How I Came to Know My Cuban Grandfather Through Archival Research

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Abel Ferrara Starred in His First Feature, a Mob-Backed Porno

Abel Ferrara Starred in His First Feature, a Mob-Backed Porno

The Acclaimed Director Looks Back on the Start of His Legendary Career

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A Different Side of the Self: On Finding Freedom By Telling My Story in English

A Different Side of the Self: On Finding Freedom By Telling My Story in English

Atash Yaghmaian: “In English, I’m just someone—free, unclaimed, and therefore, for the first time, self-defined.”

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C.D. Rose has won the 2025 Goldsmiths Prize.

C.D. Rose has won the 2025 Goldsmiths Prize.

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Helen Garner has won the 2025 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction.

Helen Garner has won the 2025 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction.

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A Brief History of American Socialism

A Brief History of American Socialism

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Georgi Gospodinov on the Loss of His Father and Writing About Death

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The Succession Crisis of Queen Elizabeth I

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Why I Saw <em>The Bad News Bears</em> Ten Times in the Theater as a Nine-Year-Old Boy

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