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The book jacket for Chip Colwell's "So Much Stuff: How Humans Discovered Tools, Invented Meaning, and Made More of Everything."

We Are All Hoarders Now

December 1, 2023

Scott McLemee reviews Chip Colwell’s So Much Stuff.

A collection of book jackets for the books discussed in the accompanying review.

Politics and Beyond

November 17, 2023

Scott McLemee looks ahead to university press releases forthcoming this spring. 

The book cover for Jonathan Kramnick's "Criticism and Truth: On Method in Literary Studies."

Is Literary Studies Facing an Extinction Event?

November 3, 2023

Scott McLemee reviews Jonathan Kramnick’s Criticism and Truth: On Method in Literary Studies.

The book cover for Marlena Williams's "Night Mother: A Personal and Cultural History of The Exorcist."

Exorcising ‘The Exorcist’

October 6, 2023

Scott McLemee reviews Marlena Williams’s Night Mother: A Personal and Cultural History of The Exorcist.

Book jacket for Gregg Barak's Criminology on Trump, featuring an illustration of the former president and two others hugging an American flag with cash floating in the background.

True Criminology

September 22, 2023

Scott McLemee reviews Gregg Barak’s Criminology on Trump.

The book cover of Afraid: Understanding the Purpose of Fear and Harnessing the Power of Anxiety, by Arash Javanbakht.

Fear Itself

September 8, 2023

Scott McLemee reviews Arash Javanbakht’s Afraid: Understanding the Purpose of Fear and Harnessing the Power of Anxiety.

Book jackets for eight different books featured in the accompanying review.

World-Wide Weird

August 11, 2023

Scott McLemee looks ahead to some ‘promisingly weird’ books from university presses due out this fall.

Book jacket for Daniel Schreiber's 'Alone: Reflections on Solitary Living.'

Alone, Together

August 4, 2023

Scott McLemee reflects on Daniel Schreiber’s Alone: Reflections on Solitary Living.