“The Prophet Motive” by John Lamont, in First Things, April 2010.
“Rush Hour for the Gods” by William Dalrymple, in The National Interest, May–June 2010.
“Breeding Cassava” by Nagib Nassar and Rodomiro Ortiz, in Scientific American, May 2010.
“Open Sesame” by the editors of Nature and “U.S. Seeks to Make Science Free for All” by Declan Butler, in Nature, April 9, 2010.
“The Art Is Alive” by Emily Voigt, in Isotope, Fall–Winter 2009.
“Loving Strokes” by James Fenton, in Times Literary Supplement, April 9, 2010.
“Unapproachable Light” by Dimiter Kenarov, in Virginia Quarterly Review, Spring 2010.
BOOKS AS WEAPONS:
Propaganda, Publishing, and the Battle for Global Markets in the Era of World War II.
By John B. Hench.
Cornell Univ. Press. 333 pp. $35
“Political Institutions and Foreign Debt in the Developing World” by Thomas Oatley, in International Studies Quarterly, March 2010.
PUBLIC PRODUCE:
The New Urban Agriculture.
By Darrin Nordahl.
Island Press. 177 pp. $30