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Cushty, Prat, Cowson... and Other British Terms I Can No Longer Say in America

Cushty, Prat, Cowson... and Other British Terms I Can No Longer Say in America

Christopher J. Yates on Language Nostalgia

By Christopher J. Yates | July 9, 2025

What a 1964 Book About American Anti-Intellectualism Can Teach Us About the Trump Era

What a 1964 Book About American Anti-Intellectualism Can Teach Us About the Trump Era

Peter Balakian on Richard Hofstadter and the Current Assault on Academia

By Peter Balakian | July 9, 2025

Cruising the Holy Highway: Mary Jo Bang Journeys Through Dante’s “Paradiso”

Cruising the Holy Highway: Mary Jo Bang Journeys Through Dante’s “Paradiso”

From the Introduction to a New Translation of the Heavenly Portion of "The Divine Comedy"

By Mary Jo Bang | July 9, 2025

Writing the Memoir My Father Never Could

Writing the Memoir My Father Never Could

Margot Singer: “That book... was not the book my father wanted. But it was the only one that I could write. It spoke the only truth I knew.”

By Margot Singer | July 9, 2025

Gary Shteyngart on Channeling a Precocious Child Narrator

Gary Shteyngart on Channeling a Precocious Child Narrator

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “Vera, or Faith”

By Jane Ciabattari | July 8, 2025

Did Shakespeare Write <em>Hamlet</em> While He Was Stoned?

Did Shakespeare Write Hamlet While He Was Stoned?

Sam Kelly Explores the Potential Influence of Cannabis on the Bard’s Prolific Literary Output

By Sam Kelly | July 8, 2025

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No Translation, No Problem: <br>The Joys of Reading a Book Containing Multiple Languages

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How Much is Too Much? On Bearing Witness to Violence in the Digital Age

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Will Potter Considers the Psychological and Social Impact of the (Over) Saturation of Cruelty in the Contemporary Era

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Dancing with Frank O’Hara: How <em>Lunch Dances</em> Breaks the Library’s Sacred Silence

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