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LETTERS

EASY CHAIR • You Say You Want a Revolution

READINGS

MOTHER KNOWS BEST • From a lawsuit filed by Devin Nunes, a U.S. representative from California, against the Twitter user Devin Nunes’ Mom, whose identity is unknown. Nunes has denied the claims made by Devin Nunes’ Mom. The suit was dismissed in July.

PERSON

PENAL ESTATE • From a listing posted on August 12 by House of Brokers Realty, Inc., for a home in Fayette, Missouri

EYES ON THE PRIZE

FUZZY MATH

MILITIA INTENT • From a speech delivered by Darryl Daniels, the sheriff of Clay County, Florida. A video of the speech was posted on the department’s Facebook page in June.

GOBBLE WITHOUT A CAUSE

WHAT’S IN A VOTE? • Electoral politics in an ailing democracy

THE SULTAN OF SEWERS

STATE OF EXCEPTION • Lebanon’s cruel solution to the refugee crisis

THE GROVE

THE ENEMIES BRIEFCASE • Secret powers and the presidency

THREE POEMS

MAKING MEANING • Against “relevance” in art

IS AMERICA UNGOVERNABLE? • The difference between protest and reform

NEW POETS

NEW BOOKS

BECAUSE GOD DID NOT RELAX • The difficult pleasures of William Gaddis

A SWING AND AMIS • On the perils of novelizing one’s life

TREE LEAVES

FINDINGS