Shorter, Faster, Better: On the Beauty of Literary Compression

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David Graeber On Jeremy Corbyn, 'The Most Unlikely Leader Ever'

David Graeber On Jeremy Corbyn, 'The Most Unlikely Leader Ever'

In Conversation with the London-Based Writer and Anthropologist

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Stop Calling Paul Beatty an 'Angry' Writer

Stop Calling Paul Beatty an 'Angry' Writer

Talking to the Author of the Man Booker Prize-Winning The Sellout

By Julie Phillips | June 20, 2017

Minae Mizumura on Serializing Novels, Aging, and the Eternal Internet

Minae Mizumura on Serializing Novels, Aging, and the Eternal Internet

The Author of Inheritance From Mother Talks to Benjamin Moser

By Benjamin Moser | June 20, 2017

James Salter's Last Interview

James Salter's Last Interview

In Conversation with the Late, Great American Writer

By Alexander Slotnick | June 19, 2017

Tolerance and Islamophobia in 16th-Century Spain, Not So Different from Now

Tolerance and Islamophobia in 16th-Century Spain, Not So Different from Now

Matthew Carr Moves from Nonfiction to Fiction in Exploring Muslim Spain

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