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Why Literature and Pop Culture Still Can't Get the Midwest Right

Why Literature and Pop Culture Still Can't Get the Midwest Right

On Representations of a Region That Has Never Truly Known Itself

By Amanda Arnold | March 27, 2017

Dark Money by Jane Mayer

Dark Money by Jane Mayer

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On the History of Faith-Based Rehabilitation Alternatives

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On Nazis, Despair, and the Genius of Si Lewen

By Anthony Audi | March 22, 2017

How a Dictionary Got Into the Marriage Equality Debate

How a Dictionary Got Into the Marriage Equality Debate

And Why Lexicography­ Matters—Sometimes Too Much

By Kory Stamper | March 22, 2017

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Writers Respond to Defunding the NEA and NEH

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