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Writing Absurdity in Zimbabwe's Contemporary Dystopia

Writing Absurdity in Zimbabwe's Contemporary Dystopia

Novuyo Rosa Tshuma on Mining Hard Family Histories in the Wake of Genocide

By Novuyo Rosa Tshuma | January 29, 2019

What Was Virginia Woolf Like as a Child?

What Was Virginia Woolf Like as a Child?

Your First Clue: Her Nickname Was "the Goat"

By Emily Temple | January 25, 2019

My Name is Fritz Mayer: An Account of Buchenwald

My Name is Fritz Mayer: An Account of Buchenwald

"These were terrible hours, when we waited for our names to be called."

By Mark Mayer | January 25, 2019

A Brief Literary History of Davos

A Brief Literary History of Davos

Where Writer's Block is Cured, if Not Global Misfortune

By Isabelle Mayault | January 24, 2019

In Aristotle's Ideal Democracy, a Good Citizen Was a Good Friend

In Aristotle's Ideal Democracy, a Good Citizen Was a Good Friend

On the Virtues of "Civic Friendship"

By Edith Hall | January 23, 2019

David Treuer on the Myth of an Edenic, Pre-Columbian 'New' World

David Treuer on the Myth of an Edenic, Pre-Columbian 'New' World

Indigenous American Civilizations Are Far Older and More Complex Than History Suggests

By David Treuer | January 22, 2019

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