Is a 600-page history of the British novel a monument to a dying form? If so, it's a joyous one

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William T. Vollmann's publisher insisted he shorten his novel. “I said, ‘I cut it, but I’m really sorry but unfortunately, it’s like 400 pages longer now”

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Generational analysis is almost always nonsense," says Leon Wieseltier. No one told Yale's Kent Professor of Law and History

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A New Form of Political Theater

What History Tells Us About the AI Debate

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Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History

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