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A Taste for Language
An academic autobiography that's not at all self-centered? Scott McLemee looks into an interesting composition.
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Critique of Impure Reason
All hail the scholarship of Jean-Baptiste Botul! Scott McLemee looks into a case of philosophical fact-checking.
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In the American Grain
Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States, died last week. Scott McLemee salutes a voice of dissent.
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'Economy of Attention'
It is not only people living on islands who count as insular -- etymology notwithstanding. Consider a recent piece by...
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Meatball Surgery of the Mind
The psychiatric emergency room is where people have the worst day of their lives. Scott McLemee recommends a gripping memoir.
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Love and Death in Indiana
A black, gay professor is murdered in cold blood in Bloomington. Scott McLemee looks into a hate crime.
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The First of the Year
An unusual cultural journal has reinvented itself, both online and in print. Scott McLemee looks into its latest anthology.
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The Task of the Critic
A new book presents literary theorist Terry Eagleton in conversation. Scott McLemee eavesdrops with enthusiasm.