Robert Loss

Robert Loss is an assistant professor in the Writing, Literature, and Philosophy department at Columbus College of Art and Design (CCAD) in Columbus, Ohio. He is the author of Nothing Has Been Done Before: Seeking the New in 21st Century American Popular Music (Bloomsbury Academic, 2017). His music criticism and journalism have been published in the Los Angeles Review of Books, Public Books, and Ghettoblaster. Visit him at www.nothinghasbeendonebefore.com.

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Grunge: Straining to Challenge the Status Quo

Not Gonna Lie: ‘The Hunger Games’, Twitter, and Reverse Victimization

We Need This Map: Tony Judt and Timothy Snyder’s ‘Thinking the Twentieth Century’

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Afflicting the Comfortable: An Interview with Terry Moore

Strong and Soft Opinions: Tony Judt, Public and Private

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Philip Roth’s ‘Nemesis’: The Case Against God and Man

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