Ana Isabel Keilson is a PhD candidate in history at Columbia University.
Ana Isabel Keilson
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Writing on Public Books
The Climate Is Changing. How Should the Liberal Arts Respond?
“Students ask us, ‘What can we do?’”
Shadow-Dancing with Zadie Smith
There is a scene in Swing Time, the 1936 George Stevens musical that gives Zadie Smith her new novel’s title, in which Fred Astaire, through a series of comic mishaps, enrolls in a dance lesson with Ginger Rogers. Pretending to be an absolute beginner, he fools her into believing he has two left feet. An […]











