JUNE | SEPTEMBER 2025

Solaria at the Giubbe Rosse by Baccio Maria Bacci (1888 – 1974)

INTELLECT VS. REASON

BY MIKHAIL EPSTEIN

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The Incredulity of Saint Thomas, Detail (1602) by Caravaggio

DO WE REALLY KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT JESUS SAID?

BY C. FRED ALFORD

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She/She 1981, printed 2007, Linder at Tate Modern

REFLECTIONS ON MEMOIR

BY GLORIA A. LEVIN

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WHY HISTORY?

BY HAIM MARANTZ

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THE INEFFABLE PASSIONS OF LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN

BY PAUL B. DONOVAN

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ORIGIN, PRESENCE, AND TIME IN THE POETRY OF W.S. MERWIN

BY MARK IRWIN

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TEACHING CHARLIE CHAPLIN AMONG THE POETS

BY STEPHEN TAPSCOTT

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ON TEACHING THE SOUND AND THE FURY

BY CHRISTINE ANN EVANS

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The Bouquet and the Wreath by Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook

SANITY OR MADNESS?

BY STEVE DAVIDSON

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Installation view of In Other Worlds: Acts of Translation at Focal Point Gallery, Southend-on-Sea

WRITING WITHOUT STYLE

BY STEVEN G. KELLMAN

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Just Plain Forever (2019) by Duke Riley

HOW WE GOT HERE: CONSUMER CAPITALISM AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS

BY MARK STOLL

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MORAL PARTICULARS IN LITERATURE

WILLIAM VAUGHAN

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ON “THE DEATH OF IVAN ILYICH”

ELEFTHERIOS MAKEDONAS

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TECHNOLOGY AND HUMANITY

Le Monde selon l'AI at Jeu de Paume, Paris

THE LINE: AI AND THE FUTURE OF PERSONHOOD

BY JAMES BOYLE

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MACHINES WILL BECOME ETERNAL...

BY TSONCHO TSONCHEV

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MEMOIR ESSAY

TWO YEARS IN TEXAS

BY RON MCFARLAND

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MT. ZION FREE-WILL BAPTIST CHURCH AND ME

BY W.D. BLACKMON

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ART

REFLECTIONS ON A PAINTING EXHIBITION IN TOKYO

BY PAUL SCHOLLMEIER

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CONVERSATIONS

Annie Leibovitz, Stream of Consciousness (Hauser & Wirth)

ON THE PROBLEM OF CONSCIOUSNESS

STEVEN PINKER & TONY SOBRADO

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FICTION & POETRY

TWO POEMS

BY JIM TILLEY

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DISPUTATION

BY ROBERT WEXELBLATT

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BOOKS & REVIEWS

FIELDS OF EXILE

BY NORA GOLD

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THE HOLY & BROKEN BLISS: POEMS IN PLAGUE TIME

BY KAREN ALKALAY-GUT

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PSEUDO-SCIENCE AND POTEMKIN HISTORY

BY MICHAEL K. LAUNER

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