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The Fashionable Legacy of the Gilded Age

Elizabeth L. Block ’04GSAS recently published Gilded Age Fashion, a book showcasing over fifty dresses and accessories from the late 1800s     

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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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A Response to Authoritarian Attacks on Universities

In his latest book, University: A Reckoning, former Columbia president Lee C. Bollinger ’71LAW, ’02HON defends the role of higher education in America

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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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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

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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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Book Review: "Lake Success"

Gary Shteyngart’s brilliant and bighearted new novel showcases all the author’s trademark gifts

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Review: How to Change Your Mind

Michael Pollan's new book is on a mission to unbend the psychedelic narrative

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Sobering Words

Leslie Jamison discusses her book The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath

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Review: The Mars Room

Mia Alvar ’07SOA reviews The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner ’01SOA

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