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The Books of Susan Sontag, Ranked

The Books of Susan Sontag, Ranked

A Fickle Superfan’s Guide to the Dark Lady of Letters

By Lisa Levy | October 4, 2019

The Anti-Colonial Vision of James Baldwin's Last Two Unfinished Works

The Anti-Colonial Vision of James Baldwin's Last Two Unfinished Works

Bill Mullen on The Welcome Table and No Papers for Muhammad

By Bill V. Mullen | October 4, 2019

The Author Who Didn't Care to Be Remembered

The Author Who Didn't Care to Be Remembered

On the Curious Case of Ann Petry

By Jean-Christophe Cloutier | October 4, 2019

Acts of Recognition: On the Women Characters of Haruki Murakami

Acts of Recognition: On the Women Characters of Haruki Murakami

Mieko Kawakami Considers the Work of One of the World's Great Novelists

By Mieko Kawakami | October 3, 2019

Can Language Be Understood as a Spiritual Medium?

Can Language Be Understood as a Spiritual Medium?

Virginia Woolf, Anne Carson, and the Use of Form to
Investigate Truth and Death

By Johanna Skibsrud | October 3, 2019

Sigrid Undset's Doomed Flâneuse is<br> a Cautionary Tale

Sigrid Undset's Doomed Flâneuse is
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Lauren Elkin on Jenny, a Novel of Rome

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"To live in this hell of a world does not trump our capacity to leave a little heaven behind."

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In Search of a Black Odysseus: My Father's Journey Home

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