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Does poetry make us human?
Posted 11.12.10
The new book by the author of "Seabiscuit."
Posted 11.10.10
Reading the Bible with Southern Sudanese Christians.
Posted 11.04.10
A critique of the Tea Party's version of American history.
Posted 11.03.10
A timely account of democracy's always messy give-and-take.
Posted 11.02.10
Reading Thomas Browne for Halloween.
Posted 10.29.10
David Ulin's memoirish defense of reading "in a distracted time."
Posted 10.28.10
A new perspective on racial reconciliation in Mississippi.
Posted 10.27.10
The third installment in the adventures of Chet and Bernie
Posted 10.26.10
Recovering the history behind the slogans.
Posted 10.25.10
Did Americans have less freedom after the Revolution?
Posted 10.22.10
A splendid annotated edition of Jane Austen's most famous novel.
Posted 10.20.10
Andrei Codrescu teaches a class, reminisces, howls, and ruminates.
Posted 10.15.10
A diverting ramble on the history of the finger.
Posted 10.13.10
A sprightly mixture of memoir and history of science.
Posted 10.11.10
A new novel by Rick Bass, on fame and its cruel vagaries.
Posted 10.08.10
The pleasures of (re-) reading Barbara Holland.
Posted 10.07.10
Michael Connelly's dark but hopeful world.
Posted 10.06.10
Mary Midgley's tonic against misreading Darwin.
Posted 10.05.10
An intensely personal history of a ubiquitous cell line.
Posted 10.01.10
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