Simultaneously rendering the past less remote while relishing its radical foreignness, Beard presses readers to grapple with alien ideas, reckon with gaps in their knowledge, and confront complexity.
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The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
20 July 2026
Most older readers know this territory; younger ones have other, more pressing concerns, including how to afford life in the here-and-now.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
20 July 2026
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