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    Tim O'Brien: Where is Our Allegiance to the “Toneless Dead”?

    On the Scars of War and the Bonds of Vietnam

     
    By Tim O'Brien  October 17, 2019

    Finding a Way to Understand the World on a Basketball Court

    Reginald Dwayne Betts on That Most Democratic of Sports

     
    By Reginald Dwayne Betts  October 17, 2019

    The Little-Known 'Slow Fire' That’s Destroying All Our Books

    Chloe Vassot on the Relentless, Inevitable Process of Decay

     
    By Chloe Vassot  October 17, 2019

    Cyrus Grace Dunham on Why We Need to Explode the Gender Binary

    Sarah Neilson in Conversation with the Author of A Year Without a Name

     
    By Sarah Neilson  October 17, 2019

    John Hodgman on Life as a Very Minor Television Personality

    The Comedian and Author of Medallion Status on The Maris Review

     
    By The Maris Review  October 17, 2019
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    Albanian author Ismail Kadare has won the 2020 Neustadt International Prize for Literature.
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    Daily Fiction

    “Caronang”

    A story by Eka Kurniawan

    “The Uncharted”

    A story by Benjamin Percy

    It Would Be Night in Caracas

    From Karina Sainz Borgo's novel, translated by Elizabeth Bryer

    The Other Name: Septology I-II

    From Jon Fosse's novel, translated by Damion Searls

    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    The Connie Brothers Era: 45 Years at the Iowa Writers' Workshop

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    Audiobooks

    Nnedi Okorafor on Writing and Narrating the Audiobook of Her Memoir

    By Emily Connelly  October 17, 2019

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    Elizabeth DeNoma Recommends a Dozen Great Books from Scandinavia

     
    Nordic Noir, Beloved Trolls, Dark Absurdity, and More
    By Elizabeth DeNoma  October 17, 2019
    Nationalism

    The Hungarian Author Who Foresaw the Future of Nationalism

    By Stephanie Newman  October 17, 2019
    Freeman's

    Oscar Villalon on the Many Ghosts We Call Family

    By Oscar Villalon  October 17, 2019

    5 Reviews You Need to Read This Week

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    Point/Counterpoint:
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    The Best Nonfiction Crime Books of October

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