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Review: Allen Callahan on “God’s Ghostwriters”
Writing down and reading out the literature of the Roman Empire was work. Moss shows that the essential workers of ancient literature were frequently…
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Review: Anthony Domestico on J. Robert Lennon
A new mystery from a writer who often refuses to finish the narrative puzzles he sets up and can be more interested in clues than their solutions
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Review: Anakana Schofield on Zito Madu
"Literature is a good sorting office," writes Anakana Schofield about the bracingly original way this new memoir confronts and absorbs the pain and…
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Notebook: (1) Prison Writing, Prison Reading
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Notebook: 1. Isn’t it romantic?
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Notebook: (1) Sensitivity
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Diary: Jamaica Kincaid, A Letter to Robinson Crusoe
Diary: Abby Rosebrock, Playwriting as Labor and Literature
Notebook: Unevenly Distributed
by Ann Kjellberg, editor  In a week with news in the usually hidden world of book distribution, we take a look inside how it works and what it means
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Review: David Alff on road ecology
The word “crossing” refers both to the act of meeting another’s path and the place where that happens. In our vehicularized modernity, crossings have…
Diary: Sumana Roy, Do Trees Laugh?
A recent discovery that plants "cry" when harmed reminds the author of a pioneering mid-century researcher into vegetal feelings
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Review: Julia Preston on an epic account of Central American immigration
A new book considers the consequences that US foreign policy in three small countries has had on immigration and social dynamics here
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Notebook: (2) Mr. Smith and Goliath
by Ann Kjellberg, editor.  How long can the internet remain a repository of trustworhy information and ideas? What would it take to keep them there?
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Notebook: (1) Mr. Smith and Goliath
by Ann Kjellberg, editor. On a recent rash of Supreme Court arguments, FTC and DOJ cases, European regulations, and more affecting speech and expression…
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Review: Brian Fagan on the Taste and Ecology of Water
A new book from a specialist in sensory perception and the manufacturing of drinking water, a seemingly minor issue that is of fundamental importance
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