Lydia Davis on Making the Decision<br> Not to Fly

Lydia Davis on Making the Decision
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In Conversation (at a Distance) with Johanne Fronth-Nygren

By Lydia Davis | July 20, 2020

How to Write a Timely Novel in a World That Won't Stop Changing

How to Write a Timely Novel in a World That Won't Stop Changing

David James Poissant on Capturing a Moment as It Passes

By David James Poissant | July 20, 2020

The Tenacious Constancy of<br> <em>The Merchant of Prato</em>

The Tenacious Constancy of
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Charles Nicholl on Iris Origo and Her "Modern Classic"

By Charles Nicholl | July 20, 2020

When an Iconic Artist is Claimed By Both the Left and the Right

When an Iconic Artist is Claimed By Both the Left and the Right

Tobias Carroll on Springsteen, Orwell, Jarry and the Intersection
of Art and Politics

By Tobias Carroll | July 17, 2020

Viewing Literature as a Lab for Community Ethics

Viewing Literature as a Lab for Community Ethics

Maren Tova Linett on the Way We Value Human and Nonhuman Lives

By Maren Tova Linett | July 17, 2020

On the Igbo Art of Storytelling

On the Igbo Art of Storytelling

Ikechukwu Ogbu Heeds an Ancestral Calling

By Ikechukwu Ogbu | July 17, 2020

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Lessons From the Desert: Rediscovering the Endlessness of Time

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Dolores Dorantes in Conversation with Ben Ehrenreich

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