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Benjamín Labatut Will Not Be Profiled

Benjamín Labatut Will Not Be Profiled

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Ann Patchett on Oscar Hijuelos' Lush, Elegiac Novel Full of Music and Sex

Ann Patchett on Oscar Hijuelos' Lush, Elegiac Novel Full of Music and Sex

"Bless the novels that provide accounts of the world that came before."

By Ann Patchett | October 9, 2023

Derangement and Estrangement: On Poetic Turbulence in Translation

Derangement and Estrangement: On Poetic Turbulence in Translation

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Robots Are People, Too: On the Ways Writers Use Non-Human Characters to Tell Human Stories

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Confessions of a Chronically Online Janeite

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