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Seven years ago, Iraq's libraries went up in smoke. Scott McLemee looks at a history of book destruction.
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On the Road
A university exhibit and a new book look at David Foster Wallace's life and work. Scott McLemee visits the relics...
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The Notebook
Is it a tool, a literary genre, or a nervous tic? Scott McLemee jots down some thoughts.
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Under the Influence
Otto Weininger's writings were bizarre, unoriginal and morbid. So why are they classics?
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Scholarship or Sacrilege?
The decision to honor a work in religious studies has provoked controversy. Scott McLemee meditates on the protest.
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The American Jitters
A recent book on Depression-era culture is both lively and all too timely. Scott McLemee interviews its author.
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People of the Book
The Jewish Review of Books has been launched. Scott McLemee gets all verklempt.
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Andy Warhol, Then and Now
Was the artist actually a great philosopher -- or Norman Rockwell's aesthetic heir? Scott McLemee goes Pop.