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W. W. Norton
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Burglaries, Assassinations, and Mind Control: Talking the 50th Anniversary of the Church Committee Report with Matthew Guariglia and Brian Hochman
“Despite what the law says, the government still spies on people because of their political beliefs. What is new is the scale to which the government can collect data very, very easily.”
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“Who Made These Rules?”: Claire Messud on What’s Distracting from Good Writing
“I believe in the amazing complexities of what we can express and convey in language if people will only make the effort and take the time.”
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The Fight for Justice Starts with Blocking Judges Who Are “Tough on Crime”
The story of how Ed Carnes became a judge offers crucial lessons for those who hope to unwind the policies of mass incarceration.
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Etherized: Anne Enright in Conversation with Paige Reynolds
“There is a kind of moment of doom when you commit to a character. Because none of my characters are lovely.”
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“I Began With Sound”
“My task was to make this ancient poem about death feel vividly, unarguably alive.”
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Dual Use: When Technology Both Helps and Hurts
The struggle between the use of math for benevolent or malevolent purposes carries from at least WWII into today’s debates on AI.
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“Our Hands”: Reading with DeafBlind Poet John Lee Clark
Clark’s poetry collection questions how those excluded from spoken conversation devise new avenues for transmission.
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Ogden & Hardwick’s Everyday Enigmas
“Good afternoon, ma’am. Do you ever feel that it is so hard to know how to be happy?”
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The Labor of Play
Games like Wordle and CALL OF DUTY equally stem from capital’s attempt to conquer leisure time. Is there a better way to play?
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“It Is Not How You Feel”: Batja Mesquita on How Different Cultures Experience Emotions
“We define ourselves more by certain emotions. I’ve never heard anybody say, ‘I’m trying to get over my embarrassment and I feel so inauthentic.'”
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Brilliant Together: On Feminist Memoirs
Collective feminist narratives can acknowledge, to differing degrees, the stories that are missing from them.
