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How Guardrails and Regulations Stifled American Progress
Why Nothing Works by Marc Dunkelman
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How Guardrails and Regulations Stifled American Progress

In Why Nothing Works, Marc J. Dunkelman ’01CC investigates the decline of public-sector innovation from the 1960s through today

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The Pacifist's Guide to Satanism
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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

The Best Way to Stop a Negative-Thought Spiral
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The Best Way to Stop a Negative-Thought Spiral

Psychologist Ethan Kross ’07GSAS suggests strategies to root out negative self-talk 

Genius at Work: How Franz Boas Created the Field of Cultural Anthropology
Archive photo of Franz Boas reenacting a Kwakiutl ceremonial dance to assist Smithsonian Institution sculptors building a diorama
Boas reenacts a Kwakiutl ceremonial dance to assist Smithsonian Institution sculptors building a diorama. (Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution Archives)

Genius at Work: How Franz Boas Created the Field of Cultural Anthropology

A century ago, when people believed that human potential was determined by race and gender, a maverick Columbia professor decided everyone was wrong

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Book Review: "Père Marie-Benoît and Jewish Rescue"
Père Marie-Benoit
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Book Review: "Père Marie-Benoît and Jewish Rescue"

By Susan Zuccotti '79GSAS

Highs in Low
An Improbable life
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Highs in Low

We talk with Michael I. Sovern '53CC, author of “An Improbable Life: My 60 Years at Columbia and Other Adventures”

Review: "Unremarried Widow"
Artis Henderson and husband
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Review: "Unremarried Widow"

By Artis Henderson '10JRN

Book Review: “Hothouse”
"Hothouse"
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Book Review: “Hothouse”

By Boris Kachka '97CC, '98JRN

Book Review: “MacDowell”
MacDowell book
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Book Review: “MacDowell”

By E. Douglas Bomberger

Book Review: “Actors Anonymous”
Actors Anonymous
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Book Review: “Actors Anonymous”

By James Franco ’11SOA

Book Review: “Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish”
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Book Review: “Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish”

By David Rakoff '86CC

Book Review: "Ebony and Ivy"
Ebony and Ivy
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Book Review: "Ebony and Ivy"

By Craig Steven Wilder '94GSAS

Review: "Sarah Sze: Triple Point"
"Triple Point (Pendulum)" by Sarah Sze
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Review: "Sarah Sze: Triple Point"

By Sarah Sze

Three Women
"Harlem Nocturne"
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Three Women

We talk with professor Farah Jasmine Griffin about her book Harlem Nocturne

Book Review: "Raising Henry"
"Raising Henry"
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Book Review: "Raising Henry"

A Memoir of Motherhood, Disability, and Discovery, by Rachel Adams

Book Review: "The Good Lord Bird"
"Tragic Prelude"
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Book Review: "The Good Lord Bird"

By James McBride '80JRN

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