Sam Magavern is no stranger to these pages: His poetry has appeared in this column from time to time, and he frequently pops up in the news pages as co-director of the Partnership for the Public Good, a research and advocacy group. Earlier this month, Palgrave MacMillan brought out Primo Levi’s Universe, Magavern’s critical biography of the Italian author and chemist, renowned for his memoirs of Auschwitz.

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