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A Poet's Case for Wasting Time

A Poet's Case for Wasting Time

Kayo Chingonyi on Setting Aside the Imperatives of Late Capitalism

By Kayo Chingonyi | October 10, 2019

When Leonard Bernstein Played Cultural Diplomat in 1960s Japan

When Leonard Bernstein Played Cultural Diplomat in 1960s Japan

Mari Yoshihara on the Great Composer's Seminal Cold War-Era Tour of Japan

By Mari Yoshihara | September 19, 2019

Pico Iyer on the Infinite <br>Silences of Japan

Pico Iyer on the Infinite
Silences of Japan

Kawabata: “No word can say as much as silence.”

By Pico Iyer | September 18, 2019

The Many Literary Landscapes of Tokyo

The Many Literary Landscapes of Tokyo

From the City of Samurai to the Gardens of Nobility

By Anna Sherman | September 4, 2019

On Dark Tourism: Murder, Hauntings, and the Serial Killer Capital of Australia

On Dark Tourism: Murder, Hauntings, and the Serial Killer Capital of Australia

Why Can't We Look Away from the Worst of Humanity?

By Aimee Knight | September 3, 2019

How to Spend a Literary Long Weekend in New Orleans

How to Spend a Literary Long Weekend in New Orleans

Walk in Faulkner's Footsteps and Discover the City's Newest Voices

By Colleen Rothman | August 30, 2019

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The End-of-Summer Joy of Reading by a Motel Pool

By Susan Harlan | August 27, 2019

Standing Room Only: On Overtravel and the Joy of the Unsung

By Thomas Swick | August 23, 2019

Belonging is Not a Language You Can Learn

By Brittani Sonnenberg | August 19, 2019

On the Love Hotels and Pleasure Quarters of Tokyo

On the Love Hotels and Pleasure Quarters of Tokyo

Anna Sherman Maps Sites of Hidden Desires

By Anna Sherman | August 16, 2019

Loathing, Leaving and Coming to Love Albuquerque

Loathing, Leaving and Coming to Love Albuquerque

Sean Gandert on the Meaning of Querencia

By Sean Gandert | August 12, 2019

Romanticizing Mount Everest Misses the Real Story

Romanticizing Mount Everest Misses the Real Story

"An entire population has been overlooked for decades"

By Adam Popescu | August 9, 2019

We'll Always Have Paris: On the Enduring Appeal of Ex-Pat Lit

We'll Always Have Paris: On the Enduring Appeal of Ex-Pat Lit

Elliott Holt Revisits Alison Lurie's Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novel, Foreign Affairs

By Elliott Holt | August 7, 2019

Some Reasons to Become a Literary Digital Nomad (Even If You Fail)

Some Reasons to Become a Literary Digital Nomad (Even If You Fail)

Tales From an Instagrammable Life Abroad

By Kristin Sanders | August 5, 2019

5 Great Audiobooks For That Summer Road Trip

5 Great Audiobooks For That Summer Road Trip

From Disneyland to the Genteel South, Stories to Pass the Miles

By James Tate Hill | August 2, 2019

Of Poetry and Pilgrimage: Queer Writers Staying Hopeful in Madrid

Of Poetry and Pilgrimage: Queer Writers Staying Hopeful in Madrid

At the Unamuno Author Series Festival, Poets Reckon
with Looming Fascism

By Anna Hundert | July 31, 2019

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