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The Melville We Need, and More
Moby-Dick had been out of print for decades when Melville died.
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The History of the Chapter, and More
It dates to 13th-century narrative units in the Gospels, before the separation of sentences and even of words.
Reassessing Georg Lukács, and More
Expurgate Bolshevik themes and some long-outdated Marxist concepts, for starters.
Madeline Kripke’s Dictionaries, and More
The jargon of 17th-century London, the slang of 1960s teens — if you can imagine it, it’s in Madeline Kripke’s dictionary collection.
The Liberal’s Dilemma, and More
Are they suffering from their own success, or from the fact that liberalism has never been tried?
The Philip Roth Festival, and More
Three days of “Rothdom” — a Newark festival dedicated to Philip Roth — spur a thought: His creative, licentious force is best consumed alone... more »…
Psychedelics and Psychosis, and More
In the 1960s, scientists believed in a connection between psychedelics and psychosis. Is there anything to that?
Taylor Lorenz, George Packer, and More
Beginning in the 13th century, a new paradigm of measurement and mathematics built the modern world... more » “To be a writer today is to make yourself…
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