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Scott McLemee reviews Anthony Bonato's Limitless Minds: Interviews With Mathematicians.
Bon Appé-Lit!
New cookbook from the Modern Language Association celebrates the subtle and not-so-subtle links between literature, food and drink.
‘The Resilience of Religion in American Higher Education’
Authors discuss new book about the diversity and strength of religion in academe -- as well as some of the tensions.
Blowback Against a Hoax
Author of a recent academic scam faces disciplinary action by Portland State, for failing to alert his research review board before hoodwinking journal editors with outrageous articles. Many say he's guilty of bad form, but did he commit misconduct?
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‘Diploma Mill’
Scott McLemee reviews Diploma Mill: The Rise and Fall of Dr. John Buchanan and the Eclectic Medical College of Pennsylvania by David Alan Johnson.
‘Why They Can’t Write’
Author discusses his new book about “killing the five-paragraph essay” and other ways schools and colleges could do a better job of teaching writing.
Let's Do the Time Warp Again
As we approach the new year, Scott McLemee gives a preview of some of the new books coming out in 2019.
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Manson Family Values
Scott McLemee reviews Jeffrey Melnick's Creepy Crawling: Charles Manson and the Many Lives of America's Most Infamous Family.