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Into Freedom
Manhood cannot be found on mountain summits, just a good view and a good story.
Politics
"You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to." — Molly Ivins
Democracy: The Best of the Worst? A Conversation with Paul Cartledge
Roslyn Fuller talks with Paul Cartledge about Brexit, polarization, and the recent reissue of his book "Democracy: A Life."
The President-in-Waiting
A detailed, troubling look at the political life of Mike Pence.
This Broken World: On “The Banner Saga”
Video games might seem an odd place to turn for representations of environmental collapse, but "The Banner Saga" accomplishes what other mediums have not.
Himmler’s Antiquity
Alison C. Traweek discusses the racist origins of classics as a discipline.
California Sons: Miriam Pawel’s “The Browns of California”
Jake Wertz reviews “The Browns of California,” a four-generation biography of the Brown family and a portrait of the state they shaped.
Cold War Cold Files
A Hungarian author confronts his parents’ Cold War past.
Writing Algeria
Kamel Daoud is a brilliant, indeed dazzling, thinker: his sharp turns in thought and language, as well as his subject matter, gave me motion sickness.
Ted Hearne’s Political Soundscapes
David Hadju on Ted Hearne’s ambiguous political aesthetic.
Asylum, Again: Why We Need to Stop Punishing the Mentally Ill
As more and more prisons become warehouses for the mentally ill, is it time to go back to the asylum? Taylor Beck explores, via Alisa Roth's "Insane."
Giving Voice to the Various
Ben Fountain takes a look at his country and describes it in dazzling language.
American Idiots, American Killers, and the American Graphic Novel
Paul Morton reviews Jules Feiffer's latest graphic novel, "The Ghost Script."
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