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Where Do Reading Lists Come From? (And Why Do We Love Them?)

Where Do Reading Lists Come From? (And Why Do We Love Them?)

William Germano and Kit Nicholls Offer a Brief History of a Familiar Format

By William Germano and Kit Nicholls | October 21, 2020

On Voting: It's Always the Most Important Election of Your Life

On Voting: It's Always the Most Important Election of Your Life

Todd Gitlin Reminds Us of What It Means to Cast a Ballot

By Todd Gitlin | October 21, 2020

Cheap Writing Surfaces and Medieval Bureaucracy Helped Popularize the Alphabet

Cheap Writing Surfaces and Medieval Bureaucracy Helped Popularize the Alphabet

Judith Flanders Explains Why the Alphabet Was Used on a Whim

By Judith Flanders | October 21, 2020

Czesław Miłosz Confronts the Dark and Immutable Order of the World

Czesław Miłosz Confronts the Dark and Immutable Order of the World

From the Russian Empire to the Republic of Letters 

By Czesław Miłosz | October 21, 2020

How Liberal Idealism Has Failed Modern Diplomacy

How Liberal Idealism Has Failed Modern Diplomacy

From the New Books Network's Book of the Day Podcast

By New Books Network | October 21, 2020

Navigating Crisis: On Asian American Solidarity in a Post-Covid America

Navigating Crisis: On Asian American Solidarity in a Post-Covid America

Daniel Tam-Claiborne on Alexander Chee, Jenny Zhang, and Writing Difference Through Dialogue

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What Heidegger's Nazism Means for Modern Philosophy

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