Julia M. Klein

Julia M. Klein is a cultural reporter and critic in Philadelphia and a contributing editor at Columbia Journalism Review.

Letters Letters

Those were the days; it's not mutual; the school-to-prayer pipeline; bad good guys; Julia M. Klein replies…  

Feb 11, 2015 / Letters / Our Readers and Julia M. Klein

Less Is More

Less Is More Less Is More

The dense details in Berlin’s memorial museums overwhelm the stories they try to tell.

Jan 14, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Julia M. Klein

Strange History

Strange History Strange History

John Lahr’s biography of Tennessee William gets mired down in psychoanalysis.

Oct 28, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Julia M. Klein

‘Think of Me With Joy’

‘Think of Me With Joy’ ‘Think of Me With Joy’

The worlds of Sholem Aleichem.

Jan 22, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Julia M. Klein

An Organized Jumble

An Organized Jumble An Organized Jumble

For all its postmodern flair, the revamped Benjamin Franklin Museum is surprisingly traditional and constrained.

Oct 16, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Julia M. Klein

Unreal Choices: On The Feminine Mystique

Unreal Choices: On The Feminine Mystique Unreal Choices: On The Feminine Mystique

For Betty Friedan, feminism was humanism: a question of growth, maturation and identity.

Mar 20, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Julia M. Klein

A Sex of One’s Own A Sex of One’s Own

Nature versus nurture was always too simple a formulation. Now, we ask: Is it chance, choice, family, culture, hormones or genes that determine who we are and whom we love?

Nov 14, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Julia M. Klein

A Noodler’s Chicken Soup A Noodler’s Chicken Soup

On self-help books.

Feb 23, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Julia M. Klein

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