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ALBERT MOBILIO: Forrest Bess: Seeing Things Invisible

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SARAH LEONARD: Kevin Roose’s Young Money: Inside the Hidden World of Wall Street’s Post-crash Recruits

BEN SCHWARTZ: John Beckman’s American Fun: Four Centuries of Joyous Revolt

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