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No one’s reading for fun, apparently. Here’s a reading list to fix that.

No one’s reading for fun, apparently. