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Why the Hardliners of the World Fear the Word

Why the Hardliners of the World Fear the Word

From Jaipur to Iceland, on the Power of Language

By Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir | February 15, 2018

Can We Ever Escape History? On Walter Kempowski's Life's Work

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An Antidote to the Traumatic Experiences of a Wartime Childhood

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How Do You Write One of Humanity's Most Intimate Moments?

Toward a Unified Literary Theory of the Kiss

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How Medieval Storytellers Shape Our Understanding of Romance

How Medieval Storytellers Shape Our Understanding of Romance

Matters of the Heart, from Arthurian Legend to Tristan and Isolde

By Marilyn Yalom | February 14, 2018

The Exiles of Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi

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Dystopia For Sale: How a Commercialized Genre Lost its Teeth

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