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The Sound and the Fury Is the Book for Our Political Moment

by Thomas Geoghegan July 16, 2021January 9, 2022

How Faulkner’s four narrators delineate Biden-era constituencies.

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Two Cheers for Tom Wolf

by Jonathan Alter March 1, 1988June 26, 2023

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Missed Moorings: American Novelists Lose Touch

by Nicholas Lemann February 1, 1986February 14, 2023

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Today’s Best Journalism: Better Than Fiction

by Nicholas Lemann March 1, 1983February 10, 2023

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The Sound and the Fury Is the Book for Our Political Moment

Two Cheers for Tom Wolf

Missed Moorings: American Novelists Lose Touch

Today’s Best Journalism: Better Than Fiction

Call Them ‘Common Sense Democrats’

Congress Should Stop Russ Vought’s Latest Power Grab

One Internal Pollster Saw the Primary Results Coming

Hey Industry, Stop Sponging Off, and Start Contributing to, the Colleges That Train Your Employees

The Case for Lesser-Known Colleges

Internal Polls Flopped in Michigan and Hawaii. How Will They Do in Minnesota and Wisconsin?

Burning the Past to Build the Future

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