Series Archives - Public Books https://www.publicbooks.org/category/series/ a magazine of ideas, arts, and scholarship Sat, 17 Jan 2026 02:17:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.publicbooks.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-favicon-2-300x300.png Series Archives - Public Books https://www.publicbooks.org/category/series/ 32 32 What Folklore Erases: Under Columbus, Georgia https://www.publicbooks.org/what-folklore-erases-under-columbus-georgia/ Thu, 29 Jul 2021 15:00:48 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=44415 The current owner of the Lion House is happy to let rumors about his property’s basement passageway simmer.

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]]> Shoptalk: Overheard at the Virtual Conference https://www.publicbooks.org/shoptalk-overheard-at-the-virtual-conference/ Wed, 02 Dec 2020 16:00:22 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=40013 In this parodic installment of Shoptalk, we salute the year of conferences that have tried to be.

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]]> On Our Nightstands: September 2020 https://www.publicbooks.org/on-our-nightstands-september-2020/ Wed, 30 Sep 2020 15:00:02 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=38729 A behind-the-scenes look at what Public Books editors and staff have been reading this month.

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]]> The Secluded Self: Sinclair Lewis’s “Main Street” @100 https://www.publicbooks.org/the-secluded-self-sinclair-lewiss-main-street-100/ Thu, 24 Sep 2020 15:00:17 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=38520 Why did Americans start distrusting small towns? The answer is one book, in which a woman moves from the city—and loses her freedom.[none-for-homepage]

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]]> On Our Nightstands: July 2020 https://www.publicbooks.org/on-our-nightstands-july-2020/ Fri, 31 Jul 2020 15:00:16 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=37729 A behind-the-scenes look at what Public Books editors and staff have been reading this month.

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