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Academic Freedom Alliance
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“The Divine Comedy” at 700
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On Dante Alighieri’s eternal poem.
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Out of the life lived
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On A Whole World: Letters from James Merrill, edited by Langdon Hammer & Stephen Yenser.
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What might have been
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On “counterfactual” poetry anthologies.
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April 13, 2021
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April 09, 2021
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1 In the kitchen of art by Marco Grassi
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In the kitchen of art by Marco Grassi
2 The hypocrisy of Noam Chomsky by Keith Windschuttle
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The hypocrisy of Noam Chomsky by Keith Windschuttle
3 Orwell’s “Catalonia” revisited by Anthony Daniels
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Orwell’s “Catalonia” revisited by Anthony Daniels
4 Rousseau & the origins of liberalism by Roger Scruton
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Rousseau & the origins of liberalism by Roger Scruton
5 The perversions of M. Foucault by Roger Kimball
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The perversions of M. Foucault by Roger Kimball
6 Walter Pater & Bernard Berenson by Paul Barolsky
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Walter Pater & Bernard Berenson by Paul Barolsky
7 Leninthink by Gary Saul Morson
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Leninthink by Gary Saul Morson
8Racism at Smith?
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Racism at Smith?
9 Lowell uncollected by William Logan
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Lowell uncollected by William Logan
10 “The Divine Comedy” at 700 by Daniel Mark Epstein
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“The Divine Comedy” at 700 by Daniel Mark Epstein
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