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'The Work of Literature in an Age of Post-Truth'
Author discusses new book about close reading in the era of Twitter, "fake news" and denigration of the liberal arts.
A Race Against Time to Preserve University Media Collections
Irreplaceable audio and video recordings from the 20th century are languishing in university collections, deteriorating. Can they be saved?
Opinion
A Mind at the End of Its Tether
Whether or not madness seems like the right word for such a state of mind, Barbara K. Lipska's The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind: My Tale of Madness and Recovery is likely to make a certain impression on the reader approaching middle age or well into it, writes Scott McLemee.
Opinion
The Hunger Project
Scott McLemee reviews Alex de Waal's Mass Starvation: The History and Future of Famine.
Making 'The Case for Colonialism,' Anew
Journal article that was withdrawn last year amid intense debate is republished by the National Association of Scholars.
Opinion
Crown of Creation
Scott McLemee reviews Michael Ohl’s The Art of Naming, which explores some of the one million animal species that have been identified.
Should University Presses Cancel Harassers' Book Contracts?
Scholarly publishing organization is considering the issue, amid calls to do more about those who mistreat students and colleagues but appear to go unpunished. Some contracts have been canceled.
Opinion
Anchoring an Argument
Scott McLemee considers Leo R. Chavez's Anchor Babies and The Challenge of Birthright Citizenship, which makes clear how little has been added to the stock of anti-immigrant rhetoric over the past century.