These Truths 
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SOURCE: The Chronicle of Higher Education
11-13-18
Jill Lepore on writing the story of America
In an interview with CHE she talks about the rise and fall of the fact and how women’s intellectual authority is undermined.
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SOURCE: NYT
9-16-18
NYT celebrates Jill Lepore’s new book on the story of America
The Times notes that it’s perfectly timed.
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SOURCE: NYT
9-11-18
Jill Lepore’s new book is … a long, steady view of American History
Just a few years ago, “an old-fashioned civics book” might have sounded like a cure for insomnia; now it sounds like a survival guide.
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