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Previous Stories
8.6.01	Anthropologist, Beth Conklin, studies 'compassionate cannibalism' in an Amazonian tribe.
7.30.01	An essay by Michael Nelson about how Henry Kissinger and Daniel Patrick Moynihan, two controversial, influential Nixon advisers, will be remembered.
7.23.01	An essay by UNC professor of history Jacquelyn Dowell Hall on the narratives of the civil rights movement.
7.16.01	An article about Kathryn Ann Lindskoog and her new book about the controversy over C. S. Lewis' literary estate and the body of work he left behind.
7.09.01	Elaine Showalter comments on the cultural studies concerning Monica Lewinsky's relationship to President Clinton.
6.04.01	A new book examines the relationship of physical and social geography to the world of partisan politics.
5.28.01	An essay excerpted from Lawrence Buell's new book Writing for an Endangered World: Literature, Culture, and Environment in the U.S. and Beyond.
5.14.01	An essay on the rise and legacy of Miles Davis.
5.07.01	Questioning recent claims about the 'death of rock and roll', Kevin Dettmar suggests rock critics should keep an open mind.
4.30.01	When it hits the shelves this summer, the Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism may change the way undergraduate students learn literary theory. But controversy is inevitable over who made the cut and who didn't. The Chronicle offers an inside look at how the anthology's editors made their decisions
4.23.01	For writers in the humanities, published books are vital career milestones, and new works can revolutionize entire fields of study. But looking at the books that were never finished can give readers a much deeper insight into the lives of scholars. The Chronicle of Higher Education's Jeff Sharlet explores this idea in an article from the April 27 issue. His profile of three authors - Patricia Nelson Limerick, Stephanie Wood, and Richard Gibson - takes a close look at the books they can't (or won't) complete, and how unfinished books can represent deep scars on a writer's psyche and reputation.
4.16.01	'Did Kenneth Burke, intellectual maverick, accidentally create cultural studies?' by Scott McLemee
3.26.01	Richard Monastersky reports on how the field of volcanology copes with the dangers of the research and the publicity of recent tragedies.
3.19.01	Outside of the political arena, scholars debate campaign finance reform. To explore more deeply into this year's election here's a list of books the political issues we face.
3.12.01	A profile of Yi-Fu Tuan, a scholar in the field of humanistic geography, whose work has been both overlooked and inspiring.
3.05.01	A criticism of the intrusion of the editor in republications of classic novels.
2.12.01	Elaine Showalter suggests looking at a few recent novels from English professors as a form of literary criticism or literary celebration.
1.16.01	America's best-selling poet is a 13th-century Persian mystic, who often danced while reciting to his disciples. Now he is whirling circles around Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, and Walt Whitman.
1.08.01	Academic Scandal in the Internet Age -- when a furor broke out over the charges in Darkness in El Dorado, e-mail was more powerful than peer review.
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