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Article Have We Become Gods? Tara Isabella Burton’s new book asks: How has self-creation in pursuit of profit become our social ideal? By Brad East November 15, 2023 Secularism and Modernity Culture Books
Article Welder of Words B. H. Fairchild’s latest collection reveals the poetry that can be found in metalworking and other physical labor. By Steven Knepper October 23, 2023 Poetry Books
Article The Double Life of George Eliot Marriage, for George Eliot, was a school in virtue. By Mollie Wilson O’Reilly October 19, 2023 Books Philosophy Fiction Nonfiction Culture
Article Did the Revolution of 1848 Fail? The story of 1848 has been told often and well, but never with the breadth and depth of Christopher Clark’s extraordinary book. By James J. Sheehan October 18, 2023 Politics Books History
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