Ed Simon on Grifters, the Chicago World Fair, and Oz as Symbol of a Modern USA
From Peter Kuper’s Illustrated Natural History, “Insectopolis”
David Renton Rereads Lewis and Roth in a New Era of Authoritarianism
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Padraic X. Scanlan on Jonathan Swift, Colonization, and Dispossession
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