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The Know-Nothing Campaign Against Higher Learning

Mar 24, 2026

The Editors

The Know-Nothing Campaign Against Higher Learning

Dive deeper into James Chandler's new pamphlet from Prickly Paradigm Press

How Do We Think About Population in the Anthropocene?

Mar 30, 2026

The Editors

How Do We Think About Population in the Anthropocene?

Dive deeper into one of the most challenging questions facing Anthropocene Studies.

Last Words: Large Language Models and the AI Apocalypse

Mar 27, 2026

The Editors

Last Words: Large Language Models and the AI Apocalypse

Dive deeper into Paul Kockelman's latest PPP pamphlet.

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Relaunching Prickly Paradigm Press

Mar 12, 2026

The Editors

Relaunching Prickly Paradigm Press


Allow us to reintroduce ourselves.`

Prickly Dispatch #4: August 2026

Aug 31, 2026

The Editors

Prickly Dispatch #4: August 2026


The Know-Nothing Campaign Against Higher Learning, celebrity book clubs, and Steven Spielberg

Aliens, Elon, and sci-fi mythos

Aug 31, 2026

Ava Volman

Aliens, Elon, and sci-fi mythos


Rereading Bruce Kapferer's 2001 and Counting in light of Spielberg's Disclosure Day

Know-Nothings vs. Classical Liberals

Aug 31, 2026

The Editors

Know-Nothings vs. Classical Liberals


James Chandler interviewed for the American Campus podcast

What are celebrity book clubs for?

Aug 24, 2026

Hannah Lee

What are celebrity book clubs for?


On Dua Lipa, Reese Witherspoon, and Katarzyna Bartoszyńska

Bradbury, False Slop, and the Dead Internet

Aug 17, 2026

Smrithi Senthilnathan

Bradbury, False Slop, and the Dead Internet


Revisiting Data, Now Bigger and Better in the age of AI.

Prickly Dispatch #3: July 2026

Jul 31, 2026

The Editors

Prickly Dispatch #3: July 2026


The Know-Nothing Campaign Against Higher Learning, Neo-Liberal Genetics, and Prickly Pear co-founders Anna Grimshaw and Keith Hart

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