An essay on the death of a bear, from Kingfisher Days, my nature book in progress, in Chapter 16, published by Humanities Tennessee.

An essay about how the cultural history of the body reflects its natural history, requested by New Statesman in London when Adam’s Navel was published in England.

A review in the Washington Post Book World, the cover story of the 2009 Christmas issue, of two new biographies of Samuel Johnson.

A review in the Los Angeles Times of Jo Marchant’s science history book Decoding the Heavens.

A review in the Los Angeles Times of Yasmina Reza’s novel Adam Haberberg.

A review in the Washington Post of Stephen Asma’s nonfiction book On Monsters.

A review in the Washington Post of two annotated editions of The Wind in the Willows.

A review in the Los Angeles Times of Susan Tyler Hitchcock’s book Frankenstein: A Cultural History.

A review in the Washington Post of two new books about Arthur Conan Doyle.

A review in the Washington Post of Justin Marozzi’s history-minded travel book The Way of Herodotus.

A review in the Washington Post of David Small’s graphic novel Stitches.