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Father’s Day Hieroglyph

J.L. Wall

In a wall relief at the shrine of Hathor,goddess of love and joy, Thutmose III,Napoleon of Egypt, conqueror of Syria holds a ball in one hand and in the...

Thumbing an Issue of Forbes

J.L. Wall

In the obits, ballplayers still finish first,their August exploits no one quite remembersrestored to life: the diving stop unrehearsedamid the routine plays of life’s surrender. But beneath our unnamed...

Sin and Redemption in Mad Men

J.L. Wall

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Joyce’s God, Bullied and Bullying

J.L. Wall

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David Brooks at Howards End

J.L. Wall

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Decoration Day, Ten Years On

J.L. Wall

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Summer Reading: Going Home

J.L. Wall

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Starhill and the Tsar

J.L. Wall

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Shakespeare’s Cypriot Crisis

J.L. Wall

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Is Batman Bored?

J.L. Wall

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Lost in the Reboots

J.L. Wall

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Darkness, Wonder, and the New Star Trek

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The Novel of Belief and Jewish-American Demography

J.L. Wall

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