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Book Forum

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.`

Identity v. Oligarchy: (Re)reading Rorty in 2026

May 11, 2026

Peter Sahlins

Identity v. Oligarchy: (Re)reading Rorty in 2026


We can learn a lot from history in the philosopher and social critic Richard Rorty's 2002 PPP pamphlet, Against Bosses, Against Oligarchies.

Trump and Anti-Catholicism in America

Apr 26, 2026

Jim Chandler

Trump and Anti-Catholicism in America


Vincent Norman Peale, the author of The Power of Positive Thinking who officiated Trump's first wedding, is a link in a long chain of American prejudice against Catholics.

Is Trump Losing His Touch?

Apr 24, 2026

Jim Chandler

Is Trump Losing His Touch?


Epstein, Iran, and Trump's losing war against satire

Week of the Book

Apr 20, 2026

Peter Sahlins

Week of the Book


Recent reporting, in time for World Book Day, suggests the book is back -- but who's reading what?

Paris is burning

Apr 18, 2026

Peter Sahlins, The Editors

Paris is burning


We should all be concerned by the firing of a prominent editor

Marie Clairadigm

Apr 16, 2026

The Editors

Marie Clairadigm


PPP Author Franco La Cecla lends his expertise on architecture and design to Marie Claire

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