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"A tour de force in identifying and interpreting the wide range of practices and communities behind South America sporting origins." —Marcos Caetano, Journal of Sport History, on Brown's SPORTS IN SOUTH AMERICA.

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Francine Snyder Podcast Episode · Reading the Art World · February 27 · 35m

Tune in for a conversation about I DON'T THINK ABOUT BEING GREAT, creative ambition, and the art world that shaped Rauschenberg in the latest episode of Reading the Art World with Francine Snyder!

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Texas An exploration of the multifaceted characters and complex events that have defined the Lone Star State from its inception through today   When Americans tur...

Johnson's TEXAS is "an enthralling, informative, and critical read." —Cynthia E. Orozco, Journal of Southern History

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Take Me to Church | National Review For many 20th-century intellectuals, Catholicism served as artistic stimulus — and more.

"Engrossing." —Chirstopher Akers writes in his review of CONVERTS in @NRO 

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Book Review: “Sixties Surreal” — A Jingle-Jangle of an Alternative Take - The Arts Fuse While I heartily recommend "Sixties Surreal" as a provocative revisionist compendium or almanac, I know the volume will frustrate those who expect to find a conventional survey.

Missed SIXTIES SURREAL at @whitneymuseum ? Read through our catalog of the exhibition with behind-the-scenes documentation of the exhibit, called a "hefty and engrossing catalogue" by @theartsfuse

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Walter Benjamin: The Pearl Diver A generation ago, many leftists were reading Walter Benjamin.

Read Jewish Book Council's review of Peter E. Gordon's biography WALTER BENJAMIN:

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"A refreshingly global study that upends stark dichotomies and nationalist exceptionalisms." — Shari Rabin, American Religion, on SOVEREIGNTY AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.

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Isabel Neal's THROWN VOICE (Yale Younger Poets winner) explores what the world does when we're not watching. A New England poet of water, light & rock—stark, playful, utterly still. Poetry that asks what it means to be human in a non-human world.

#YaleYoungerPoets #Ecopoetics #ContemporaryPoetry

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Celebrate Women's History Month—one book at a time—by honoring the women who made history and those still making it. 

#womenshistory

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Martin Heidegger, "Being and Time: An Annotated Translation" (Yale UP, 2026) - New Books Network

Lovers of philosophy won't want to miss Cyril Welch's new interview on New Books Network. Listen in to learn more about his long-awaited translation of BEING AND TIME.

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Davos Mann | Los Angeles Review of Books A new book on ‘The Magic Mountain’ grapples with the contradictions of history.

Don't miss the Los Angeles Review of Books's review of Jensen's “remarkable” book,  THE MASTER OF CONTRADICTIONS

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Why Walter Benjamin was all things to all people Peter E. Gordon’s illuminating biography considers a philosopher who couldn’t be boxed in

Peter E. Gordon speaks with Forward on his "illuminating" new biography, WALTER BENJAMIN. 

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Spring 2026 - Most Anticipated Books for Christian Readers! - The Englewood Review of Books The first half of 2026 promises a ton of excellent new books! Here are 60+ of our most anticipated books of Spring 2026 for Christian Readers

TAO TE CHING translated by David Bentley Hart, lands a place on the Englewood Review's list of most anticipated titles.

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New biography offers well-crafted story of Louise Bourgeois’s rich life Knife-Woman is the fullest account to date of the life of one of the most influential artists of the last century

Don't miss a raving review of Bernadac's KNIFE-WOMAN from the Art Newspaper. 

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In conversation with David Dault David Dault teaches at Loyola University Chicago and is host of “Things Not Seen: Conversations About Culture and Faith.”

Fans of theological and religious studies: don't miss a new conversation with David Dault, author of THE ACCESSORIZED BIBLE, on Baptist News Global. 

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Marc James Carpenter, "The War on Illahee: Genocide, Complicity, and Cover-Ups in the Pioneer Northwest" (Yale UP, 2025) - New Books Network

This interview is a must-listen for history lovers. Marc James Carpenter, author of THE WAR ON ILLAHEE, gives an in-depth look into the settler-Native wars that shaped the Pacific Northwest. 

