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Our Obsession with Lost Books, And How They Often Disappoint

Our Obsession with Lost Books, And How They Often Disappoint

Tim Wirkus on the Tension Between What is Anticipated and What is Delivered

By Tim Wirkus | January 31, 2018

The Hunter and His Gun: An American Myth That Just Won't Die

The Hunter and His Gun: An American Myth That Just Won't Die

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Barbara Comyns, Outsider Artist

Without a Formal Education, She Produced Gothic Masterworks

By Nathan Scott McNamara | January 24, 2018

Same As It Ever Was: <em>Orientalism</em> Forty Years Later

Same As It Ever Was: Orientalism Forty Years Later

On Edward Said, Othering, and the Depictions of Arabs in America

By Philip Metres | January 23, 2018

Bad Faith Backlash: Arguing Online With Everyone and No One

Bad Faith Backlash: Arguing Online With Everyone and No One

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By M. C. Mah | January 22, 2018

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