Philip Leventhal

@PhilipLeventhal

Editor at . I acquire in Film Studies, Journalism, and Literary Studies.

Joined September 2016
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    Nov 30

    I wrote a book! R.I.Y.L: Ben-Hur, spirit photography, Jesus selfies, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, the Cinema of Attractions, W.E.B. Du Bois, dunking on D.W. Griffith, Abbas Kiarostami, dunking on Mel Gibson and Cecil B. DeMille, decaying nitrate, glorious VHS.

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  2. Nov 30

    A bit late to this, but great to see JOURNALISM UNDER FIRE, by Stephen Gillers on the 's Front Table.

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    Nov 29

    "This enlightening scholarly study will serve, for most Western readers, as their introduction to the Persian Book of Kings" - reviews 's forthcoming THE SHAHNAMEH: THE PERSIAN EPIC AS WORLD LITERATURE

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    Nov 28

    Athletes are described in different ways depending on their race

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    Nov 28

    ICYMI David Pozen, co-editor of "Troubling Transparency: The History and Future of Freedom of Information" and inaugural Fellow, discusses the future of the Supreme Court on The Open Mind ().

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  6. Nov 26

    Why the great epic of Persia and Iran belongs in the canon of World Literature. Read the review of 's new book THE SHAHNAMEH.

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  7. Nov 26

    David Pozen, co-editor of *Troubling Transparency:The History and Future of Freedom of Information* and inaugural Fellow, discusses the future of the Supreme Court on The Open Mind ().

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  8. Nov 26

    Hot off the presses! Congratulations to Nan Da on the arrival of her new book *Intransitve Encounter: Sino-U.S. Literatures and the Limits of Exchange*

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    Nov 24

    “We should see religion not as incompatible with philosophy, but as providing a context in which philosophical reflection has typically been undertaken.” reviews "Open to Reason"

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    Nov 19

    “Anxiety is always the signal of a truth that is calling you.” Jamieson Webster writes on why we should pay attention to the unconscious, not medicate away our symptoms of disturbance: The Psychopharmacology of Everyday Life via

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  11. Nov 21

    Can Socialist Literature be World Literature? An excellent review of Nicolai Volland's *Socialist Cosmopolitanism: The Chinese Literary Universe, 1945-1965*

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  12. Nov 21

    "Penetrating and essential." -- Bruce Shapiro on Stephen Gillers's new book JOURNALISM UNDER FIRE in his article on Julian Assange as journalist.

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    Nov 21

    Trump’s outrageous statement on Saudi murder of Khashoggi

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  14. Nov 20

    Thanks again to for hosting such a great event for 's new book CINEMA/POLITICS/PHILOSOPHY. Couldn't make it to the talk? Here's the introduction:

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  15. Nov 17

    What does it mean to call cinema political? This Monday discusses this question and his new book CINEMA/POLITICS/PHILOSOPHY at .

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  16. Nov 16

    Hot off the presses! THE BEST AMERICAN MAGAZINE WRITING 2018 w/ an intro by and pieces by , , , , , , , , Ian Frazier and ...

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  17. Nov 16

    Very excited to read the excellent, in-depth review of 's LUST ON TRIAL and its history of Comstock, erotica, and censorship via Panorama.

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  18. Nov 16

    This is an excellent piece by an excellent editor on the challenges and necessity of publishing books by scientists that are aimed at a variety of readers.

    I wrote about the importance of university press science publishing for
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    Nov 15

    : "A deeply personal & poetic travel through the author's own story of racial struggle & the survival tactics of the players he befriends" - 🌟 on Onaje Woodbine's BLACK GODS OF THE ASPHALT

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    Nov 12

    HBO series like The Wire and The Corner did an amazing job depicting poor, marginalized neighborhoods in Baltimore. So I asked their creator and recovering journalist David Simon for tips on covering unseen, overlooked communities. .

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