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David Davis on Jewish Jocks by Franklin Foer and Marc Tracy

“The Ballad of Abel Kiviat: Jews and Sports”

December 6th, 2012
Catherine Liu on Twilight of the Elites and Liquidated by Christopher Hayes and Karen Ho

“The Best and the Brightest: On Wall Street and Meritocracy”

November 10th, 2012
Craig Hubert on Mike Watt: On and Off Bass by Mike Watt

“The Big Reservoir”

August 5th, 2012
Matthew Lippman on The Talking Day by Michael Klein

“The Body is Everywhere: On Michael Klein’s “The Talking Day””

February 11th, 2013
James Carter on The I Ching by Richard J. Smith

“The Book in the High Castle: On "The I Ching: A Biography"”

October 15th, 2012
Michael Kammen on Thomas Nast, World's Fair Gardens and Well Met by Fiona Deans Halloran, Cathy Jean Maloney and Rachel Lee Rubin

“The Branding of America in Public Art: New Books in a Triad of Genres”

March 3rd, 2013
Liam Julian on Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo

“The Branding on the Wall”

August 3rd, 2012
Joy Horowitz on Golden Gate: The Life and Times of America’s Greatest Bridge by Kevin Starr

“The Bridge”

May 13th, 2011
Jenny Hendrix on Artful by Ali Smith

“The Brightest in the World: Ali Smith's "Artful"”

January 23rd, 2013
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