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

Man vs. Mosquito

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday July 7, 2023

Imagined Cuisines

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday June 23, 2023

What Could Be Wurst?

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday June 16, 2023

Why the West Won’t Die

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday June 9, 2023

No-No-Novel

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday June 2, 2023

Lines from the Front

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday May 19, 2023

Losing the Lot

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday May 12, 2023

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