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A Child of the Weather Underground Reckons with His Family History

In a new memoir, Zayd Ayers Dohrn ’06GSAS recounts a childhood spent partially on the lam and wrestles with his parents’ ideals 

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The Pacifist's Guide to Satanism

La Carmina, an award-winning blogger, journalist, and author, offers a spirited defense of the often-misunderstood religion

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The Mysterious Death of Zac Brettler

In London Falling, Patrick Radden Keefe ’99CC investigates the murky circumstances surrounding an English teenager who washed up in the Thames

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10 History Books that Will Make You Smarter

All by Columbia alumni

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Book Review: "How to Hide an Empire"

By Daniel Immerwahr ’02CC

Books by Columbia alumni: "Hark" by Sam Lipsyte, "The Free Speech Century" by Lee Bollinger and Geoffrey R. Stone, "Honorable Exit" by Thurston Clarke, "American Spy" by Lauren Wilkinson, "More than Words" by Jill Santopolo, "An Anonymous Girl" by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen, "The War Before the War" by Andrew Delbanco
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Your Spring 2019 Reading List

New and noteworthy books from alumni and faculty

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Tim Wu Explains How Big Tech is Crippling Democracy

The expert who coined the term “net neutrality” calls for the breakup of big tech, big pharma, and big banks

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Reading List: Winter 2018

New and noteworthy releases from alumni and faculty

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Book Review: "Your Duck Is My Duck"

By Deborah Eisenberg

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Excerpt: "So Far So Good"

By Ursula K. Le Guin '52GSAS

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Book Review: "Lost Children Archive"

By Valeria Luiselli '15GSAS

"Heartland"
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Book Review: "Heartland"

By Sarah Smarsh ’05SOA

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Star Wars: Astrophysics and the Military

Neil deGrasse Tyson ’92GSAS discusses his latest book

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More than Half Mental

We talk with Zach Schonbrun '11JRN, author of The Performance Cortex

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Reading List: Fall 2018

New and noteworthy releases from Columbia alumni and faculty

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Book Review: "The Parking Lot Attendant"

By Nafkote Tamirat ’13SOA

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