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Acid Redux (Review) Louis Menand
Timothy Leary: A Biography, by Robert Greenfield
- Timothy Leary: A Biography by Robert Greenfield

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Advertisements for His Self (Review) Louis Menand
Mailer: His Life and Times, by Peter Manso
- Mailer: His Life and Times by Peter Manso


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The Aesthete (Review) Louis Menand
Divisadero, by Michael Ondaatje
- Divisadero by Michael Ondaatje

Books & the Arts
All Shook UpLouis Menand

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All That Glitters (Review) Louis Menand
The Economy of Prestige, by James F. English
- The Economy of Prestige by James F. English


America in Theory (1989)Leslie Berlowitz, Denis Donoghue, and Louis Menand, ...
1 Review

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An American Prodigy (Review) Louis Menand
Charles Sanders Peirce: A Life, by Joseph Brent
- Charles Sanders Peirce: A Life by Joseph Brent

American Studies (2003)Louis Menand
2 Reviews

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Ask Not, Tell Not (Review) Louis Menand
Ask Not, by Thurston Clarke
- Ask Not by Thurston Clarke

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Aspects of the Man (2 Reviews) Louis Menand
Selected Letters of E.M. Forster, Vol I: 1879-1920, by Mary Lago, P.N. Furbank, and E.M...
- Selected Letters of E.M. Forster, Vol I: 1879-1920 by Mary Lago, P.N. Furbank, and E.M. Forster
- Selected Letters of E.M. Forster, Vol. II: 1921-1970 by Mary Lago, P.N. Furbank, and E.M. Forster


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Bad Comma (Review) Louis Menand
Eats, Shoots and Leaves, by Lynne Truss
- Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss

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Beat the Devil (Review) Louis Menand
The Time of Our Time, by Norman Mailer
- The Time of Our Time by Norman Mailer

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Bet-tabilitarianism (Review) Louis Menand
The Collected Works of Justice Holmes, by Sheldon M. Novick and Oliver Wendell Holmes
- The Collected Works of Justice Holmes by Sheldon M. Novick and Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Between Planes (Review) Louis Menand
Airframe, by Michael Crichton
- Airframe by Michael Crichton

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Billion-Dollar Baby (Review) Louis Menand
Star Wars - Episode I, The Phantom Menace (1999 Film), by George Lucas
- Star Wars - Episode I, The Phantom Menace (1999 Film) by George Lucas

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Bloom's Gift (Review) Louis Menand
Ravelstein, by Saul Bellow
- Ravelstein by Saul Bellow

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Bob On Bob (2 Reviews) Louis Menand
Bob Dylan: The Essential Interviews, by Jonathan Cott and Bob Dylan
- Bob Dylan: The Essential Interviews by Jonathan Cott and Bob Dylan
- The Producer by Dunstan Prial

Books
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From Here to Eternity (Review) Louis Menand
Harlot's Ghost, by Norman Mailer
- Harlot's Ghost by Norman Mailer

Books
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Very Popular Mechanics (Review) Louis Menand
The Sum of All Fears, by Tom Clancy
- The Sum of All Fears by Tom Clancy

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Books: A Holy Fool (Review) Louis Menand
Outerbridge Reach, by Robert Stone
- Outerbridge Reach by Robert Stone

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Books: That's Entertainment (Review) Louis Menand
The Phantom Empire, by Geoffrey O'Brien
- The Phantom Empire by Geoffrey O'Brien

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Books: The Hammer and the Nail (Review) Louis Menand
Native Son, by Richard A. Wright
- Native Son by Richard A. Wright

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Books: The War Between Men and Women (Review) Louis Menand
Paradise, by Toni Morrison
- Paradise by Toni Morrison

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Born Free (Review) Louis Menand
What It Means to Be a Libertarian, by Charles Murray
- What It Means to Be a Libertarian by Charles Murray

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Both Sides Now (Review) Louis Menand
The Sweetest Dream, by Doris Lessing
- The Sweetest Dream by Doris Lessing

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Brain Drain (Review) Louis Menand
The Last Intellectuals, by Russell Jacoby
- The Last Intellectuals by Russell Jacoby

