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The Revolutionary Stranger: How Frantz Fanon Put Theory Into Practice

The Revolutionary Stranger: How Frantz Fanon Put Theory Into Practice

Adam Shatz on the Life and Legacy of a Great Post-Colonialism Thinker

By Adam Shatz | January 25, 2024

What Virginia Woolf’s “Dreadnought Hoax” Tells Us About Ourselves

What Virginia Woolf’s “Dreadnought Hoax” Tells Us About Ourselves

Danell Jones Grapples With a Beloved Author’s Casual Racism

By Danell Jones | January 25, 2024

Why We Should All Read <br>Hannah Arendt Now

Why We Should All Read
Hannah Arendt Now

Lyndsey Stonebridge on “The Origins of Totalitarianism” and the Failure of Democracy

By Lyndsey Stonebridge | January 18, 2024

Autofiction Without the Auto: On Javier Cercas’ Outward-Looking, Self-Centered Fiction

Autofiction Without the Auto: On Javier Cercas’ Outward-Looking, Self-Centered Fiction

Bécquer Seguín Considers the Emergence of a New Type of Literature in Post-Franco Spain

By Bécquer Seguín | January 10, 2024

Between Anxiety and Hope: On the Cautious Optimism of Lewis Thomas

Between Anxiety and Hope: On the Cautious Optimism of Lewis Thomas

Sukhada Tatke Remembers the Essayist and His Scientific and Creative Vision

By Sukhada Tatke | December 20, 2023

Fierce, Fearless and Fun: How Maggie Higgins Broke New Ground For Women in Journalism

Fierce, Fearless and Fun: How Maggie Higgins Broke New Ground For Women in Journalism

Jennet Conant on the Adventures of One of America's First Female Foreign Correspondents

By Jennet Conant | December 15, 2023

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Gabriel García Márquez on the Magic of Juan Rulfo

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Visiting Vonnegut’s Indianapolis

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Taylor Dorrell on the City Where the Legendary Writer Lived (but Was Not Laid to Rest)

By Taylor Dorrell | November 22, 2023

<em>Maestro</em> Slips into Easy Conversation with <em>A Star is Born</em>

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Frank Falisi on the New Leonard Bernstein Biopic and Its Director-Star Bradley Cooper

By Frank Falisi | November 22, 2023

On the Jealous Rivalry Between Nicolas Cage and His Uncle, Francis Ford Coppola

On the Jealous Rivalry Between Nicolas Cage and His Uncle, Francis Ford Coppola

Zach Schonfeld on a Family Not Unlike the Corleones

By Zach Schonfeld | November 20, 2023

How the Publicity Campaign for <em>Killers of the Flower Moon</em> Recalls Rosebud Yellow Robe’s 1950 Hollywood Tour

How the Publicity Campaign for Killers of the Flower Moon Recalls Rosebud Yellow Robe’s 1950 Hollywood Tour

Paul Morton on the Performance of Authenticity and the Native Stories Left to Tell

By Paul Morton | November 20, 2023

The Pyschedelic Life and Art of David Edward Byrd

The Pyschedelic Life and Art of David Edward Byrd

It All Began With a Trip to the Bathroom

By Robert von Goeben | November 20, 2023

Benjamin Moser on What We Can Learn from Failed Dutch Painters

Benjamin Moser on What We Can Learn from Failed Dutch Painters

"Why do we make art, why do we need it, and how can you avoid becoming a failure?"

By Benjamin Moser | November 20, 2023

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