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Writers Under Surveillance

FBI files on writers with dangerous ideas, including Hannah Arendt, Allen Ginsberg, Ernest Hemingway, Susan Sontag, and James Baldwin.

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By Dean Keith Simonton

The Genius Checklist

"A surprisingly swift and wry overview of the occasionally contradictory factors that can foster creative genius." — Publishers Weekly

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By Tony Veale and Mike Cook

Twitterbots

"Spend a while with Twitterbots, a broad, deep, and lively book, to learn about a new art form and a rich area of computational creativity." —Nick Montfort

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By David J. Gunkel

Robot Rights

A provocative attempt to think about what was previously considered unthinkable: a serious philosophical case for the rights of robots.

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