How Foreign Tyrants Contract American Lobbyists to Whitewash Their Crimes

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An Italian robbery was averted thanks to a good book.

An Italian robbery was averted thanks to a good book.

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When Art Talks Back: Jonathan Lethem on Graffiti As Visual and Written Expression

When Art Talks Back: Jonathan Lethem on Graffiti As Visual and Written Expression

Exploring Artistic Scribbling in a Rapidly Gentrifying New York City

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How Weimar Berlin Inspired Christopher Isherwood’s <em>Sally Bowles</em>

How Weimar Berlin Inspired Christopher Isherwood’s Sally Bowles

Katherine Bucknell on the Tumultuous World That Made the Novella and Its Protagonist

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Beyond Saviors and Suffering: On the Complex Dynamics of Animal Rescue

Beyond Saviors and Suffering: On the Complex Dynamics of Animal Rescue

Carol Mithers Explores the Relationships Between Stray Dogs and the Humans Who Love Them

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What the Timelessness of Modern Malaise Reveals About the Human Condition

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A Kind of Arctic Madness: On Christiane Ritter’s Essential Memoir of the Far North

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If You Skip a Friend’s Book Launch Are You the Literary Asshole?

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