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Facebookers of the World, Unite!
If the economy of the future runs on our data, does that make us slave labor?
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Kitchen Elemental
Fire, water, air, and earth: Michael Pollan explores the building blocks of cooking.
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Henry James Predicted TMZ
His 1888 novel of newspapermen and socialites at war reads like a prophecy.
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“I Gotta Cut Krypto”
The author of Superman: The Unauthorized Biography argues with his editor about the Dog of Steel.
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Gross National Product
Two new books look at how we turn food into poop—and what happens to it afterward.
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My Albertine
Patti Smith on the long-lost novel she’s carried with her for almost 40 years.
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You Are What You Buy
An academic book about the evolution of restaurants sheds new light on the moral bankruptcy of foodie-ism.
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The Curious Incidence of Dogs in Publishing
If kittens rule the Internet, why do puppies reign in print?
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The Way of the Egghead Is Hard
America’s complicated relationship with its brainiest citizens.
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Thanks but No Thanks but Thanks
H.T. Tsiang’s self-published “American epic” The Hanging on Union Square is back and just as wonderfully bizarre as ever.
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First We Stake Manhattan
The disorderly story of the perfectly orderly New York City street grid.
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Chauvinist Pygmalion
In 18th century England, Thomas Day adopted a little girl and tried to mold her into the perfect wife.
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The Rise of the Airline Stewardess
The iconic air hostess was also a trailblazer for feminist ideals.
