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What Oslo’s Future Library Means for Writers and the Written Word

What Oslo’s Future Library Means for Writers and the Written Word

Martin Puchner on the Survival of Culture Throughout the Ages

By Martin Puchner | February 7, 2023

Martin Puchner on the Climate Lessons from the <em>Epic of Gilgamesh</em>

Martin Puchner on the Climate Lessons from the Epic of Gilgamesh

“How should we humans narrate our self-made climate disaster?”

By Martin Puchner | February 9, 2022

The Language Police Were Terrifyingly Real. My Grandfather Was One.

The Language Police Were Terrifyingly Real. My Grandfather Was One.

Martin Puchner on Rotwelsch, an Elusive Language of Central Europe

By Martin Puchner | November 20, 2020

Writing Poetry Under Stalin: Samizdat and Memorization

Writing Poetry Under Stalin: Samizdat and Memorization

"Worse Than a State Indifferent to Poetry was One Obsessed With It"

By Martin Puchner | November 2, 2017

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