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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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The Tricky Role of Social Media in Social-Justice Movements

A review of The Quiet Before: On the Unexpected Origins of Radical Ideas, by Gal Beckerman ’21JRN

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6 Books to Add to Your Summer Reading List

All from Columbia alumni authors

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Book Review: Horse

By Geraldine Brooks ’83JRN 

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Review: The School for Good Mothers

By Jessamine Chan ’12SOA

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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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Review: Our Country Friends

By Gary Shteyngart

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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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Review: The Magician

By Colm Tóibín 

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6 Books to Get You Through Winter

New works by Columbia authors

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