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A film adaptation of "The Stars at Noon" reminds me how much I miss my former teacher, not just his writing but his presence in this broken world.
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A conversation with Robin Hemley, author of the brilliant new novel "Oblivion," a hilarious and poignant exploration of the life—and afterlife—of a…
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Trying to comfort my 84-year-old mother, I stumbled on a few truths that comforted me as well.
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Hong Kong's empty streets on the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre are a stark reminder of Beijing's war on freedom and democracy.
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Why America needs Walt Whitman now more than ever.
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Part two of a two-part conversation with Michael Ignatieff on his beautiful and poignant new book “On Consolation: Finding Solace in Dark Times.”
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Part one of a two-part conversation with Michael Ignatieff on his beautiful and poignant new book "On Consolation: Finding Solace in Dark Times."
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Scott Newstok, author of “How to Think Like Shakespeare,” on the amazing talents that helped Bob Dylan and James Baldwin do just that.
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A conversation with Laurie Garrett, Pulitzer Prize winning science journalist, on why many Americans believe the Supreme Court may now be our nation's…
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Claudia MacMillan writes that what we call the humanities — literature, history and philosophy — have never been more needed in our society or more…
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A conversation with Ukrainian-American writer Askold Melnyczuk on Ukraine’s bloody history, his family’s journey from war-torn Europe to the U.S., and…
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Written a decade before "1984," Orwell's darkly comic novel speaks to today's claustrophobic environment of commercialism, propaganda and war.
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