Remember the Dante’s Inferno video game (and its deranged gonzo marketing)?

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The Netflix-Don DeLillo romance continues with <em>Underworld</em>.

The Netflix-Don DeLillo romance continues with Underworld.

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Patricia Smith has won the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize for lifetime achievement.

Patricia Smith has won the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize for lifetime achievement.

By Snigdha Koirala | September 14, 2021

Jhumpa Lahiri's new book on translation will be published next spring.

Jhumpa Lahiri's new book on translation will be published next spring.

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<em>New Yorker </em>editor calls out her own magazine for woeful record on diversity.

New Yorker editor calls out her own magazine for woeful record on diversity.

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Here's the shortlist for the 2021 Booker Prize.

Here's the shortlist for the 2021 Booker Prize.

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Edward Glaeser on the Evolution of City Life

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Azeem Azhar on Technology and the Exponential Gap

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Read the 1985 comic strip that inspired the Bechdel Test.

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