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Late-nineteenth-century dresses from the French couturiers Maison Lévilion (left) and House of Worth
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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

London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe

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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No Book but the World
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Book Review: "No Book but the World"

By Leah Hager Cohen '91JRN

Shakespeare in America
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Bard in the USA

We talk with James Shapiro '77CC, the Larry Miller Professor of English and Comparative Literature, about his book Shakespeare in America

The Wrong Carlos
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Book Review: "The Wrong Carlos"

By James S. Liebman and the Columbia DeLuna Project

All Our Names
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Review: All Our Names

By Dinaw Mengestu '05SOA

"Cover" book
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Book Review: "Cover" and "What We See When We Read"

By Peter Mendelsund '91CC

"The Confidence Code" book
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Yes She Can

We talk with Claire Shipman ’86CC, ’94SIPA, co-author of The Confidence Code

"Sleep Donation" book
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Review: Sleep Donation: A Novella

By Karen Russell '06SOA

"New York Transformed" book
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Book Review: "New York Transformed: The Architecture of Cross & Cross"

By Peter Pennoyer '80CC, '84GSAPP and Anne Walker '00GSAPP

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Book Review: "Maximalist: America in the World from Truman to Obama"

By Stephen Sestanovich

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Book Review: "Every Day Is for the Thief"

By Teju Cole '03GSAS

Little Failure
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Book Review: "Little Failure"

By Gary Shteyngart

Into Daylight
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Review: "Into Daylight: Poems"

By Jeffrey Harrison '80CC

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