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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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True Crimes of Greedy Masterminds
A review of Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks, by Patrick Radden Keefe ’99CC
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Why the Great Books Still Matter
In Rescuing Socrates, American-studies professor Roosevelt Montás ’95CC, ’04GSAS makes the case for a liberal-arts education
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It’s Time to Start Taking Reality TV More Seriously
Sociologist Danielle J. Lindemann ’10GSAS takes an intellectual dive into a popular but maligned genre
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10 Great Books Written at the Hungarian Pastry Shop
Here are just a few of the acclaimed books written, at least in part, at the shop’s cramped tables
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The Remarkable Power of Poop
In The Other Dark Matter, journalist Lina Zeldovich ’12JRN says we are wasting a valuable scientific and economic asset
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Can a Terrorist Ever Be Rehabilitated?
In Home, Land, Security, National Book Award finalist Carla Power ’95JRN grapples with this thorny question
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11 Novels that Will Transport You Back to Morningside Heights
Revisit some of your favorite haunts in these novels set on or near Columbia
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Why America’s Obsession with Civil Liberties Is Tearing the Country Apart
A Columbia law professor offers a provocative new take on constitutional rights
