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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 the book From Caligari to Hitler

The Films That Foretold Fascism

Siegfried Kracauer believed movies could offer early warnings of political disaster.

Illustration of the book How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization

Does Soccer Still Explain the World?

Franklin Foer’s bestselling 2004 book helped sell soccer to Americans thanks in part to a defense of globalization.

Illustration of the book cover for Coming Into the Country with a magnifying glass hovering above.

John McPhee’s Exhilarating Defense of the Wilderness

In scrutinizing our relationship with the natural world, his classic works helped us to better understand ourselves.

Lance Richardson

Illustration of the book A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf with a magn

The Loneliness of A Room of One’s Own

Virginia Woolf put forward an enduring vision of women with the space and financial stability to write. But it’s also a sad vision—of isolated writers, cut off from peers or mentors.