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The book cover for Jonathan Kramnick's "Criticism and Truth: On Method in Literary Studies."
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Is Literary Studies Facing an Extinction Event?

Scott McLemee reviews Jonathan Kramnick’s Criticism and Truth: On Method in Literary Studies.

The book cover for Marlena Williams's "Night Mother: A Personal and Cultural History of The Exorcist."
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Exorcising ‘The Exorcist’

Scott McLemee reviews Marlena Williams’s Night Mother: A Personal and Cultural History of The Exorcist.

Book jacket for Gregg Barak's Criminology on Trump, featuring an illustration of the former president and two others hugging an American flag with cash floating in the background.
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True Criminology

Scott McLemee reviews Gregg Barak’s Criminology on Trump.

The book cover of Afraid: Understanding the Purpose of Fear and Harnessing the Power of Anxiety, by Arash Javanbakht.
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Fear Itself

Scott McLemee reviews Arash Javanbakht’s Afraid: Understanding the Purpose of Fear and Harnessing the Power of Anxiety.

Book jackets for eight different books featured in the accompanying review.
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World-Wide Weird

Scott McLemee looks ahead to some ‘promisingly weird’ books from university presses due out this fall.

Book jacket for Daniel Schreiber's 'Alone: Reflections on Solitary Living.'
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Alone, Together

Scott McLemee reflects on Daniel Schreiber’s Alone: Reflections on Solitary Living.

The book cover for 'Uncharted: How Scientists Navigate Their Own Health, Research, and Experiences of Bias,' edited by Skylar Bayer and Gabi Serrato Marks.
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Doing Science With Disabilities

Scott McLemee reviews Uncharted: How Scientists Navigate Their Own Health, Research, and Experiences of Bias.

Book cover for Debra Hawhee's "A Sense of Urgency."
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Heavy Weather

Scott McLemee reviews Debra Hawhee’s new book on climate and rhetoric.