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January 19, 2017

Thursday Fiction Corner: Kiku’s Prayer by Endō Shūsaku, translated by Van C. Gessel

Musings on Kiku’s Prayer by Endō Shūsaku, translated by Van C. Gessel.

January 19, 2017

Love and Experience

Read an excerpt from MARRIAGE AS A FINE ART, by Julia Kristeva and Philippe Sollers!

January 18, 2017

Love of the Other

Read an excerpt from MARRIAGE AS A FINE ART, by Julia Kristeva and Philippe Sollers!

January 18, 2017

New Book Wednesday: Jeffrey Sachs on Building the New American Economy, Michel Chion on Words on Screen, and More!

Our weekly listing of new books now available!

January 12, 2017

Three Ways to Present a Data-Rich Table

Jonathan Schwabish, author of BETTER PRESENTATIONS: A GUIDE FOR SCHOLARS, RESEARCHERS, AND WONKS, offers some advice for researchers looking to give better presentations.

January 11, 2017

Conserving the Environment is Crucial but Simple

Read a guest post by Geoffrey Heal, author of ENDANGERED ECONOMIES: HOW THE NEGLECT OF NATURE THREATENS OUR PROSPERITY!

January 10, 2017

Environment and Economy—No Conflict

Read the first chapter of ENDANGERED ECONOMIES: HOW THE NEGLECT OF NATURE THREATENS OUR PROSPERITY, by Geoffrey Heal!

January 10, 2017

New Book Tuesday: Desegregating the Past, Spirituality and Hospice Social Work, and More!

Our weekly listing of new books now available!

January 6, 2017

The Disaster of Half-Education

Benjamin Y. Fong, author of DEATH AND MASTERY: PSYCHOANALYTIC DRIVE THEORY AND THE SUBJECT OF LATE CAPITALISM, looks at the tendencies of Horkheimer and Adorno’s “new anthropological type” and sees causes for concern in the wake of the 2016 election.

January 5, 2017

Three Principles of Effective Scholarly Presentations

Jonathan Schwabish, author of BETTER PRESENTATIONS: A GUIDE FOR SCHOLARS, RESEARCHERS, AND WONKS, offers some advice for researchers looking to give better presentations.