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A Gladiator of Letters
The Savage Detectives and 2666 make literature feel like a matter of life and death. Scott McLemee interviews a prominent Bolaño-logist.
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To the Extreme
Cornel West was in The Matrix, but cultural politics isn't a video game. Scott McLemee responds to the continuing discussion.
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Decline of the West
Cornel West's latest book is a memoir. Scott McLemee thinks it marks the end of the line.
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'The Cusp of Every Bibliomaniac's Dream'
It is possible that I have too many books. There, I said it. (That felt weird.) Heading off to visit...
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Palintology
A celebrity so big that party politics can't hold her. Scott McLemee takes a look at Going Rouge.
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And Now For Something Completely Different
40 years ago, Monty Python brought deconstruction to the telly. Scott McLemee looks on the bright side of life.
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The Public Option
Can scholarship in the humanities be done outside the ivory tower? Scott McLemee goes to Iowa to find out...
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New Civil Rights Movement
Tens of thousands of people demonstrated at the US Capitol on Sunday to demand LGBT equality. Scott McLemee thinks while marching...