex, I read a heap of books on the topic. From the New York Times: About 15 years ago, pro football lost me, and therefore I am out of step with millions … Continue reading →

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Subcontinental Drift

Posted on November 11, 2007 by Luke Ford

Walter Kirn writes in the New York Times: Paul Theroux is the thinking person’s James Michener, a globe-hopping chronicler of distant lands whose stories, some reported, some invented, aim to inform and broaden, not merely engage, and permit the armchair … Continue reading →

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‘Shalom Auslander is my failure’

Posted on November 11, 2007 by Luke Ford

Rabbi Moshe Rosenberg writes: A review of Shalom Auslander’s new memoir caught my eye — was this author the curly-haired boy who had been my ninth-grade student at Yeshiva University High School? Reading the review confirmed, first, that it was … Continue reading →

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