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New York, past and future

Furnace Press sends word of a book competition on urban decay. The “Decomposition Series” will consist of books focusing on noteworthy abandoned sites in New York State. The five books in this series will be 40-60 pages in length with black & white illustrations. The first of these publications will center on the ruins of Sea View, a former tuberculosis . . .

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Reviving Biblical narrative

Biblical translator Robert Alter answers questions about The Book of Psalms, which follows on 2004’s excellent The Five Books of Moses.

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