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January 9, 2021
Emerson and Thoreau’s Fanatical Freedom
Why do the Transcendentalists still have an outsize influence on American culture?
by Sarah Blackwood

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Two new movies address the impossible, ordinary, maddening task of keeping both yourself and a child alive.
by Jo Livingstone
Junior staffers at Penguin Random House scoff at the idea that one of their own was powerful enough to derail a new collection of the author's work.
by Alex Shephard

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Mark Bowden and Matthew Teague’s book shows how scattershot January 6 was—and why a repeat could be harder to stop.
by Jacob Bacharach
From the Archives:
The economist Emily Oster’s “Expecting Better” made parenting less daunting. Her new book, “The Family Firm,” does the opposite.

by Janet Manley

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