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The Hatred of Podcasting

Brace Belden

Talking has finished off writing

Speak and Sell

Sophie Pinkham

Ms. Rachel and the disappearing world of books

We Used to Read Things in This Country

Noah McCormack

The history of literacy is the history of class

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A Painter of Landscapes

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Nationalism and the sublime in the work of José María Velasco.

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Democratic Minimalism

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Shadi Hamid’s America without alternatives.

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Masks Off

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These crude, crappy masks were a mirror, reflecting nothing.

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December 3

Masks Off

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These crude, crappy masks were a mirror, reflecting nothing.

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I Love Rent

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Chris Kraus and the aesthetics of the landlord

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Ready for War

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Is Nick Fuentes the successor to Charlie Kirk?

November 26

Mommy Dearest

Alana Pockros

Mary Bronstein’s feminist psychological thriller

November 25

The Family Loan

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Student debt demands a reckoning

November 20

A Philosopher After All

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Can imagination grant privileged access to truth?

November 19

That’s All, Volks!

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The rise, fall, and rise again of right-wing separatism

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Jessie & Lady Jesus

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“I never heard any angels. I never heard the voice of God.”

November 21

Crutches

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Give me the worst dog available.

November 7

Three Moral Tales

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If things like this don’t make you happy, life can be painful.

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