Stephanie Bastek

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

American Modernism’s Lost Boy-King

The late, great Paul Auster on Stephen Crane

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday May 3, 2024

Let Us Compare Mythologies

Exploding the Canon, Episode 4

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday April 26, 2024

Interlude: The Idea of “The West”

A brief look at a grand narrative

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday April 19, 2024

The Spirit of ’68

Exploding the Canon, Episode 3

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday April 12, 2024

Reedies Against Racism

Exploding the Canon, Episode 2

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday April 5, 2024

Sing, Muse

Exploding the Canon, Episode 1

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday March 29, 2024

Dancing the Imperial Twist

Julian Saporiti on mixing music with history as No-No Boy

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday August 4, 2023

Dying for Fashion

Dana Thomas on how our hunger for new clothes damages the environment and exploits workers

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday July 28, 2023

On the Line

Karen Pinchin on what tuna reveal about the fate of our oceans

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday July 21, 2023

Of Panic and Paranoia

Colin Dickey on the enduring power of secret societies and conspiracy theories

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday July 14, 2023

For Peat’s Sake

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday October 16, 2026

Dawn of the Brain-Dead

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday October 2, 2026

The Extreme Path

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday September 18, 2026

Call It Macaroni

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday September 4, 2026

Blades of Grass

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday August 21, 2026

The Translator Stuck

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday August 7, 2026

Riot Girls

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday July 24, 2026

To the Manor Born

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday July 10, 2026

The Geek Squad

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday June 12, 2026

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