Stephanie Bastek

Stephanie Bastek is the senior editor of the Scholar and the producer/host of the Smarty Pants podcast.

A Victorian Mystery No More

By Stephanie Bastek | Monday September 7, 2015

Latest Readings

A brief excerpt from Clive James’s new collection of essays

By Stephanie Bastek | Tuesday September 1, 2015

Pedigree

A brief excerpt from Nobel prizewinner Patrick Modiano’s memoir

By Stephanie Bastek | Tuesday August 25, 2015

Mindware

A brief excerpt from Richard E. Nisbett’s new book

By Stephanie Bastek | Thursday August 20, 2015

The Phi Beta Kappa Awards Short List

Fifteen books are in the running for three $10,000 awards

By Stephanie Bastek | Wednesday August 19, 2015

The Meaning of the Library

A brief excerpt from a new collection of essays, edited by Alice Crawford

By Stephanie Bastek | Thursday August 6, 2015

Ahead of the Curve?

By Stephanie Bastek | Monday June 8, 2015

Doomed to Re-Tweet It

By Stephanie Bastek | Wednesday March 4, 2015

The Root Cause

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday March 14, 2025

Something New in the West

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday February 28, 2025

Family/History

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday February 14, 2025

Keepers of the Old Ways

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday January 17, 2025

The Snow Maiden

By Stephanie Bastek | Monday December 30, 2024

Ho Ho Horror

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday December 27, 2024

Kinship and Contradictions

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday December 13, 2024

Overconsumed

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday November 29, 2024

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