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Books & WritersTrash Talk
July 28, 2011 - Robert Leiter |  The dusty fragments found in the Cairo Genizah
changed how we look at the Jewish past.  |
Love and Work
Freud said you need both, and Anne Roiphe discovered it was so
July 21, 2011 - Robert Leiter |  I don't think I've ever read a memoir by a living writer that includes a preface by the author's child. This seems like a device from another century, affixed to manuscripts found after death. |
'He Pulled Me Back So I Could Soar'
A tribute to 40 years of artistry at the Met
July 14, 2011 - Robert Leiter |  The Hal Leonard Corporation, which is known for making lovely books about musical matters and releasing them under its various imprints, has outdone itself with its salute to James Levine's 40th anniversary at the Metropolitan Opera. |
Putting the Real on the Run
A researcher looks at how technology is transforming our sense of self
July 7, 2011 - Robert Leiter |  Thirty years ago, author Sherry Turkle joined the MIT faculty to study computer culture. A psychoanalytically trained psychologist, she wanted to explore how machines were affecting our sense of self. |
The Elements of Style
A professor passes sentence on syntax and other tricks of the trade
June 30, 2011 - Robert Leiter |  Aside from Strunk and White's Elements of Style, I've never been much of a fan of books that say they can teach you to write. |
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