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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
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
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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The Shock of the New
Oscar-winning screenwriter and New York Times best-selling author Graham Moore ’03CC discusses his new novel
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Book Review: “His Final Battle: The Last Months of Franklin Roosevelt”
Joseph Lelyveld's book is a meticulously researched examination of the last eighteen months of the life of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Excerpt: The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads
A professor at Columbia Law School, Tim Wu examines how industries increasingly vie for and commodify our attention
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The Klan’s Last Stand
Laurence Leamer ’69JRN, ’69SIPA discusses his book The Lynching: The Epic Courtroom Battle that Brought Down the Klan
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Book Excerpt: “Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space”
Janna Levin '88BC tells the epic story behind the scientific quest to detect gravitational waves
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Book Review: “Love for Sale: Pop Music in America”
What do we talk about when we talk about pop music? David Hajdu explores in a new book