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Was Kazuo Ishiguro’s <em>The Unconsoled</em> the Greatest Literary Practical Joke of All Time?

Was Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Unconsoled the Greatest Literary Practical Joke of All Time?

From the Lit Century Podcast with Sandra Newman
and Catherine Nichols

By Lit Century | March 9, 2021

Simone Weil’s Radical Conception of Attention

Simone Weil’s Radical Conception of Attention

Robert Zaretsky on the Philosophy of Negative Effort

By Robert Zaretsky | March 9, 2021

When I Lived Across the Hall From Sid Vicious

When I Lived Across the Hall From Sid Vicious

Donna Florio Remembers Just Another Day on Manhattan's Bank Street

By Donna Florio | March 9, 2021

Fred Wiseman on the Winning Combination of Luck and Good Judgment

Fred Wiseman on the Winning Combination of Luck and Good Judgment

In Conversation with Paul Holdengräber on
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By The Quarantine Tapes | March 9, 2021

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

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By Teddy Wayne | March 9, 2021

And Death Shall Have Dominion: Tales of Doctors, Their Patients, and What Comes For Us All

And Death Shall Have Dominion: Tales of Doctors, Their Patients, and What Comes For Us All

Theodore Dalrymple Recommends Mikhail Bulgakov,
W.W. Jacobs, and More

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Laurie Frankel Reads from Her Forthcoming Novel, One Two Three

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Don't Be a Josh Lyman During This Year's Tournament of Books

By So Many Damn Books | March 9, 2021

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: <em>Island on Fire</em> by Tom Zoellner

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Carlin Romano on One of the Finalists for Nonfiction

By Carlin Romano | March 9, 2021

Ilona Andrews on Blending Romance and Monstrosity

Ilona Andrews on Blending Romance and Monstrosity

In Conversation with Gabrielle Mathieu on the New Books Network

By New Books Network | March 9, 2021

<em>Under a White Sky</em> by Elizabeth Kolbert, Read by Rebecca Lowman

Under a White Sky by Elizabeth Kolbert, Read by Rebecca Lowman

Examining the Future of Our Environment

By Behind the Mic | March 9, 2021

Writing at the Edges of Holocaust Kitsch

Writing at the Edges of Holocaust Kitsch

Leora Fridman on Takis Würger’s Controversial Novel, Stella

By Leora Fridman | March 8, 2021

How Algernon Blackwood Turned Nature Into<br> Sublime Horror

How Algernon Blackwood Turned Nature Into
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Eugene Thacker on the 1907 Novella The Willows

By Eugene Thacker | March 8, 2021

How a Year Without My Library Has Changed Me

How a Year Without My Library Has Changed Me

Lauren Du Graf on the Library as a Metaphor and Method

By Lauren Du Graf | March 8, 2021

Amazon Has a Responsibility to Stop Anti-Trans Misinformation

Amazon Has a Responsibility to Stop Anti-Trans Misinformation

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By Gillian Branstetter | March 8, 2021

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