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Breaking Away (Review) Louis Menand
America at the Crossroads, by Francis Fukuyama
- America at the Crossroads by Francis Fukuyama

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Buried Treasure (Review) Louis Menand
John Maynard Keynes, Vol. III, by Robert Skidelsky
- John Maynard Keynes, Vol. III by Robert Skidelsky

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Chaos Under Heaven (Review) Louis Menand
Nixon and Mao, by Margaret MacMillan
- Nixon and Mao by Margaret MacMillan

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Civil Actions (Review) Louis Menand
Brown v. Board of Education, by James T. Patterson
- Brown v. Board of Education by James T. Patterson

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Making Nice

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Novels We Love

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Slice and Dice

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Da Quality of Life

Comment: But Is It Good for the News?Louis Menand
Why Election Night is like a basketball game

Comment: Get UnrealLouis Menand
Do we want to see Dan Rather, pores and all?

Comment: Johnny Be GoodLouis Menand
But the ideology behind Ebonics is all wrong

Comment: The Gods Are AnxiousLouis Menand
Maybe it's in their genes

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Comp Time (Review) Louis Menand
Sin Boldly!, by David R. Williams
- Sin Boldly! by David R. Williams

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A Critic at LargeLouis Menand
Behind the Culture of Violence

A Critic at LargeLouis Menand
What is "Art"?

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Missionary: Edmund Wilson and American culture

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A Critic At Large (3 Reviews) Louis Menand
Gross Points
- Blockbuster by Tom Shone
- Open Wide by Dade Hayes and Jonathan Bing
- The Whole Equation by David Thomson


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A Critic At Large (2 Reviews) Louis Menand
Woke Up This Morning
- Journals, 1952-2000 by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. and Stephen Schlesinger, ...
- The Grand Surprise by Leo Lerman and Stephen Pascal

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A Critic At Large (Review) Louis Menand
Drive, He Wrote
- Jack Kerouac: Road Novels 1957-1960 by Douglas Brinkley and Jack Kerouac

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Arthur Koestler and his century

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A Critic At Large (Review) Louis Menand
Saved from Drowning
- Hiding Man by Tracy Daugherty

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It Took a Village

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Can you teach creative writing?

A Critic At LargeLouis Menand
Top of the Pops

'The Culture Wars'Richard Bernstein and Louis Menand
An Exchange

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The Culture Wars (Review) Louis Menand
Dictatorship of Virtue, by Richard Bernstein
- Dictatorship of Virtue by Richard Bernstein

Dept. of AvariceLouis Menand
She Had to Have It

Dept. of First Principles: The Iron Law of StardomLouis Menand
Why we need the Academy Awards this year and every year

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The Devil's Disciples (3 Reviews) Louis Menand
Dictators, Democracy, and American Public Culture, by Benjamin L. Alpers
- Dictators, Democracy, and American Public Culture by Benjamin L. Alpers
- The Future of Freedom by Fareed Zakaria
- Talk of the Devil by Riccardo Orizio

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Dispossession (Review) Louis Menand
Thirteen Moons, by Charles Frazier
- Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier

Books
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The Dissenter (Review) Louis Menand
The Justice from Beacon Hill, by Liva Baker
- The Justice from Beacon Hill by Liva Baker

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Do the Math (Review) Louis Menand
Against the Day, by Thomas Pynchon
- Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon


Don't Think TwiseLouis Menand
A retrospective on the decade that wouldn't die

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The Earthquake (Review) Louis Menand
The Good Life, by Jay McInerney
- The Good Life by Jay McInerney

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Eliot and the Jews (Review) Louis Menand
T. S. Eliot, Anti-Semitism, and Literary Form, by Anthony Julius
- T. S. Eliot, Anti-Semitism, and Literary Form by Anthony Julius


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The End Matter (Review) Louis Menand
The Chicago Manual of Style,
- The Chicago Manual of Style

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Entropology (Review) Louis Menand
Mason and Dixon, by Thomas Pynchon
- Mason and Dixon by Thomas Pynchon

EssayLouis Menand
What Are Universities For?