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THE ENCHANTING LIVES OF OTHERS is a tale of aspiring readers and writers, the most accessible work yet from the Chinese writer. In this interview, Can Xue discusses emotion and desire, the essential and the worldly, and the deep power of words.

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Francine Snyder Reading the Art World · Episode

Check out this conversation between Megan Fox Kelly and Francine Snyder about Francine's new edited volume of #RobertRauschenberg writings, I Don't Think About Being Great.
#Rauschenberg #Rauschenberg100 #artpodcast #artbooks

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Moving Crops and the Scales of History A bold redefinition of historical inquiry based on the “cropscape”—the people, creatures, technologies, ideas, and places that surround a crop“Refres...

"A creative approach," writes Corinna Unger of Comparativ in a new review of the monumental MOVING CROPS AND THE SCALES OF HISTORY. 

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A New Translation of the Tao Te Ching with David Bentley Hart In this interview, I sit down with Dr. David Bentley Hart to discuss his new translation of the Tao Te Ching.

Lovers of theology... don't miss Furthering Christendom's new interview with David Bentley Hart, on his new translation of 'Tao Te Ching'!

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"Marsh, a leading commentator on European affairs, draws on an unsurpassed store of journalistic contacts and economic insight to analyze the EU's responses to various crises since 1989. 'Can Europe Survive?' is essential for anyone engaged with European politics." —Andrew Moravcsik, Foreign Affairs

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How White Elites Drained Ancient Art of Its Color The publication of “Chroma” represents an important shift by museums toward recognizing polychromy and its entanglement with white supremacy.

"[T]his book is a crucial step in transforming 'tacky' into beauty -- and exposing the next generation to the realities of a more polychromatic, multicultural, and complex past."
#MetMuseum #sculpture #ancientworld

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“William C. Carter's achievement is a considerable gift to lovers of Proust, not only in the Anglophone world, but everywhere ...It is a delight to see this project brought to completion," writes David Bentley Hart, on a new edition and annotation of Proust's 'Time Regained'.

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Spring 2026 - Most Anticipated Books for Christian Readers! - Page 2 of 9 - The Englewood Review of Books The first half of 2026 promises a ton of excellent new books! Here are 60+ of our most anticipated books of Spring 2026 for Christian Readers

Englewood Review of Books includes "Make Your Home in This Luminous Dark" in its list of Spring 2026’s Top 10 Most Anticipated Books for Christian readers!

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The Age of Revenge Once upon a brief time, there was consensus around social progress. But the backlash began almost immediately—and has been with us ever since.

"Starr lays bare in abundant detail how transformations in the American economy forestalled the broader economic gains for African Americans that one might have expected after the strides made in the 1960s." @DemJournal

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Putin’s Long Shadow Over Post-Soviet Russia BOOK REVIEW: The Return of Russia: From Yeltsin to Putin, the Story of a Vengeful KremlinBy James Rodgers / Yale University PressReviewed by: Susan GorgioskiThe Reviewer: Susan Gorgioski is a writer who lives in Australia. She informs us that she has never served in special operations or intelligenc...

"An ambitious study . . . [the book] is a welcome addition to this area of scholarship." —Susan Gorgioski @thecipherbrief on THE RETURN OF RUSSIA.

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The best new art books of 2026, selected by Christie's editors From the sweeping Secrets of Painting to intimate conversations with Tracey Emin – via Helmut Newton, Brutalist Korea and Masterpieces of the Pinault Collection

Christie's has named Mahon's 'Dorothea Tanning' as "One of the Best New Art Books of 2026"!

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Were People ACTUALLY Happier Back Then?! | Professor Michael Scott Hack Your Happiness · Episode

Curious about whether ancients were happier and the steps they took to do so? Listen to author Michael Scott's feature on the Hack your Happiness Podcast, now on Spotify!

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The Struggle for the Fed | Trevor Jackson The Fed is under attack. Can it be both protected and held accountable?

@nybooks reviews Our Dollar, Your Problem in their new article, The Struggle for the Fed:

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Everybody Is Interested in Pigeons Throughout history people have fancied pigeons for food, pharmaceuticals, and hobby breeding.

A new excerpt on pigeons, from Jones's 'Beastly Britain', has just been published in Plough! Read on below.

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