December 2009

COVER STORY

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culture

  • classroom
  • books

    School's Cool

    If we are to revive American schools, we must stop dwelling on despair and celebrate the power of learning, a new book argues.

    By Eve Ewing
  • mourning relative
  • books

    Good Grief

    Opaque prose aside, Judith Butler's new book asks crucial questions about how we tolerate state-sanctioned death.

    By Kristian Williams

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Vol. 33, Iss. 12