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Jennifer Egan, Andrew Sean Greer, Elif Batuman — the literary world is awash in sequels. Why?   ... more »

The ghost of Cecil Chesterton. G.K. couldn't escape the influence of his younger brother, by all accounts a stinker... more »

Isolation, loneliness, and a “friendship recession.” Robert Putnam was right to worry about the decline of social community …