All Essays

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  Hate the Beatles!

  Their first single was released 50 years ago this month. Mark Edmundson was not a fan.

  Mark EdmundsonOct 8, 2012

• Whither Feminism?: Gender and The New Normal

  On 'The End of Men,' 'Vagina,' and 'Gaga Feminism'

  Oct 7, 2012
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  Look No More Backward: George Eliot and Atheism

  On 'the first great godless writer of fiction.'

  Oct 5, 2012
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  Dear TV: 'New Girl' and 'The Mindy Project'; Week 2, Post 3

  Moby-Nick, or The Whale Belt

  Phillip MaciakOct 5, 2012
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  A Tribute to Eric Hobsbawm: 1917 - 2012

  Jon Wiener reflects on the passing of a Marxist scholar and historian.

  Jon WienerOct 4, 2012
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  Dear TV: 'New Girl' and 'The Mindy Project'; Week 2, Post 2

  Romney-Dad: Conservatives in Comedy

  Lili LoofbourowOct 4, 2012
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  Skylight Series, Ep. 3: Emma Straub

  Oct 4, 2012

• Dear TV: 'New Girl' and 'The Mindy Project'; Week 2, Post 1

  When Worlds Collide

  Oct 3, 2012

• Jay McInerney, the New York Fantasy, and Wine

  A reckoning with the author of 'Bright Lights, Big City'

  Oct 3, 2012
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  Dear TV: 'New Girl' and 'The Mindy Project'; Week 1, Post 3

  Party Girl vs. Rom-Com Girl

  Lili LoofbourowOct 1, 2012
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  The Paradox of Pluck: How Did Historical Fiction Become the New Feminist History?

  Lois LeveenSep 30, 2012
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  Hart Crane in Cleveland

  On the legendary American modernist poet.

  Anne TrubekSep 29, 2012
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  Dear TV: 'New Girl' and 'The Mindy Project'; Week 1, Post 2

  A Serial Takeover

  Jane HuSep 28, 2012
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  Exile in Girlville: Sex and Sheila Heti

  On 'How Should a Person Be?' and the explicit attention to female desire in recent novels, films, and shows

  Hannah Tennant-MooreSep 27, 2012
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  Waiting for the Barbarians: Cavafy and Tahrir Square

  After the riots, a report from Egypt

  Carol BergerSep 27, 2012

• YAC HIT LIST: Books and Ballet

  Sep 26, 2012