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Living and Reading Well

Executive Editor Zoe E. Dominguez reviews Still No Word from You: Notes in the Margin by Dartmouth professor Peter Orner.




Nationalisms, Internationally?

Trump meets with Bolsonaro. Courtesy of U.S. State Dept. In recent years, nationalism has undeniably surged into public view. With the rapid rise of nationalist…


Eli Black’s Grand Ambition

Eli Black (middle) among United Fruit workers. Courtesy of Matthew Garcia. In recent years, corporations have increasingly sought to build their brand by aligning themselves…


On High Office and Big Money

“Not my Fundraiser-in-Chief.” Courtesy of SkyNews. When the American citizen thinks about the Commander-in-Chief, the first images to come to mind likely include the Oval…


Maternal Instincts and Their Extremes

Whistler’s Mother by James McNeill Whistler. Courtesy of Wikimedia. Do not read Directions to Myself: A Memoir of Four Years by Dartmouth graduate Heidi Julavits…