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Cal & Liz & Ted & Sylvia

The corresponding prose of midcentury poets

The corresponding prose of midcentury poets

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A Passion for Architecture

Nuggets from a critical gold mine

Nuggets from a critical gold mine

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Let Me Count the Ways

Are we getting more obsessive or more compulsive about diagnosing?

Are we getting more obsessive or more compulsive about diagnosing?

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Lucid Madness

A massacre of Apache women and children, and the difficulties of telling their story

A massacre of Apache women and children, and the difficulties of telling their story

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Of Time and the Camera

An art critic and historian turns his attention to contemporary photography

An art critic and historian turns his attention to contemporary photography

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Immortality Gained

John Milton was not only a great poet, but also a great defender of liberty

John Milton was not only a great poet, but also a great defender of liberty

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Copyright Wrongs

When technology makes an illegal act easy, should the law make that act legal?

When technology makes an illegal act easy, should the law make that act legal?

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How Special a Relationship?

Whether T.R. needed Edward VII to establish the United States as a world power

Whether T.R. needed Edward VII to establish the United States as a world power

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Potted History

Learning more about slave life in South Carolina from a legendary potter-poet

Learning more about slave life in South Carolina from a legendary potter-poet

Old Christ Church in Alexandria. Virginia, attended by General Robert E. Lee in his youth and pictured here in 1911 (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign/Wikimedia Commons)

Divided Providence

Faith’s pivotal role in the outcome of the Civil War

Faith’s pivotal role in the outcome of the Civil War

Ideology as Anatomy

How shifting ideas about women’s bodies have affected their lives

How shifting ideas about women’s bodies have affected their lives

Island Royalty

A new biography of a Caribbean revolutionary

A new biography of a Caribbean revolutionary

The Creator’s Code

Are humans alone in their ability to make art?

Are humans alone in their ability to make art?

All Talk

Ease of communication will not save us

Ease of communication will not save us

Barbarity at the Bataclan

A chilling account of darkness in the City of Light

A chilling account of darkness in the City of Light

Heart of Semi-Darkness

A writer’s delectable quest for rare flavors

A writer’s delectable quest for rare flavors

Masters of Horror and Magic

The German folklorists who helped build a nation

The German folklorists who helped build a nation

For Want of Touch

The astonishing breadth of our passions

The astonishing breadth of our passions

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