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Everybody's an Expert (Review) Louis Menand
Expert Political Judgment, by Philip E. Tetlock
- Expert Political Judgment by Philip E. Tetlock

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False Fronts (2 Reviews) Louis Menand
The Concise Book of Lying, by Evelin Sullivan
- The Concise Book of Lying by Evelin Sullivan
- The Liar's Tale by Jeremy Campbell

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Fat Man (Review) Louis Menand
The Worlds of Herman Kahn, by Sharon Ghamari-Tabrizi
- The Worlds of Herman Kahn by Sharon Ghamari-Tabrizi

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Finding It at the Movies (Review) Louis Menand
For Keeps: Thirty Years at the Movies, by Pauline Kael
- For Keeps: Thirty Years at the Movies by Pauline Kael


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Fractured Franchise (Review) Louis Menand
The Myth of the Rational Voter, by Bryan Caplan
- The Myth of the Rational Voter by Bryan Caplan

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A Friend Writes (Review) Louis Menand
The Complete Book of Covers from The New Yorker: 1925-1989,
- The Complete Book of Covers from The New Yorker: 1925-1989

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From the Ashes (Review) Louis Menand
Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945, by Tony Judt
- Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt

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Game Theory (Review) Louis Menand
Bobby Fischer Goes to War, by David Edmonds and John Eidinow
- Bobby Fischer Goes to War by David Edmonds and John Eidinow


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He Knew He Was Right (Review) Louis Menand
Before the Storm, by Rick Perlstein
- Before the Storm by Rick Perlstein

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Hollywood's Trap (6 Reviews) Louis Menand
The Nutty Professor (1996 Film), by Tom Shadyac
- The Nutty Professor (1996 Film) by Tom Shadyac
- Independence Day (1996 Film) by Roland Emmerich
- Mission: Impossible (1996 Film) by Brian De Palma
- The Rock (1996 Film) by Michael Bay
- Twister (1996 Film) by Jan de Bont
- The Cable Guy (1996 Film) by Ben Stiller

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How Eliot Became Eliot (2 Reviews) Louis Menand
Inventions of the March Hare, by T.S. Eliot and Christopher Ricks
- Inventions of the March Hare by T.S. Eliot and Christopher Ricks
- The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot and Michael North

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How to Frighten Small Children (11 Reviews) Louis Menand
The Cat in the Hat, by Dr. Seuss
- The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
- The Girl with the Brown Crayon by Vivian Gussin Paley
- Day of the Dead by Tony Johnston
- Musicians of the Sun by Gerald McDermott
- The Khan's Daughter by Laurence Yep
- Bright and Early Thursday Evening by Audrey Wood and Don Wood
- Miss Spider's New Car by David Kirk
- Verdi by Janell Cannon
- A Street Called Home by Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson
- Open Me...I'm a Dog by Art Spiegelman
- Rose and Sebastian by Cynthia Zarin

Books
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Illiberalisms (Review) Louis Menand
Illiberal Education, by Dinesh D'Souza
- Illiberal Education by Dinesh D'Souza

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In a Strange Land (Review) Louis Menand
Hooking Up, by Tom Wolfe
- Hooking Up by Tom Wolfe

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Inside the Billway (3 Reviews) Louis Menand
Locked in the Cabinet, by Robert Reich
- Locked in the Cabinet by Robert Reich
- Whatever It Takes by Elizabeth Drew
- Trail Fever by Michael Lewis

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The Irony and the Ecstasy (Review) Louis Menand
American Pastoral, by Philip Roth
- American Pastoral by Philip Roth

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It's a Wonderful Life (3 Reviews) Louis Menand
The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996 Film), by Milos Forman
- The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996 Film) by Milos Forman
- People vs. Larry Flynt by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski
- An Unseemly Man by Larry Flynt and Kenneth Ross

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James Family Values (2 Reviews) Louis Menand
The Father: A Life of Henry James, Sr., by Alfred Habegger
- The Father: A Life of Henry James, Sr. by Alfred Habegger
- The Correspondence of William James by Ignas K. Skrupskelis and Elizabeth M. Berkeley, ...

