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Bookshelf and Self
Are there rules for what titles you are permitted to keep on your shelves? Scott McLemee thinks it's all rule of thumb.
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Zombie Nation
Cannibalism and human depravity? Dante would have loved it. Scott McLemee interviews a religious scholar about our fascination with the living dead.
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Objection!
There is more to Richard Posner's book on public intellectuals than the Top 100 list. Scott McLemee revisits it....
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Blue Skies Ahead?
Historians think Hurricane Katrina may have been a turning point for America. Scott McLemee isn't swept away....
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The New York Review of (Little Red) Books
How many degrees are there separating Stanley Fish, Tom Cruise, and Maoist revolution? Scott McLemee finds out....
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Ballad of the Borderland
Before globalization hit the headlines, Américo Paredes was living it. Scott McLemee interviews the leading Paredes scholar for an IHE podcast.
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Hillary-ious
A new book looks at media bias in coverage of women running for president. Scott McLemee considers the talking points.
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The Hopped-Up Conference Hopper
Bleary from academic gabfests, drugged with prescription narcotics... Scott McLemee wonders how Hunter S. Thompson ever managed.