Category: Subject

November 10, 2016

Interview with Donal Harris, author of "On Company Time"

Read an interview with Donal Harris, author of ON COMPANY TIME: AMERICAN MODERNISM IN THE BIG MAGAZINES, in which Harris explains “big magazines,” the relationship between journalism and literature, and his interest in the topic.

November 9, 2016

Mother Teresa’s Miracles

Larry Shapiro, author of THE MIRACLE MYTH: WHY BELIEF IN THE RESURRECTION AND THE SUPERNATURAL IS UNJUSTIFIED, delves into the case of Mother Theresa in his quest to explain how religious organizations justify belief in miracles.

November 8, 2016

Introducing "The Miracle Myth"

Read the preface to THE MIRACLE MYTH: WHY BELIEF IN THE RESURRECTION AND THE SUPERNATURAL IS UNJUSTIFIED, by Larry Shapiro!

November 3, 2016

Bob Dylan and the Nobel Prize for Literature

Albena Azmanova, author of THE SCANDAL OF REASON, argues that Bob Dylan should reject the Nobel Prize for Literature.

November 3, 2016

Rolling the Dice

Read an article by Joe Carlen, author of A BRIEF HISTORY OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP: THE PIONEERS, PROFITEERS, AND RACKETEERS WHO SHAPED OUR WORLD, on the personality traits shared by successful entrepreneurs throughout history.

November 2, 2016

Introducing "A Brief History of Entrepreneurship"

Read an excerpt from the introduction to A BRIEF HISTORY OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP: THE PIONEERS, PROFITEERS, AND RACKETEERS WHO SHAPED OUR WORLD, by Joe Carlen.

November 1, 2016

Flying Money and Capitalist Monks

Read an excerpt from “Flying Money and Capitalist Monks,” Joe Carlen’s chapter on entrepreneurship in Tang and Song China from A BRIEF HISTORY OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP: THE PIONEERS, PROFITEERS, AND RACKETEERS WHO SHAPED OUR WORLD!

October 28, 2016

Intelligence Agency Logic

Read an excerpt on Edward Snowden, data surveillance, and the NSA from the first chapter of DATA LOVE: THE SEDUCTION AND BETRAYAL OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, by Roberto Simanowski.

October 26, 2016

Interview with Jeremy Rosen, Author of "Minor Characters Have Their Day"

Jeremy Rosen discusses his new book, “Minor Characters Have Their Day: Genre and the Contemporary Literary Marketplace”

October 26, 2016

The Seduction and Betrayal of Digital Technologies

Read a Q&A with Roberto Simanowski, author of DATA LOVE: THE SEDUCTION AND BETRAYAL OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES!

October 25, 2016

Introducing "Data Love"

Read the preface, epilogue, and postface to DATA LOVE: THE SEDUCTION AND BETRAYAL OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, by Roberto Simanowski!

October 21, 2016

Michael E. Mann and Tom Toles on Why We Can’t Ignore Science — An Excerpt from "The Madhouse Effect"

“Well, we ignored the science, and we avoided the sensible choices that were before us. And now we are already paying the price.” — Michael E. Mann and Tom Toles