Wes in the News

In The San Francisco Chronicle, President Michael S. Roth reviews Ken Gormley’s new book, The Death of American Virtue: Clinton vs. Starr. Roth says that while the book comes in at 789 pages, “it’s a great read that reveals the core dynamics of historical events that influence (and plague) American political life to this day.”

Wesleyan President Michael S. Roth reviews The Battle for America 2008 by Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson. The book chronicles the two years leading up to the 2008 U.S. Presidential election, with heavy emphasis on the candidacies of Hillary Clinton, John McCain and Barack Obama.

Wesleyan President Michael S. Roth reviews Michael Schama’s new book The American Future, which Roth says is powerful and offers “promising vistas.”

The San Francisco Chronicle has published Wesleyan President Michael S. Roth’s review of Geoffrey Nunberg’s The Years of Talking Dangerously. The book is a “new collection of essays and commentaries explores how we have attempted to combine, divide or dismiss parts of the world simply by talking about them.”

Wesleyan President Michael S. Roth reviews the book A Human Eye: Essays on Art in Society, 1997-2008 by Adrienne Rich in The San Francisco Chronicle. The book, a collection of essays and book reviews written by Rich during the last 12 years, displays Rich’s on-going dialogue on art, politics and social justice.