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    An Inconvenient Animal: Rodents of Unusual Size

    Lewis Page reviews the new PBS documentary, "Rodents of Unusual Size," about the invasive nutria species of Louisiana.

    Remembering Eileen Battersby

    Susan Curtis remembers author, journalist, and literary critic Eileen Battersby, who died on December 23 at the age of 60.

    The Making of a Korean Monster: Kim Sagwa’s Bloody High-School Novel Mina

    Colin Marshall on Kim Sagwa's novel "Mina (미나)," newly out in English translation by Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton.

    The Cost of Being Alone: Cassandra Seltman interviews Jamieson Webster

    Cassandra Seltman interviews psychoanalyst Jamieson Webster about her new book "Conversion Disorder: Listening to the Body in Psychoanalysis."

    You Can’t Get This Without Making Somebody Else Feel Bad: Talking to Francis Fukuyama

    Andy Fitch interviews Francis Fukuyama, author of "Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment."

    Where Coverage Stops: An Interview with Monica Berlin

    JoAnna Novak interviews Monica Berlin, author of "Nostalgia for a World Where We Can Live."

    My Favorite Romance Novels of 2018

    Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams’s romance novel-writing past came as a surprise to many people. But not to romance readers. …

    A Free World His Own: The Indomitable Spirit of Bill Traylor

    Andrew M. Davenport reviews "Between Worlds: The Art of Bill Traylor" at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

    Intersectionality and the Jews in the Age of Trump

    "Precisely how we should parse critiques of Israeli government policies that seem to bleed into hatred of the Jews is a fraught but very pressing project."

    That Bit of Philosophy in All of Us: Talking to Tushar Irani

    Andy Fitch interviews Tushar Irani, author of "Plato on the Value of Philosophy: The Art of Argument in the Gorgias and Phaedrus."