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Embedded with the Beating Heart of Madagascar's Literary Life

Embedded with the Beating Heart of Madagascar's Literary Life

Allison M. Charette Travels 9,000 Miles to Translate Michèle Rakotoson

By Allison M. Charette | April 17, 2019

Tragedies of Ambition: On the Fine Art of American Sportswriting

Tragedies of Ambition: On the Fine Art of American Sportswriting

Wright Thompson Heads Home to See the Big Picture

By Wright Thompson | April 12, 2019

The French Satirist Who Brought Anarchy Into Art

The French Satirist Who Brought Anarchy Into Art

On Georges Blondeaux, or Gébé

By Edward Gauvin | April 3, 2019

Olive Schreiner: Charlotte Brontë of South Africa, 19th-Century Celebrity

Olive Schreiner: Charlotte Brontë of South Africa, 19th-Century Celebrity

On Compassion and Dissent in an Outpost of Empire

By Lyndall Gordon | March 29, 2019

On H.G. Adler's Lectures from a Concentration Camp

On H.G. Adler's Lectures from a Concentration Camp

"For Adler there is no room for escape. . ."

By Peter Filkins | March 13, 2019

Dictators Kill Poets: On Federico García Lorca's Last Days

Dictators Kill Poets: On Federico García Lorca's Last Days

"And now his blood comes out singing."

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