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The Call is Coming From Inside the House: On Fighting Disinformation

Nina Jankowicz Recommends Books to Help Us Battle Fake News

 
By Nina Jankowicz  October 28, 2021

Here are October’s Best Reviewed Science, Technology, and Nature Books

George Orwell’s Roses, Jane Goodall’s Chimps, Rowan Jacobsen’s Truffle Hounds, and More

 
By Book Marks  October 28, 2021

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

On New Works by Gary Shteyngart, Mary Gaitskill, Paul Auster, and more

 
By Book Marks  October 28, 2021

Why is Baseball the Most Literary of Sports?

Lincoln Michel Goes Deep Into the Prose of America’s Pastime

 
By Lincoln Michel  October 28, 2021

What’s Missing Here? A Fragmentary, Lyric Essay About Fragmentary, Lyric Essays

Julie Marie Wade on the Mode That Never Quite Feels Finished

 
By Julie Marie Wade  October 28, 2021

How the Potter Josiah Wedgwood Created an Iconic Abolitionist Medallion

Tristram Hunt on the Union of Moral Passion and Commercial Acumen

 
By Tristram Hunt  October 28, 2021
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