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food

The Great Parmesan Cheese Enigma

Willa Paskin Slate
According to historian Alberto Grandi, if you want to eat the original Parmigiano like our great-grandparents used to eat, you should go to Milwaukee or Madison.

poetry

Proprietary

Randall Mann
Drawing on his experience in the technology sector, poet Randall Mann discloses how much he can't disclose.

books

Marx’s Last Studies

Charles Reitz Marx & Philosophy Review of Books
Between 1879 and 1882, Marx studied the latest research and writing on communal clan-based social formations around the globe, focusing on the changing nature of land ownership and gender and family relations within these societies.

film

Caught Stealing Is a Wild and Violent Romp

Eileen Jones Jacobin
Darren Aronofsky’s Caught Stealing sees the typically pretentious auteur shift gears toward fun and violence in late 1990s NYC. It’s a throwback to gritty 1970s filmmaking but set in the Giuliani era — the perfect setting for downwardly mobile 2025

books

One Nation, Not Under God

Stephen Rohde Los Angeles Review of Books
This book was first published in 2019 and is a classic whose relevance has only grown over time. Reviewer Rohde offers a detailed tour of this important work.
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