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Nonfiction Tainted Glory in Handel’s Messiah: The Unsettling History of the World’s Most Beloved Choral Work Michael Marissen
Nonfiction The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe David I. Kertzer
Nonfiction Defending the City of God: A Medieval Queen, the First Crusades, and the Quest for Peace in Jerusalem Sharan Newman
Nonfiction The Pope’s Last Crusade: How an American Jesuit Helped Pope Pius XI’s Campaign to Stop Hitler Peter Eisner
Nonfiction The Fantastic Laboratory of Dr. Weigl: How Two Brave Scientists Battled Typhus and Sabotaged the Nazis Arthur Allen
Essay Changing Times, Changing Letters, and Moving Forward Earlier this week, Liana Finck wrote about how she discovered A Bintel Brief and shared the history behind the column. Her graphic novel, A Bintel… Liana Finck April 18, 2014
Essay Finding a Story to Tell Earlier this week, Liana Finck shared the history behind the Forward’s Bintel Brief column. Her graphic novel, A Bintel Brief, was published by Ecco. She will be… Liana Finck April 17, 2014
Essay The Beginnings of A Bintel Brief Liana Finck is an emerging graphic novelist. She was a Fulbright Fellow in Brussels in 2009-10 and is a Six Points Fellow in New York. She publishes in The… Liana Finck April 14, 2014
