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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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In the Country
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Book Review: "In the Country"

By Mia Alvar '07SOA

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Book Review: "Midnight’s Furies"

The Deadly Legacy of India’s Partition, by Nisid Hajari '96GSAS

"Girl at War"
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Book Review: "Girl at War"

By Sara Nović '14SOA

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Notes of a Literary Partisan

We talk with literary and cultural critic Morris Dickstein '61CC about his book Why Not Say What Happened: A Sentimental Education

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Book Review: “If the Oceans Were Ink”

By Carla Power '95JRN

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Book Review: “Hissing Cousins”

By Marc Peyser '87JRN and Timothy Dwyer

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Review: Get in Trouble

By Kelly Link '91CC

The Lusitania
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Review: Dead Wake

By Eric Larson '78JRN

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Book Review: "Shrinks: The Untold Story of Psychiatry"

By Jeffrey A. Lieberman, with Ogi Ogas

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Jersey Boy

Richard Ford, a Columbia humanities professor, discusses his book Let Me Be Frank With You

The Culinary Imagination
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Book Review: "The Culinary Imagination"

Americans have never spent less time in the kitchen preparing the daily meals that feed our families. And yet culturally, our interest in food has never been stronger

The Unspeakable
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Book Review: "The Unspeakable"

By Meghan Daum ’96SOA 

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