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    Jun 17
    In our July issue: Christopher Hooks on America250, William T. Vollmann on a free people’s government, Ann Manov on civic centers, Meghan O’Gieblyn on willpower, Clare Bucknell on Vermeer, Rosanna Warren on John Berryman, and a story by Padgett Powell. harpers.org/archive/2026/0…
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    “In the early Seventies, demand for gauzy evocations of the past was nearly endless. The decade was an unhappy panorama of inflation, gas shortages, military humiliation, and revelations of political corruption.” —Thomas Frank
    The Spirit of the Age, by Thomas Frank
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    “Artists’ oeuvres show what they did produce, not what we would have liked them to, and Vermeer’s, as much as anyone’s, indicates how embedded in the circumstances of his time and place he was, which was a time and place that valued domestic storytelling.”
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    “Daddy issues go hand in glove with the surveillance state, and they give welcome ballast to Cloudthief’s buddy comedy.” From Dan Piepenbring’s review of Nathaniel Rich’s Cloudthief.
    New Books, by Dan Piepenbring
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    “If America250 has a call to action, it’s in response to the fact that young Americans are less patriotic than ever, as confirmed by a dispiriting recent Gallup poll.” @cd_hooks reports on the United States’ semiquincentennial celebration.
    Happy Fucking Birthday, by Christopher Hooks
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    Jul 20
    “Here in Fort America, the walls creak, then something smashes onto the roof. Gazing up at the watchtowers, I wonder how many of them have been abandoned by their sentries.” From William T. Vollmann’s primer on a free people’s government.
    American Ephemera, by William T. Vollmann
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    Jul 20
    “An adventure letting go of all your fond memories. Let them go. Replace them with nothing but the fond memory of letting them go, and then let that one go.” From a new story by Padgett Powell.
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    “March 31, 2004 When Condi called, I told her that my office was the Iraqi equivalent to the ‘crying room’ at the back of a good Catholic church.” From L. Paul Bremer’s emails during the U.S.’s invasion of Iraq.
    The Epistles of Paul, by Harper’s Magazine
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    Jul 20
    “To truly enact the ideals of the civic-education movement, you would need more than a new college: you would need to reimagine the entirety of our education system and the society into which students graduate; you would need a whole new ideal of the person.”
    Republican Machines, by Ann Manov
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    Jul 17
    “Is there any concept more beautiful than grace? Its defining characteristic is ease and fluidity.” Meghan O’Gieblyn on attention, and willpower.
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    “If, as I suspect, all three branches of government are corrupted, America’s best hope lies in her people included and excluded.” William T. Vollmann on the making and unmaking of the Constitution.
    American Ephemera, by William T. Vollmann
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    Jul 17
    From the July Harper’s Index. Read more at the link in our bio. harpers.org/harpers-index/
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    Jul 17
    “The nation’s fall from an era of small-government righteousness was Reagan’s refrain over the course of his political career, to which he coupled the inevitable slogan, ‘let’s make America great again.’” —Thomas Frank
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    Jul 16
    “It can be hard to keep track of which parts of this story have a basis in fact. Most do not.” Clare Bucknell reviews a new biography of Johannes Vermeer.
    Where the Light Falls, by Clare Bucknell
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