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An Encouraging Nature
Scott McLemee rounds up upcoming university press titles focused on science, medicine and the natural world.
A Studied Ignorance
Scott McLemee reviews Peter Burke’s Ignorance: A Global History.
Evergreen With Envy
Scott McLemee reviews Robert A. Schneider’s The Return of Resentment: The Rise and Decline and Rise Again of a Political Emotion.
Of Hobbitology
Scott McLemee interviews author Robert T. Tally Jr. on J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit: Realizing History Through Fantasy: A Critical Companion.
Driven to Distraction
Scott McLemee reviews Jamie Kreiner’s The Wandering Mind: What Medieval Monks Tell Us About Distraction.
A Book of Books
Scott McLemee reviews Denise Gigante’s Book Madness: A Story of Book Collectors in America.
First-Person Singular
Scott McLemee highlights forthcoming university press books of a more personal nature.
Opinion
Gentrification Matters
Scott McLemee reviews Leslie Kern’s Gentrification Is Inevitable and Other Lies.