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The Great Trump Overload The Great Trump Overload

Soon we won’t recall the days before Trump.

May 24, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow

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Will the Millennial Movement Rebuild the Ivory Tower or Be Crushed by It? Will the Millennial Movement Rebuild the Ivory Tower or Be Crushed by It?

School administrators absorb student demands into an increasingly market-oriented system of higher education.

May 23, 2016 / Aviva Chomsky

Portrait of Thomas Jefferson

Stephen O’Connor Dreams of Thomas Jefferson Stephen O’Connor Dreams of Thomas Jefferson

Even as it condemns Jefferson for his immoral conduct, O’Connor’s novel still holds him up as a hero.

May 20, 2016 / Erin Vanderhoof

What Was She Wearing?

What Was She Wearing? What Was She Wearing?

Katherine Cambareri’s photographs remind us: When its survivors are condemned, rape is condoned.

May 19, 2016 / Natalie Pattillo

Reverb

Reverb Reverb

I hate how syntax connects me to shit, or say the day is jeweled and burning, the fires banking, and none of its letters produce the horror at the heart of the index. The old docum…

May 19, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Peter Gizzi

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Letters From the June 6-13, 2016, Issue Letters From the June 6-13, 2016, Issue

The article, unfinished…

May 19, 2016 / Our Readers and Barry Schwabsky

Puzzle No. 3399

Puzzle No. 3399 Puzzle No. 3399

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Davis and Tatum, circling a piano at a great distance (5,5)  6 Swindle results from reverse-engineered computers (4…

May 19, 2016 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

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These lost stars tomorrow will they be there when we wake in our sorrow, is it us so lost in the moment, is it today we look to flower If it were because the time we saw and…

May 19, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Peter Gizzi

Google Earth

Google Earth Google Earth

Google Earth…

May 19, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Peter Gizzi

Benedict Anderson’s View of Nationalism

Benedict Anderson’s View of Nationalism Benedict Anderson’s View of Nationalism

The child of late empire, who transformed the field of area studies, lived a life beyond boundaries.

May 19, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Scott Sherman

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