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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

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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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Review: "FDR"

By Jean Edward Smith '64GSAS

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Murder in Berlin

An interview with Craig Nova ’69SOA, author of The Informer.

Illustration from Donald Keene's "Chronicles of My Life"
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Review: "Chronicles of My Life"

An American in the Heart of Japan, by Donald Keene '42CC, ’49GSAS, ’97HON

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Book Review: "The First Tycoon"

The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt, by T. J. Stiles '91GSAS

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Book Review: "A Fine Romance"

Jewish Songwriters, American Songs, by David Lehman '70CC, '78GSAS

Larry Kert and Carol Lawrence in the fire escape scene from the original 1957 Broadway production of West Side Story
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Brush Up Your... Marlowe?

Reviews of Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare? by James Shapiro '77CC and Shakespeare and the American Musical by Irene G. Dash '72GSAS

Leonard Bernstein conducts contralto Marian Anderson and the New York Philharmonic during a 1947 rehearsal at Lewisohn Stadium. (NY Philharmonic Archives)
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Review: "Leonard Bernstein, American Original"

By Burton Bernstein '54JRN and Barbara B. Haws

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Review: "How We Decide"

By Jonah Lehrer '03CC

C. Wright Mills riding a BMW motorcycle in 1958
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Review: "Radical Ambition"

C. Wright Mills, the Left and American Social Thought, by Daniel Geary

Cover of "Boulevard of Dreams" by Constance Rosenblum
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Review: "Boulevard of Dreams"

Heady Times, Heartbreak, and Hope along the Grand Concourse in the Bronx, by Constance Rosenblum '67JRN

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Review: "Life List"

A Woman's Quest for the World's Most Amazing Birds, by Olivia Gentile '03JRN

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Review: "When Principles Pay"

Corporate Social Responsibility and the Bottom Line, by Geoffrey Heal

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