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When I started writing about books for The New Republic in 2010, I was amazed to find a publication where argument, disagreement, and sharp criticism were encouraged. It has always struck me how few places there are today for this kind of discussion: for encountering new ideas, arguing over them, essentially living with them. The New Republic was a rare exception, a magazine where critics had thousands of words to unfold the twists and turns in their essays. When I became an editor here in 2015, I wanted to carry that tradition forward.

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