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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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Review: A Promised Land
President-elect Barack Obama prepares to take the oath of office in January 2009
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Review: A Promised Land

By Barack Obama ’83CC

6 Fabulous Books to Read this Winter
Covers of books by Columbia authors
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6 Fabulous Books to Read this Winter

From Sarah Smarsh '05SOA, Phillip Lopate '64CC, and other Columbia authors

Review: "The Last Million"
Photo from the cover of The Last Million by David Nasaw
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Review: "The Last Million"

By David Nasaw ’72GSAS

Review: "The Office of Historical Corrections"
Writer Danielle Evans (Beowulf Sheehan)
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Review: "The Office of Historical Corrections"

By Danielle Evans ’04CC

Review: What Are You Going Through
Sigrid Nunez
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Review: What Are You Going Through

By Sigrid Nunez ’72BC, ’75SOA

Well-Versed
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Well-Versed

3 new poetry collections from Columbia alumni

A Professor Makes a Radical Argument for Recreational Drugs
Illustration of Columbia psychologist Carl L. Hart by Jonny Ruzzo for Columbia Magazine, 2020
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A Professor Makes a Radical Argument for Recreational Drugs

Columbia psychologist Carl L. Hart discusses his book Drug Use for Grown-Ups

6 New Books to Read This Fall
Covers of Conjure Women by Afia Atakora, Hello Darkness, My Old Friend by Sanford D. Greenberg, Trouble the Saints by Alaya Dawn Johnson, Homeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar, Daddy by Emma Cline, Just Us by Claudia Rankine, in Columbia Magazine fall 2020 issue
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6 New Books to Read This Fall

All from Columbia-alumni authors

Yes, Your Vote Matters
Illustration by Jonny Ruzzo of Erin Geiger Smith, author of Thank You For Voting, for Columbia Magazine fall 2020 issue
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Yes, Your Vote Matters

Voting is a cherished American right, but more than 40 percent of eligible adults don’t do it

Review: "Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing"
Cover of Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing by Jacob Goldstein, reviewed in Columbia Magazine fall 2020 issue
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Review: "Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing"

By Jacob Goldstein '04JRN

Review: "The Lost Pianos of Siberia"
Cover of The Lost Pianos of Siberia by Sophy Roberts, reviewed by Sally Lee in Columbia Magazine fall 2020 issue
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Review: "The Lost Pianos of Siberia"

By Sophy Roberts '97JRN

Review: "An Elegant Woman"
Martha McPhee
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Review: "An Elegant Woman"

By Martha McPhee '94SOA

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