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The Eerily Prescient Lessons of<br> <em>Darkness at Noon</em>

The Eerily Prescient Lessons of
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Michael Scammell on the Eternal Totalitarian Truths of Arthur Koestler's Classic

By Michael Scammell | September 12, 2019

The Woman Who Beat the Nazis in Europe's Deadliest Horse Race

The Woman Who Beat the Nazis in Europe's Deadliest Horse Race

Lata Brandisová Probably Would Have Also Punched Them

By Richard Askwith | September 12, 2019

Tangled Histories of Family and Empire, England and Jamaica

Tangled Histories of Family and Empire, England and Jamaica

Hazel V. Carby on Generations of a Black British Family

By Hazel V. Carby | September 12, 2019

Sarah Weinman: Why We've Always Misunderstood <em>Lolita</em>

Sarah Weinman: Why We've Always Misunderstood Lolita

The Author of The Real Lolita on The Maris Review

By The Maris Review | September 12, 2019

Tim Desmond: Is the World More or Less F*ucked Up Than It Used to Be?

Tim Desmond: Is the World More or Less F*ucked Up Than It Used to Be?

The Author of How to Stay Human in a Fucked Up World on Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady

By Just the Right Book | September 12, 2019

On the Iconic Iraqi Writer Who Modernized Poetic Forms

On the Iconic Iraqi Writer Who Modernized Poetic Forms

Fadhil al-Azzawi, a Countercultural Literary Force

By Farouk Yousif | September 12, 2019

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What Incarcerated Writers Want the Literary Community to Understand

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On Writing the Apocalypse Through a Crow's Perspective

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Rebecca Fisseha on #MeToo in Ethiopia and Eritrea

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