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October 22, 2015

Sebald's "Air War and Literature"

“Sebald demands a language that closely follows upon the events of destruction and brings them into our memory … Sebald calls for a language that makes one see.”—Carol Jacobs In the following excerpt from Sebald’s Vision, Carol Jacobs discusses Sebald’s...

October 22, 2015

What's Wrong with Nostalgia — Gary Cross

Gary Cross, author of “Consumed Nostalgia,” argues that the way we remember now separates us rather than bringing us together.

October 21, 2015

"In Sebald one encounters an ethics of melancholy outrage" — Carol Jacobs on W. G. Sebald

Read an excerpt from “Sebald’s Vision,” by Carol Jacobs.

October 20, 2015

Interview with Carol Jacobs, author of "Sebald's Vision"

“In many of [Sebald’s] works one is drawn along in elaborate sentences that get you to a destination with only the remotest connections to where they began. It’s like traveling on a train whose tracks are constantly encountering a switch,...

October 20, 2015

New Book Tuesday: Political Freud, The Making of Salafism, and More!

Our weekly listing of new titles now available.

October 19, 2015

Author Events This Week: A Celebration of Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick and More!

We’ve got a great slate of author events this week: The week kicks off with a talk on understanding climate change from Michael Mann, author of The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines. Tuesday includes...

October 16, 2015

How Evolutionary Psychology Can Affect Political Change — Gillian Barker

Gillian Barker, author of “Beyond Biofatalism,” argues that evolutionary psychology — properly understood — can play a part in confronting climate change and other political and social problems.

October 15, 2015

Interview with Gillian Barker, author of "Beyond Biofatalism"

“To get beyond [biofatalism] is to begin to explore the evidence that human cognition and behavior are much more flexible in certain ways than [biofatalism] suggests, and so human societies are much more open to a range of possibilities than...