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Selected Essays | Christian Lorentzen on George Trow

The Point Podcast

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The Decline of the Book Review

The book was originally commissioned by Vice, but then Vice went out of business. It's possible that somebody may pick it up and bring it back, but as, you know, the longer time goes on, the less likely that seems. I think in general, you have like a media power structure that is desperate for traffic and lacks a certain confidence in itself.

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