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Is This the First-Ever English Language Review of László Krasznahorkai?

Is This the First-Ever English Language Review of László Krasznahorkai?

Read Andrew Ervin’s January 2001 Take on “The Melancholy of Resistance”

By Andrew Ervin | October 9, 2025

The Island of Pirates: Raharimanana on Madagascar’s Revolutions, Past and Present

The Island of Pirates: Raharimanana on Madagascar’s Revolutions, Past and Present

“These young people, Gen Z Madagascar, will bring down entire paradigms of thought.”

By Raharimanana | October 9, 2025

To Haunt and Be Haunted: On the Exhumation of Edgar Allan Poe

To Haunt and Be Haunted: On the Exhumation of Edgar Allan Poe

Ed Simon Explores the Terror of Being Buried Alive and Americanism in Poe’s Work

By Ed Simon | October 8, 2025

On Translating Proust and the Art of Not Reading Ahead

On Translating Proust and the Art of Not Reading Ahead

“It is a bummer to me that Proust occupies such a rarefied, even elitist, realm in the culture.”

By Bryan Alistair Charles | October 7, 2025

Imagining a Liberated Future for Palestine

Imagining a Liberated Future for Palestine

Ilan Pappé Explores Political Futures in Palestine and Israel

By Ilan Pappé | October 7, 2025

Uncanny Prescience: Revisiting Kafka’s Amerika

Uncanny Prescience: Revisiting Kafka’s Amerika

Mark Harman Considers the Striking Social Commentary of the Unfinished Novel

By Mark Harman | October 6, 2025

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By Gaar Adams | October 3, 2025

Tending to the Garden of American Democracy is Hard and Thankless Work

Tending to the Garden of American Democracy is Hard and Thankless Work

Andrew Ervin Looks for Answers (to Impossible Questions) in Recent Books by Luke Kemp and Richard Mabey

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Inside China’s New Wave of Conceptually Innovative Bookstores

Inside China’s New Wave of Conceptually Innovative Bookstores

Jean-Yves Mollier and Patricia Sorel Explore Some of the Country’s Most Fascinating Reading Spaces

By Jean-Yves Mollier and Patricia Sorel | October 2, 2025

The Poetry of Tortured Hearts: On Taylor Swift’s Pre-Raphaelite Era

The Poetry of Tortured Hearts: On Taylor Swift’s Pre-Raphaelite Era

“Swift seems to be identifying with, and forcefully reimagining, this tragic figure from Victorian history.”

By Emily J. Orlando | October 1, 2025

The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in October

The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in October

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By Emily Temple | September 30, 2025

Are We Entering a New Golden Age of Biography?

Are We Entering a New Golden Age of Biography?

Megan Marshall on a Trio of Blockbuster Books About Gertrude Stein, James Baldwin, and Peter Matthiessen

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Which Big Fall Book Should You Read?

Which Big Fall Book Should You Read?

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By Emily Temple | September 23, 2025

What <em>Pride and Prejudice</em> Tells Us About British History, Class, and Women’s Leisure Time

What Pride and Prejudice Tells Us About British History, Class, and Women’s Leisure Time

Patricia A. Matthew Explores the Historical Context of Jane Austen’s Most Famous Novel

By Patricia A. Matthew | September 22, 2025

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