books

The Ringwraiths

The Lord, and the Rings

By Paul W. Morris | January 12, 2002

Can Hollywood answer the perennial question: Who was Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings?

"Morning's Glory," by Heather Longprè

The Unbearable Lightness of Seeking

By Cornel Bonca | April 30, 2001

In Allegra Goodman’s new novel, a hair-to-her-hips camp counselor gets religion, but never really gets it.

This Members of the Moors, a Negro religious group of Chicago, Illinois. By Russell Lee

Old-Timey Timebomb

By Jeff Sharlet | February 1, 2001

Michael Lesy’s Long Time Coming is a coffee table book that ticks.