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February 7, 2024
The word “open” is often thrown around in describing AI transparency, but the companies and groups calling for it must themselves be open about their practices.  Read the...
January 31, 2024
Jonathan Kramnick’s book Criticism and Truth is more modest than its title suggests. Essentially an apologia for the nuts-and-bolts work of literary studies, the word that...
January 29, 2024
An assistant professor at Yale University won on Jeopardy Wednesday night. Lloyd Sy was the Jeopardy Champions Wildcard winner. He won $25,000 in the opening round of the...
January 24, 2024
We took great interest in seeing the announcement of the star-studded task force on artificial intelligence at Yale. We share the feeling of excitement and opportunity at...
December 14, 2023
A tour de force of prose style, Holler is poet Danielle Chapman’s moving and provocative portrait of her Southern, military childhood ― and an unflinching reckoning...
December 7, 2023
In a Q&A, Sheriko discusses her lifelong affection for puppets, the varying styles of early puppets, and how her interest in old ways isn’t limited to puppets.
November 20, 2023
A defense and celebration of the discipline of literary studies and its most distinctive practice—close reading. Does literary criticism offer truths about the world? In ...