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January 13, 2016

An Interview with Albena Azmanova

The following is an interview with Albena Azmanova, author of The Scandal of Reason: A Critical Theory of Political Judgment.nnWhat problems does The Scandal of Reason confront?nnPolitical judgment is always trapped in the choice between taking action and failing to...

January 13, 2016

An Interview with Chris Andrews

The following is an interview with Chris Andrews, author of Roberto Bolaño’s Fiction: An Expanding UniversennQuestion: How did you discover Bolaño’s work?nnChris Andrews: Chatting with booksellers in Santiago and Valparaíso in 2001. Bolaño was already very well known in Chile: he...

January 13, 2016

An Interview with Carmeta Albarus

The following is an interview with Carmeta Albarus, author of The Making of Lee Boyd Malvo: The D.C. Sniper. Albarus, a social worker, was instructed by the court to uncover any information that might help mitigate the death sentence the...

January 13, 2016

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January 13, 2016

Ponzi's Scam Exposed! — An Excerpt from Pulitzer's Gold

Read an excerpt from “Pulitzer’s Gold: A Century of Public Service Journalism,” by Roy J. Harris Jr.

January 12, 2016

An Interview with Roy J. Harris, author of "Pulitzer's Gold"

Roy J. Harris discusses the history of the Public Service Journalism prize and its impact on journalism and American society.

January 8, 2016

Pariah Dogs

Read an excerpt from the introduction to “Pariah Dogs,” part three of WITH DOGS AT THE EDGE OF LIFE, by Colin Dayan, in which Dayan examines how the suffering of dogs has been represented in literature.

January 8, 2016

An Interview with Colin Dayan

Watch an interview with Colin Dayan, author of WITH DOGS AT THE EDGE OF LIFE.

January 7, 2016

Dead Dogs

Colin Dayan, author of WITH DOGS ON THE EDGE OF LIFE, tells the story of a 2005 case where fifty-seven pit bulls were confiscated, deemed “too aggressive to live,” and killed by authority.

January 7, 2016