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Breaking Godwin’s Law: Stoddard Martin’s “Monstrous Century”
Houman Barekat appreciates the old-school rigor of “Monstrous Century: Essays in The Age of the Feuilleton” by Stoddard Martin.
Cultural Studies
"Culture is an instrument wielded by professors to manufacture professors." — Simone Weil
On Emily Witt’s “Future Sex”
Madeleine Watts tries to find out what we desire in Emily Witt's new book.
Gestures That Transcend Borders
A review of Tom Lutz’s two new travel books.
How To Win Dinner and Alienate People
Andrew Lipstein takes a fork to “Table Manners” by Jeremiah Tower.
Young Lives in the New China
Gail Pellett on millennials in China.
The Obama Years
Stephen Marche reflects on the Obama years.
Black Night Falling: David Goodis on Central Avenue
Woody Haut shadows David Goodis down Central Avenue.
How Rock and Roll Became White
Colin Vanderburg reviews Jack Hamilton’s “Just Around Midnight: Rock and Roll and the Racial Imagination.”
What Was “Random”?
Rod Bastanmehr on randomness.
At Home With American Studies: An Interview with ASA President Robert Warrior
American Studies at its best is a critique of America in the world.
The Personal is Political: A Conversation on Race, Love, and “Loving”
Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn talks to Jeff Nichols, director of "Loving," "Midnight Special," and "Mud."
There Are No Royalties in Porn: An Interview with Cindy Gallop, CEO of Make Love Not Porn
Cindy Gallop, CEO of Make Love Not Porn, is pro-sex, pro-porn, and pro-knowing the difference.
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