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    Scenes from a Life in 1930s Berlin

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    Are There Lessons to Be Learned from the Protests of the 1960s?

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    Windows to the World: At WS Merwin’s Old French Farmhouse

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    For British Socialists, Fairy Tales Were the Best Way to Get the Message Out

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    What It Was Like to Work With Julian Assange on Publishing Wikileaks

    By Alan Rusbridger  November 27, 2018
    Advice

    5 Reasons a Writer Should Move to St. Louis

    By Sylvia Sukop  November 27, 2018
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    Does Art Originate From the Same Necessity That Gives Rise to Beehives?

    By Inger Christensen  November 27, 2018
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    The 15 Best Book Covers of November

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    The Showgirl Who Discovered Lolita

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    Why Look at Art When You Could Watch TV?

    By Joshua Sperling  November 26, 2018
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    It’s Taken 40 Years For Me to Write About the Day My Brother Died

    By Richard Beard  November 26, 2018
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    How Do You Make Art From Walking and Looking?

    By Hal Foster and Richard Serra  November 26, 2018
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    32 Beautiful Early Dust Jackets for Iconic Books

    By Emily Temple  November 21, 2018
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    For the Virtues I Have Acquired as a Librarian, I Am Truly Thankful

    By Kristen Arnett  November 21, 2018
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    Grief and Recovery in Thousand Oaks

    By Liska Jacobs  November 21, 2018
    Excerpts

    Not Just a German Word: A Brief History of Schadenfreude

    By Tiffany Watt Smith  November 21, 2018
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    On Ratchet Respectability and Beyoncé’s Sexual Politics

    By Omise'eke Tinsley  November 21, 2018
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