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The Annotated Nightstand: What Susan Orlean Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Susan Orlean Is Reading Now, and Next

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What the Picture Knows: Books That Seamlessly Blend Text and Image

What the Picture Knows: Books That Seamlessly Blend Text and Image

Caleb Klaces on the Often-Overlooked Role of Photography in Works of Fiction

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Between Taiwanese and Mandarin: Translation as a Test of Allegiance

Between Taiwanese and Mandarin: Translation as a Test of Allegiance

Kevin Wang Explores How Translating Terao Tetsuya’s “Spent Bullets” Helped Him Understand the Legacy of Taiwan

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Anna North Thinks About the Roman Empire All the Time

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The Author Explores How Learning Latin Helps Her Untangle History With the Present

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How Self-Satire Can Act as Catharsis

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The Annotated Nightstand: What Caren Beilin Is Reading Now, and Next

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A Cross-Genre Trek: How Translation Improved My Debut Novel

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Ayana Elizabeth Johnson on Hope

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