Forgers and Critics: Creativity and Duplicity in Western Scholarship, New Edition

In Forgers and Critics: Creativity and Duplicity in Western Scholarship, New Edition (Princeton University Press), Anthony Grafton argues that forgeries throughout history have ultimately led to a more thorough and skillful tradition of scholarship since scholars must become experts in identifying fakes.

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The January 2026 cover of PAW, featuring a man and a woman and the headline "Empower Couple."
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January 2026

Giving big with Kwanza Jones ’93 and José E. Feliciano ’94; Elizabeth Tsurkov freed; small town wonderers.