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The New Yorker turns 100 − how a poker game pipe...

Christopher B. Daly, Boston University Literate in tone, far-reaching in scope, and witty to its bones, The New Yorker...

Mad Magazine’s clout may have faded, but its ethos matters more...

Michael J. Socolow, University of Maine Mad Magazine is still hanging on. In April, it launched a reboot, jokingly calling it its “first issue.” But in...

The magazine that inspired Rolling Stone

Peter Richardson, San Francisco State University The 50th anniversary of Rolling Stone magazine has arrived, and not without fanfare. Joe Hagan’s biography of co-founder Jann...

Why so many baseball experts whiffed with last year’s predictions

James Walker, Saint Xavier University and Robert Bellamy, Duquesne University For Major League Baseball teams, spring brings the promise of a better year. For...

Gordon Parks exhibit offers intimate glimpse into segregation-era life for African...

By Toni Pepe Dan, Boston University In the spring of 1950, Gordon Parks, the first African-American photographer for Life Magazine, returned to his hometown of...

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