The Undertow by Jeff Sharlet
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A reporter’s dispatches from the front line of the culture wars.
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American Stutter: 2019-2021
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A series of urgent meditations on the era of Trump and COVID-19.
Read MoreDeaths of Despair by Anne Case & Angus Deaton
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The authors of this important new book argue that the main problem with capitalism isn’t that we live in an unequal society but that we live in an unfair one … but how sound are their points?
Read MoreThe Misinformation Age by Cailin O’Connor & James Owen Weatherall
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For a book of 200 pages, The Misinformation Age covers a great deal of territory.
Read MoreFinding a New Midwestern History
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The cultures and histories of the Midwest assayed from dozens of different vantage points, displaying a huge region of the United States that's often written off.
Read MoreOne of the Boys: Reflections on a Milestone Play, 50 Years On
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The Boys in the Band is a groundbreaking play that premiered off-Broadway in 1968, and told the story of a group of gay men who gather for a birthday party in New York City.
Read MoreMessing with the Enemy by Clint Watts
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The author is uniquely qualified to show how misinformation campaigns, social media trolling, and electronic espionage have become tools of modern warfare.
Read MoreWhy Baseball Matters by Susan Jacoby
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The real title of Why Baseball Matters might well be How Baseball Survives.
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