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The Book at the End of the World
Scott McLemee reviews Timothy Beal's The Book of Revelation: A Biography.
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The Overlooked Messages of the Sokal-Squared Hoax
Few people seemed to have noticed that it was a put-down of academics concerned with racial issues, write Joel P. Christensen and Matthew A. Sears.
An Unending Copyright Dispute
Appeals court ruling continues decade-long legal battle between Georgia State University and three publishers over what constitutes "fair use" of course materials. Does anyone still care about the outcome?
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Perfectly Transparent
In the wake of the most recent effort to undermine transgender people and their rights, Scott McLemee reviews this year's books on them.
A Faculty Plea: Put Books Back in the Bookstore
Unhappy with a new online-only book ordering system, professors at Middlebury College are calling for books to be put back on the shelves of their college bookstore.
‘Race on Campus’
Author discusses her new book about what she sees as widespread misconceptions about the state of race relations in higher education.
Careful Consent
Author discusses her new book on "hookup culture" on college campuses and how universities can improve their education around sex and Title IX.
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Billion-Year Spree
In On the Future: Prospects for Humanity, Martin Rees encourages us to think beyond the new norms of diminished and collapsing expectations, writes Scott McLemee.