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In Praise of Readings: A Brief History of the Book Events I Have Attended

In Praise of Readings: A Brief History of the Book Events I Have Attended

S. Kirk Walsh Looks Back at 33 Years of Writers in Public

By S. Kirk Walsh | October 14, 2020

The Jamaican Slave Insurgency That Transformed the World

The Jamaican Slave Insurgency That Transformed the World

From Vincent Brown's Cundill Prize-Nominated
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By Vincent Brown | October 14, 2020

Americans Abroad in Literature: A Passport to Reading

Americans Abroad in Literature: A Passport to Reading

With Appearances From James Baldwin, Henry James, and More

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Mariana Enriquez: On a French Love Affair and a Man Lost to Time

Mariana Enriquez: On a French Love Affair and a Man Lost to Time

"I was never naked with anyone so beautiful."

By Mariana Enriquez | October 13, 2020

Elif Shafak on What It Means to Belong in Many Places at Once

Elif Shafak on What It Means to Belong in Many Places at Once

"It worries me immensely, seeing the walls rise higher and higher."

By Elif Shafak | October 9, 2020

Reading the Travelogues of Percy Fawcett, Explorer of the Lost City of Z

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On Land Ethics and One of the Last Heaths in Northern Europe

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Why Robert Michael Pyle Is Haunted by a Field of Heather

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Morgan Jerkins: Who Gets Displaced for the Sake of Tourism?

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