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D. Charles Whitney on Half Empty by David Rakoff

“The Incompleat Cynic”

July 22nd, 2011
Boris Dralyuk on The Complete Slayers by Paul Cain

“The Incomplete Cain”

January 26th, 2012
Michael Szalay on Stone Arabia by Dana Spiotta

“The Incorporation Artist”

July 10th, 2012
Michael Kammen on Howard Zinn: A Life on the Left by Martin Duberman

“The Insubordinate Historian: The Life and Legacy of Howard Zinn”

November 29th, 2012
Amy Parker on Panorama City by Antoine Wilson

“The Integrity of His Innocence: On Antoine Wilson's 'Panorama City'”

December 7th, 2012
Tom Gallagher on Bad Sports: How Owners are Ruining the Games We Love by Dave Zirin

“The Intelligent Sports Fan’s Guide to Socialism”

July 22nd, 2012
Nancy Barnes on My Faraway One: Selected Letters of Georgia O’Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz, Volume One, 1915-1933 by Sarah Greenough

“The Intimate Art ”

August 11th, 2011
Jason Brown on Exploding the Phone by Phil Lapsley

“The Invisible Playground: Phone Phreaking and the Criminalization of Curiosity”

April 11th, 2013
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