Recent Articles from The Review
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The Unabomber's Pen Pal
The philosopher David F. Skrbina doesn't endorse Ted Kaczynski's violence. But he says some of the notorious anti-technologist's ideas are valid.
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Is America Philosophical?
In Socratic terms? Maybe not. In any other terms? You bet.
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Crony Capitalism for Intellectuals
Unexamined biases may keep economists from warning the public about financial risks.
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A Storied Discipline
How Oliver La Farge's fiction and the South Pacific islands lured a Vietnam soldier into anthropology.
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Spies, Shtarkers, and Sex Gods: Film's New Jews
Both grotesque anti-Semitic stereotypes and bland assimilationist mensches of yesteryear have been transmuted into multilayered, vivid characters, a new book argues.
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Monday's Poem: 'Birds Without Glasses,' by Barbara Maloutas
A perceptive work about perception, with notes by The Chronicle’s poetry blogger, Lisa Russ Spaar.
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New Scholarly Books
Descriptions of the latest books, divided by category.
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The Epic, Secret Struggle to Educate Iran's Bahais
A persecuted population, against all odds, has created and sustained its own institute.
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Is Death Bad for You?
It sure seems like it, but ...
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From Icky to Etsy, Victorian Craft Lives On
Marginal tangibles reflect the tangibly marginal aspects of life in a baffling, modern age.
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Portnoy's Enduring Complaint
A world dizzy with lust and disgust, irony and rage. Such were the literary epiphanies boomers found in Roth.
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Monday's Poem: 'After the Angelectomy,' by Alice Fulton
Imagine being stripped of the electric mystery of messages from the unknown. With notes from poetry blogger Lisa Russ Spaar.
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New Scholarly Books
Descriptions of the latest books, divided by category.
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Book Angst
Critics admit that their most well-known works aren't always their favorites.
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Awful Job, Great Entertainment
From human grizzly-bear bait to "Deadliest Catch," hazardous occupations have always fascinated Americans. Why?
