
“The distinction between complex thinking / right-answer thinking increasingly defines the difference between elite educational opportunity and education of the rest.”"If the SAT Were a Key to All Mythology" by Monica Cohen
“Imagined Communities”
“A Pirate’s Life for Me”
“Identity Crisis”
“Hurricane Helen”
“Eureka: Helen DeWitt's "Lightning Rods"”
“King of the Losers”
“Discoveries: Lars Iyer”
“The Feline Mystique”
“This American Gothic”
“Mock’n’Roll”
“One Eyed Jack”
“Sex Sells”
“Stupid Men in Moldy Flats: On Lars Iyer's Trilogy”
“"The Pie Hole Is Mine": Mary Roach's "Gulp"”

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