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Philosophies of Distance and Proximity: Who Are We When We're Alone?

Philosophies of Distance and Proximity: Who Are We When We're Alone?

Corina Stan on Orwell, Murdoch, Canetti and Experiments in Isolation

By Corina Stan | July 9, 2020

André Aciman Follows Literary Ghosts in St. Petersburg

André Aciman Follows Literary Ghosts in St. Petersburg

On Getting Lost, Literary History, and Dostoyevsky

By André Aciman | July 9, 2020

The Men Who Brought Political Radicalism to Oscar Wilde

The Men Who Brought Political Radicalism to Oscar Wilde

On John Ruskin, William Morris, and the Nascent Anarchism of a Literary Icon

By Kristian Williams | July 9, 2020

Tear Them Down: <br>Siri Hustvedt on Old Statues, Bad Science, and Ideas That Just Won't Die

Tear Them Down:
Siri Hustvedt on Old Statues, Bad Science, and Ideas That Just Won't Die

From the Confederacy to Eugenics the American Past is All Too Present

By Siri Hustvedt | July 8, 2020

Why Does the Richest Country in the World Rely on Volunteers for Emergency Healthcare?

Why Does the Richest Country in the World Rely on Volunteers for Emergency Healthcare?

Maya Alexandri on the Life of an EMT on the Frontlines of a Pandemic

By Maya Alexandri | July 8, 2020

On Saul Bellow's Celebration of the Messy and Manic

On Saul Bellow's Celebration of the Messy and Manic

Brian Castleberry Rereads the Man Who Taught Him to Write

By Brian Castleberry | July 7, 2020

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For Florida, Wartime Has Always Been Boomtime

By Kent Russell | July 7, 2020

In Early Modern Europe, Reading and Writing Meant Getting Your Hands Dirty

By Anthony Grafton | July 6, 2020

Dear Black America:
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By Tracy K. Smith | July 2, 2020

The <em>New Yorker</em> Article Heard Round the World

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Revisiting John Hersey's Groundbreaking "Hiroshima"

By Greg Mitchell | July 2, 2020

Letter From Newark: I Hated That I Had to See Your Face Through Plexiglass

Letter From Newark: I Hated That I Had to See Your Face Through Plexiglass

Nyle Fort Corresponds with His Nephew

By Nyle Fort | July 1, 2020

Capturing the Soul of Fire Island: Attitude Without Judgment

Capturing the Soul of Fire Island: Attitude Without Judgment

Patrick Ryan on the Photography of koitz

By Patrick Ryan | July 1, 2020

In Search of the Open-Armed America of 1975

In Search of the Open-Armed America of 1975

Phuc Tran on a Long-Gone Approach to Welcoming Refugees

By Phuc Tran | July 1, 2020

Black Struggle Will Not Bring Interracial Catharsis—And It Shouldn't

Black Struggle Will Not Bring Interracial Catharsis—And It Shouldn't

Emily Owens Sometimes Wonders Who the Signs Are For

By Emily Owens | June 30, 2020

Befriending My Neighbor, Nephew of Nazis

Befriending My Neighbor, Nephew of Nazis

Jaswinder Bolina: Just Another Day in Suburban America

By Jaswinder Bolina | June 30, 2020

Two Pandemics, 60 Years Apart, and the Lessons Stay the Same

Two Pandemics, 60 Years Apart, and the Lessons Stay the Same

Petru Popescu on Living Through Polio and Coronavirus

By Petru Popescu | June 30, 2020

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