Benjamin Moser’s biography of Clarice Lispector, Why This World, will be published in summer 2009. He lives in the Netherlands. (August 2008)
April 6, 2006: Pioneers
On Afric's Shore: A History of Maryland in Liberia, 1834–1857 by Richard L. Hall
July 14, 2005: Small Wonder
Carel Fabritius 1622–1654 Young Master Painter
Carel Fabritius 1622–1654 by Frederik J. Duparc, with contributions by Gero Seelig and Ariane van Suchteren
November 18, 2004: Eckhout in Brazil (letter)
November 4, 2004: Start Spreading the News
Holland Mania: The Unknown Dutch Period in American Art and Culture by Annette Stott
The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America by Russell Shorto
August 12, 2004: Dutch Treat
Discovering Brazil with Albert Eckhout
Albert Eckhout: A Dutch Artist in Brazil catalog of the exhibition edited by Quentin Buvelot
May 27, 2004: Saboteur in Texas
Sin Killer by Larry McMurtry
The Wandering Hill by Larry McMurtry
By Sorrow's River by Larry McMurtry
Folly and Glory by Larry McMurtry
January 15, 2004: Culture & the Market (letter)