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To dig the country out of the Great Depression the WPA put writers and artists to work on large-scale public works meant to benefit the country as a whole, employ… 2 / Read more »

New York magazine this week profiles Martin Peretz, who stepped down as editor of The New Republic, which he has edited and co-owned since 1974, on January 1st. Peretz has… Read more »

In Lapham’s Quarterly “Celebrity Issue,” novelist Charles Baxter provides a sharp postmodern reading of Phineas Taylor Barnum’s 1855 autobiography The Life of P. T. Barnum. Baxter makes a case that Barnum–the… Read more »

Why is the Millenium Trilogy so popular Obama the Novel Now you can check out library books on your phone An enlightening interview with Snooki’s co-author An exciting list of… Read more »