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Publishing IndustryJanuary 30, 2023
Remembering the “Placatory and Principled” Victor Navasky
Colleagues pay tribute to the former editor and publisher of The Nation.
Elizabeth Pochoda, Calvin Trillin and Richard Lingeman
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Cultural Criticism and AnalysisJuly 19, 2019
Philip Roth’s Great American Estate Sale
The bidding is sparse, but the late author’s modest effects are revealing.
Elizabeth Pochoda
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CultureNovember 2, 2018
The Public’s Mobile Unit Restores the Mission of Theater
A Midwestern tour of Sweat, staged in community spaces, invites its audience into the play.
Elizabeth Pochoda
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CultureSeptember 17, 2018
What the Black Dolls Say
These rare survivors of early African-American art can illuminate much about our difficult history.
Elizabeth Pochoda
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ActivismAugust 15, 2018
Mourning the Violence of Its Past, Oklahoma City Is Moving Forward
An innovative civic-education organization is inspiring students of a once-progressive state.
Elizabeth Pochoda
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CultureJune 28, 2018
Rethinking Cultural Currents of the South
Two new projects remind us of the cultural potency of the region.
Elizabeth Pochoda
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CultureMay 25, 2018
Remembering Philip Roth, 1933–2018
The late writer specialized in answering low blows with high spirits.
Elizabeth Pochoda
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Nation HistoryMarch 23, 2015
How to Lose Friends and Influence People
…and other tales from the “back of the book.”
Elizabeth Pochoda
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CultureNovember 6, 2013
Arthur Danto: A Critic With ‘a Beatific Sense of Wonder’
If, in an age of mechanical reproduction, art had lost its aura, he restored that aura; he enchanted an unenchanted world.
Elizabeth Pochoda
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Global OrganizationsMay 9, 2002