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Jerry Don't Surf (Review) Louis Menand
Saving Private Ryan (1998 Film), by Steven Spielberg
- Saving Private Ryan (1998 Film) by Steven Spielberg

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Journey into the Dark (Review) Louis Menand
The Tunnel, by William H. Gass
- The Tunnel by William H. Gass

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Kubrick's Strange Love (Review) Louis Menand
Eyes Wide Shut (1999 Film), by Stanley Kubrick
- Eyes Wide Shut (1999 Film) by Stanley Kubrick

Books
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The Last Emperor (2 Reviews) Louis Menand
In All His Glory, by Sally Bedell Smith
- In All His Glory by Sally Bedell Smith
- One Nation Under Television by J. Fred MacDonald

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Laura's World (2 Reviews) Louis Menand
The Education of Laura Bridgman, by Ernest Freeberg
- The Education of Laura Bridgman by Ernest Freeberg
- The Imprisoned Guest by Elisabeth Gitter

LettersClaudio Veliz, J.H. Elliott, Alan Gribben, and Louis Menand, ...

LettersRita Steblin, Charles Rosen, Bruce Grant, and Sigmund Diamond, ...

LettersWilliam Cookson, Louis Menand, and Carol Garrard, ...

Liberalism without the ImaginationLouis Menand
Remarks on Politics and Culture

Life and LettersLouis Menand
Holden at Fifty

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Life and LettersLouis Menand

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Life in the Stone Age (4 Reviews) Louis Menand
Rolling Stone Magazine, by Robert Draper
- Rolling Stone Magazine by Robert Draper
- Songs of the Doomed by Hunter S. Thompson
- Blown Away by A.E. Hotchner
- Stone Alone by Bill Wyman and Ray Coleman

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The Lion in Autumn (Review) Louis Menand
The Fifties, by Edmund Wilson and Leon Edel
- The Fifties by Edmund Wilson and Leon Edel

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Literature and Liberation (Review) Louis Menand
Going to the Territory, by Ralph Ellison
- Going to the Territory by Ralph Ellison

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Lives of Others (2 Reviews) Louis Menand
Shoot the Widow, by Meryle Secrest
- Shoot the Widow by Meryle Secrest
- Biography: A Brief History by Nigel Hamilton

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Lives of the Saints (2 Reviews) Louis Menand
The Lives of John Lennon, by Albert Goldman
- The Lives of John Lennon by Albert Goldman
- Yesterday by Chet Flippo

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Lost Faculties (Review) Louis Menand
Tenured Radicals, by Roger Kimball
- Tenured Radicals by Roger Kimball

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Made in the USA (Review) Louis Menand
American Visions, by Robert Hughes
- American Visions by Robert Hughes

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Man of the People (Review) Louis Menand
The True and Only Heaven, by Christopher Lasch
- The True and Only Heaven by Christopher Lasch

Books
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Market Report (Review) Louis Menand
Mao II, by Don DeLillo
- Mao II by Don DeLillo

The Marketplace of Ideas (2010)Louis Menand
Reform and Resistance in the American University
3 Reviews, 1 Readable

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Masters of the Matrix (2 Reviews) Louis Menand
Shooting Kennedy: JFK and the Culture of Images, by David M. Lubin
- Shooting Kennedy: JFK and the Culture of Images by David M. Lubin
- Nixon's Shadow by David Greenberg

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Mean To Gene (Review) Louis Menand
Eugene McCarthy, by Dominic Sandbrook
- Eugene McCarthy by Dominic Sandbrook

The Metaphysical Club (2001)Louis Menand
A Story of Ideas in America
12 Reviews, 5 Readable

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Mr. Bloom's Planet (Review) Louis Menand
The Closing of the American Mind, by Allan Bloom
- The Closing of the American Mind by Allan Bloom

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Nietzsche in Furs (Review) Louis Menand
Sex, Art, and American Culture, by Camille Paglia
- Sex, Art, and American Culture by Camille Paglia

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Not Getting the Lesson of the Master (2 Reviews) Louis Menand
Washington Square (1997 Film), by Agnieszka Holland
- Washington Square (1997 Film) by Agnieszka Holland
- The Wings of the Dove (1997 Film) by Iain Softley

