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In Nazism, Joseph Roth Saw the End of Europe’s Cosmopolitan Dream

In Nazism, Joseph Roth Saw the End of Europe’s Cosmopolitan Dream

Morten Høi Jensen on the Devastation of an Idea

By Morten Høi Jensen | October 7, 2019

On the Endless Parade of Literary Dead Girls

On the Endless Parade of Literary Dead Girls

"The dead girls are speaking everywhere"

By Zefyr Lisowski | October 7, 2019

The Books of Susan Sontag, Ranked

The Books of Susan Sontag, Ranked

A Fickle Superfan’s Guide to the Dark Lady of Letters

By Lisa Levy | October 4, 2019

The Anti-Colonial Vision of James Baldwin's Last Two Unfinished Works

The Anti-Colonial Vision of James Baldwin's Last Two Unfinished Works

Bill Mullen on The Welcome Table and No Papers for Muhammad

By Bill V. Mullen | October 4, 2019

The Author Who Didn't Care to Be Remembered

The Author Who Didn't Care to Be Remembered

On the Curious Case of Ann Petry

By Jean-Christophe Cloutier | October 4, 2019

Acts of Recognition: On the Women Characters of Haruki Murakami

Acts of Recognition: On the Women Characters of Haruki Murakami

Mieko Kawakami Considers the Work of One of the World's Great Novelists

By Mieko Kawakami | October 3, 2019

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Can Language Be Understood as a Spiritual Medium?

By Johanna Skibsrud | October 3, 2019

Sigrid Undset's Doomed Flâneuse is
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On the Courage and Complexity of Olga Tokarczuk

By Jacek Dehnel | October 2, 2019

On the Irreconcilable Temptations of Anne Carson

On the Irreconcilable Temptations of Anne Carson

Karen Solie Considers One of Canada's Great Writers,
Just in Time for Nobel Season

By Karen Solie | October 1, 2019

Ocean Vuong: The 10 Books<br> I Needed to Write My Novel

Ocean Vuong: The 10 Books
I Needed to Write My Novel

On Herman Melville, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, James Baldwin, lê thị diễm thúy, and More

By Ocean Vuong | October 1, 2019

On Monsieur Bovary, One of Literature's Most Necessary Characters

On Monsieur Bovary, One of Literature's Most Necessary Characters

Alberto Manguel Considers the Bore Who Inspires Passion

By Alberto Manguel | October 1, 2019

Cornel West on the Revolutionary Politics of the Foundry Theatre

Cornel West on the Revolutionary Politics of the Foundry Theatre

"To live in this hell of a world does not trump our capacity to leave a little heaven behind."

By Cornel West | October 1, 2019

Karl Ove Knausgaard on the Writing of Jon Fosse

Karl Ove Knausgaard on the Writing of Jon Fosse

Thoughts on One of Norway's Great Writers, Just in Time
for Nobel Season

By Karl Ove Knausgaard | September 30, 2019

Lauren Groff on the Forgotten Genius of Nancy Hale

Lauren Groff on the Forgotten Genius of Nancy Hale

"The paradox is that one has to read the stories to understand how wrong we have been"

By Lauren Groff | September 30, 2019

When Will Ben Lerner Admit He's a Novelist?

When Will Ben Lerner Admit He's a Novelist?

The Topeka School as Gateway Book

By Emily Temple | September 30, 2019

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