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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

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'Have You Considered Socialism?' Or, The Politics of Fictional Characters

'Have You Considered Socialism?' Or, The Politics of Fictional Characters

Andrew Martin on Short Stories in the Age of Shorter News Cycles

By Andrew Martin | July 8, 2020

On Louise Erdrich, and Salvaging Wisdom From Absurdity and Injustice

On Louise Erdrich, and Salvaging Wisdom From Absurdity and Injustice

James Lenfestey on an Icon of the Native American
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Even Seamus Heaney <br>Made Mistakes

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Claire G. Coleman on What Dorothy Porter's Writing Means to Her

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Criticism in Verse by the Author of Terra Nullius

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Remembering Bo Huston, Who Bore Witness to the Peak of the AIDS Crisis

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Delight is Essential: On Reading Ross Gay in Terrible Times

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In Utter Celebration of Juliet Stevenson's Brilliance as an Audiobook Narrator

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Scott Spencer on Her Delightful, Deft Approach to Text

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