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God in Wayward Forms: Jamie Quatro’s Salvation-Seeking AdulteressesRevenge of the Dryasdusts: Paul Hazard’s “The Crisis of the European Mind”A City for Children in the Work of E. L. KonigsburgLiberal Bias or Neoliberal Bias?: Neil Gross's "Why Are Professors Liberal and Why Do Conservatives Care?"Rewiring Literary CriticismPandas, Professors, and Promises, or, The MOOC Will Not Set Us FreeA Ladymass in the Distrito Federal: Veronica Gonzalez Peña's "The Sad Passions"The Weight of History: Colum McCann’s "TransAtlantic"Second Acts: A Second Look at Second Books by Geri Doran and Michael S. HarperVisionary Russian Futures On Demand: Anindita Banerjee's "We Modern People"Peak Adventure: On Mountaineering and the EnlightenmentThe Question Floating Between Us: The Lovely Indeterminacies of Yoko Ogawa see all reviews »
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