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  • Men and Letters
    Harriet Waters Preston and Leon H. VincentSeptember 1897 Issue
  • Contents
    January 1879 Issue
  • Contemporaneousness
    June 1904 Issue
  • Remnants
    R. P. ListerMay 1952 Issue
  • Record Reviews
    John M. ConlyFebruary 1958 Issue
  • The Fool in Fiction
    May 1896 Issue
  • The College Essay Is Dead

    Nobody is prepared for how AI will transform academia.

    Stephen MarcheDecember 6, 2022
    An illustration of printed essays arranged to look like a skull
  • Hello, and Goodbye (Again)
    Megan McArdleMarch 19, 2012
  • Tennyson
    March 1890 Issue
  • Innumeracy
    Matthew YglesiasDecember 26, 2007
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