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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

Autumn in Japan and the Ways We Cling to Dying Things

Autumn in Japan and the Ways We Cling to Dying Things

Pico Iyer on the Beauty of Impermanence

By Pico Iyer | April 17, 2019

A Cult Can Be You and Your Weird Charismatic Friend

A Cult Can Be You and Your Weird Charismatic Friend

How Cult Logic Appears in Businesses, Families, Political Movements, Friendships

By Molly Dektar | April 17, 2019

What Are We Saying When We Call<br> an Algorithm 'Creative'?

What Are We Saying When We Call
an Algorithm 'Creative'?

Locating Randomness and Agency in The Code

By Marcus du Sautoy | April 17, 2019

Where Suspicion Meets Reality: How Conspiracy Enters the American Mainstream

Where Suspicion Meets Reality: How Conspiracy Enters the American Mainstream

Irradiated Milk, Mind Control, Demonic Minions and Other Oddities

By Anna Merlan | April 16, 2019

Notre Dame on Fire: Toward the Symbol <br>at the Center of a City

Notre Dame on Fire: Toward the Symbol
at the Center of a City

Lauren Elkin in the Streets of Paris

By Lauren Elkin | April 16, 2019

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How to Raise a Strapping, Manly Little Boy (Victorian Edition)

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The Forgotten Massacre of Chinese Immigrants During<br> the Mexican Revolution

The Forgotten Massacre of Chinese Immigrants During
the Mexican Revolution

Julián Herbert Chronicles an Unsung Outrage

By Julián Herbert | April 16, 2019

On the Decision to Make Patrick Bateman a Serial Killer

On the Decision to Make Patrick Bateman a Serial Killer

Life in Manhattan, c. 1987: From Bret Easton Ellis's White

By Bret Easton Ellis | April 16, 2019

A Poem from Forrest Gander's <em>Be With</em>, Winner of the Pulitzer Prize

A Poem from Forrest Gander's Be With, Winner of the Pulitzer Prize

'And into / what do you stumble / but this violet / extinction?'

By Forrest Gander | April 15, 2019

What Does <em>Ulysses</em> Tell Us About<br> Pete Buttigieg?

What Does Ulysses Tell Us About
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On Judging a Candidate By What They Read

By Tyler Malone | April 15, 2019

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25 of the Best Covers for Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man

On the Novel's 67th Birthday

By Emily Temple | April 15, 2019

17 Writers on the Role of Fiction in Addressing Climate Change

17 Writers on the Role of Fiction in Addressing Climate Change

Lydia Millet, Jeff VanderMeer, and More on the Author's Responsibility to a Planet in Crisis

By Amy Brady | April 15, 2019

Why Are So Many Fictional Teens <br>Entering Cults?

Why Are So Many Fictional Teens
Entering Cults?

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By Katherine Cusumano | April 15, 2019

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