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Writers Love the World’s Oldest (and Most Obvious) Metaphor

Writers Love the World’s Oldest (and Most Obvious) Metaphor

Zain Khalid on Books That Are Obsessed With Death

By Zain Khalid | July 12, 2022

Why We Should Read About the Soviet Past In Order to Understand Ukraine Now

Why We Should Read About the Soviet Past In Order to Understand Ukraine Now

Sofi Oksanen Recommends Books With an Eastern European Perspective

By Sofi Oksanen | March 9, 2022

What Does It Mean To Be Russian? On Dostoevsky’s Early Literary Ambitions

What Does It Mean To Be Russian? On Dostoevsky’s Early Literary Ambitions

Kevin Birmingham Investigates State Censorship Under Czar Nicholas

By Kevin Birmingham | November 18, 2021

In Defense of Poetic Plagiarism

In Defense of Poetic Plagiarism

Sam Riviere on the Foundational Practices of Collaboration and Copying

By Sam Riviere | October 6, 2021

Midnight’s Children,
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Bollywood or Bust: Salman Rushdie on the World of <em

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Midnight’s Children,
Forty Years Later">Bollywood or Bust: Salman Rushdie on the World of Midnight’s Children,
Forty Years Later

“I wanted to write a novel of vaulting ambition, a high-wire act with no safety net, an all-or-nothing effort.”

By Salman Rushdie | April 14, 2021

Why Do We Love Reading About Cheaters and Schemers?

Why Do We Love Reading About Cheaters and Schemers?

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