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Mal WarwickThe Gilded Age murder that launched the tabloid warsWilliam Randolph Hearst thundered into New York City in 1895, intent on making history with a brash new approach to writing and selling…Aug 21
Marlon WeemsinThe Journeyman.Capitalism is Killing DemocracyWe’re in the middle of a second Gilded Age, but no one seems to realize unrestrained capitalism is the problemMay 11, 202212
Bill EvansinThe Book CafeNo Moral to It — Henry James’s Washington Square“We don’t read James for his stories. Despite their formal symmetries, they feel jerry-rigged… “Nov 25, 20231
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