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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.
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.

True Criminology

September 22, 2023

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

Fear Itself

September 8, 2023

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.
Book jackets for eight different books featured in the accompanying review.

World-Wide Weird

August 11, 2023

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

Alone, Together

August 4, 2023

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

Doing Science With Disabilities

July 14, 2023

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

Heavy Weather

June 30, 2023

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

The book jacket for Jacqueline Rose's "The Plague: Living Death in Our Times." Silver lettering is set against a drawing of a silver full moon on a dark-blue background.
The book jacket for Jacqueline Rose's "The Plague: Living Death in Our Times." Silver lettering is set against a drawing of a silver full moon on a dark-blue background.

Symptomatic Reading

June 16, 2023

Scott McLemee surveys a psychoanalytic critic’s response to the pandemic.

A compilation of six book covers featured in the accompanying essay.
A compilation of six book covers featured in the accompanying essay.

Election-Adjacent

June 2, 2023

Scott McLemee offers an overview of election-adjacent university press titles.