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Illustration by Aaron Lowell Denton

An open book with magnifying glass.

Does It Hold Up?

Classic works, reconsidered

Illustration by Aaron Lowell Denton

Does It Hold Up?

Classic works, reconsidered

Illustration of a book cover for The Mask of Sanity with a magnifying glass

The Man Who Invented the “Psychopath”

Hervey Cleckley wanted to treat the most overlooked psychiatric patients. Instead his work was used to demonize them.

Camille Bromley

Illustration of Hons and Rebels book cover with a magnifying glass

Jessica Mitford’s Escape From Fascism

“Hons and Rebels” might easily be mistaken for a freewheeling memoir of aristocratic life. It’s also a study of intense ideological conflict in a family.

Illustration of the book "The Age of Extremes" with a magnifying glass next to it.

Eric Hobsbawm’s Lament for the Twentieth Century

Where some celebrated the triumph of liberal capitalism in the 1990s, Hobsbawm saw a failed dream.

Illustration of the book Pursuits of Happiness with a magnifying glass hovering over it.

Breaking Up (and Making Up) With Stanley Cavell

“Pursuits of Happiness” teaches the art of rereading and reexamining our own thoughts.