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Notable Quotables (2 Reviews) Louis Menand
The Yale Book of Quotations, by Fred R. Shapiro
- The Yale Book of Quotations by Fred R. Shapiro
- The Quote Verifier by Ralph Keyes

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Objection Overruled (Review) Louis Menand
Law and Literature, by Richard A. Posner
- Law and Literature by Richard A. Posner



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Patriot Games (Review) Louis Menand
Who Are We?, by Samuel P. Huntington
- Who Are We? by Samuel P. Huntington

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The Phenomenology of Punk (Review) Louis Menand
Lipstick Traces, by Greil Marcus
- Lipstick Traces by Greil Marcus

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The Politics of Deconstruction (Review) Louis Menand
Signs of the Times, by David Lehman
- Signs of the Times by David Lehman

Postcard from StanfordLouis Menand
Permanent Fatal Errors

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The Pound Error (Review) Louis Menand
Ezra Pound: A Portrait of the Man and His Work, Vol. I, by A. David Moody
- Ezra Pound: A Portrait of the Man and His Work, Vol. I by A. David Moody

Pragmatism: A Reader (1997)Louis Menand
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The Quiet American (Review) Louis Menand
James B. Conant, by James G. Hershberg
- James B. Conant by James G. Hershberg


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Special Effects

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The Myth of American Diversity

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The Real John Dewey (Review) Louis Menand
John Dewey and American Democracy, by Robert B. Westbrook
- John Dewey and American Democracy by Robert B. Westbrook

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Roll Over, Fichte (Review) Louis Menand
The Triumph of Vulgarity, by Robert Pattison
- The Triumph of Vulgarity by Robert Pattison

Books
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Rules for the Game (2 Reviews) Louis Menand
Criticism and Social Change, by Frank Lentricchia
- Criticism and Social Change by Frank Lentricchia
- The Arts Without Mystery by Denis Donoghue

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Savonarola Comes to the Multiplex (Review) Louis Menand
Hollywood vs. America, by Michael Medved
- Hollywood vs. America by Michael Medved

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Serious Serialist (Review) Louis Menand
Dickens' Working Notes for His Novels, by Harry Stone and Charles Dickens
- Dickens' Working Notes for His Novels by Harry Stone and Charles Dickens

Shouts and MurmursLouis Menand
Listening to Bourbon

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Slips of the Tongue (Review) Louis Menand
The Warden of English, by Jenny McMorris
- The Warden of English by Jenny McMorris

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Something About Kathy (Review) Louis Menand
Never Let Me Go, by Kazuo Ishiguro
- Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

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Stand By Your ManLouis Menand

The Strange Case of William JamesCushing Strout, John C. Markowitz, and Louis Menand, ...
An Exchange




The Talk of the TownLouis Menand
Comment: Chin Music


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Thumbspeak (Review) Louis Menand
Txtng: The Gr8 Db8, by David Crystal
- Txtng: The Gr8 Db8 by David Crystal


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Under Western Eyes (Review) Louis Menand
Our Game, by John le Carre
- Our Game by John le Carre

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Upstate (Review) Louis Menand
Bridge of Sighs, by Richard Russo
- Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo

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What Comes Naturally (Review) Louis Menand
The Blank Slate, by Steven Pinker
- The Blank Slate by Steven Pinker


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Wife Guy (Review) Louis Menand
A Personal Journey Through American Movies, by Martin Scorsese and Michael Henry Wilson
- A Personal Journey Through American Movies by Martin Scorsese and Michael Henry Wilson


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William James & the Case of the Epileptic Patient (5 Reviews) Louis Menand
Genuine Reality, by Linda Simon
- Genuine Reality by Linda Simon
- William James Remembered by Linda Simon
- The Thought and Character of William James by Ralph Barton Perry
- Manhood at Harvard by Kim Townsend
- The Correspondence of William James by Ignas K. Skrupskelis and Elizabeth M. Berkeley, ...

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Willie's Version (Review) Louis Menand
New York Days, by Willie Morris
- New York Days by Willie Morris

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The Women Come and Go (Review) Louis Menand
Painted Shadow, by Carole Seymour-Jones
- Painted Shadow by Carole Seymour-Jones

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