Matt Lamb

One of the perplexing pleasures of reading Lamb is related to the difficulty of trying to get a read on him, to know what his jokes and ironies are meant to be countenancing or dis...

Scholars have long noted that comments by the author or editor, often referred to as “narrative asides” or “parentheses,” are frequent in the Fourth Gospel. The Function of Narrati...

Carey McWilliam'sNorth From Mexico, first published in 1949, is a classic survey of Chicano history that continues to have a major influence on studies of the Mexican-American expe...