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Matt Lord

Matt Lord is senior editor at Boston Review. He studied literature, mathematics, and philosophy at MIT and Harvard. Alongside his magazine editing, he has edited three books of nonfiction published with MIT Press, as well as co-edited a chapbook of poetry. Find him at @whatpenumbras or his website.

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Reading Lists, Science & Nature

“Listen to the Science”

Are scientists more virtuous than the rest of us? Can religion and science be happily reconciled? 

Matt Lord, Boston Review

Gender & Sexuality, Reading Lists

Abortion’s Past and Future

“I was a teenager back then, pregnant and desperate. Too terrified to make the midnight trip to the back alley.”

Matt Lord, Boston Review

Reading Lists

Taxes, Damned Taxes, and Statistics

A close look at the legacy of trickle-down taxation.

Matt Lord, Boston Review

Reading Lists

Liberalism and the Left

American politics has seen the fiercest resurgence of left-liberal conflict since the 1960s.

Matt Lord, Boston Review

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