- “‘Fly Girls’ Gives a Hand, Not a Swat, to Historic Aviators” Review of Keith O’Brien, Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History). St. Louis Post-Dispatch (August 12, 2018).
- “Midwest Folktales Hold an Element of Truth, Writer Says” (Review of Edward McClelland, Folktales and Legends of the Middle West). St. Louis Post-Dispatch (June 30, 2018).
- “Invitation to a Bonfire Weaves Nabokov-Inspired Tale of Heart’s Revolutions” (Review of Adrienne Celt, Invitation to a Bonfire). St. Louis Post-Dispatch (June 10, 2018).
- “Sure About That? Klosterman Explores Our Changing Knowledge” (Review of Chuck Klosterman, But What If We’re Wrong?). St. Louis Post-Dispatch (June 12, 2016).
- “Rolling Stones, Town of Woodstock Hit High Notes in New Books” (Review of Rich Cohen, The Sun & the Moon & the Rolling Stones, and Barney Hoskyns, Small Town Talk: Bob Dylan, The Band, Van Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, & Friends at Woodstock). St. Louis Post-Dispatch (May 5, 2016).
- “Twain at Home and Abroad” (Review of Richard Zacks, Chasing the Last Laugh: Mark Twain’s Raucous and Redemptive Round-the-World Comedy Tour). St. Louis Post-Dispatch (April 24, 2016).
- “Saints Preserve Us” (Review of Sally J. Cornelison, Art and the Relic Cult of St. Antoninus in Renaissance Florence).
- “Picture This” (Review of Eric T. Sandweiss, The Day in Its Color: Charles Cushman’s Photographic Journey Through a Vanishing America). Jung Journal: Culture & Psyche 7:3 (2013).
- “UMSL Professor Provides Best of Kazin” (Review of Richard M. Cook, ed., Alfred Kazin’s Journals). St. Louis Post-Dispatch (July 31, 2011).
- “Four New Books Feature Faculty Research”. Washington University School of Law Magazine (Fall 2009).
- “They Remember When Gaslight Square Was the Hippest Place in Town” (Review of Thomas Crone, Gaslight Square: An Oral History). St. Louis Post-Dispatch (December 5, 2004).
- “Siblings Offer Different Takes on the Natural World” (Review of Bil Gilbert, Natural Coincidence: The Trip from Kalamazoo and Sue Hubbell, From Here to There and Back Again). St. Louis Post-Dispatch (September 12, 2004).
- “Boone Book Sings the Triumphs of a Man, Yes, a Big Man” (Review of Michael A. Lofaro, Daniel Boone: An American Life). St. Louis Post-Dispatch (December 7, 2003).
- Review of Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections. Gateway Heritage (Winter 2001-2).
- “WPA Guide Shows Missouri before the Interstates” (Review of Missouri: The WPA Guide to the ‘Show Me’ State). The Midwest Motorist (May/June 1998).
- “WPA Guide Takes Missouri on the Road”. Missouri Library World (Spring 1998)
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