January 2008
Green
Open Letters continues its serialization of Adam Golaski’s innovative translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight with this, the second installment.
Lab v. Library
Jonah Lehrer’s Proust Was a Neuroscientist attempts to reconcile the ageless turf war between the arts and sciences, but, as Lianne Habinek reports, Lehrer’s propositions may leave both sides feelings shortchanged
Gladly Possessed
Joy Division was post-punk at its ecstatic, abrasive best. Peter Law reviews Control, the soundtrack to the documentary that briefly brought the emblematic band back on the stage.
When You See Me, You Know Me
As Steve Donoghue writes, the epitome of what a monarch can be was embodied in the massive form of Henry VIII, and not a year passes without another biographer struggling to tackle the man and his legacy. 2007 was no different….
Catalog Reading
Sam Sacks reviews Michael Dirda’s Classics for Pleasure, an old-fashioned reading guide that wants desperately to believe it hasn’t been made altogether anachronistic by the Internet, that elephant in the corner of the library
I Hope This Hasn’t Hurt You
A poem by Samuel Wharton
The Life of the Tail Gunner
In her new novel Day, A.L. Kennedy places a World War II veteran on the set of a war movie; unfortunately, Joanna Scutts writes, the characters of her book are not much more dimensional than the movie set
Absent Friends:
Between the River and the Mountains
In our regular feature, Steve Donoghue revisits Giovanni Guareschi’s Little World of Don Camillo, an eternally comforting fictional oasis set in the heart of the Cold War
The OLM Quiz!
The Open Letters Quiz throws a foul-mouthed temper tantrum and invites respondents to join in the misery!
“Leap of Faith,” this month’s Cover Photo, was taken by Justin Lowery of Crown Point, Indiana. More of Justin’s work can be found at his flickr gallery as well as his blog.
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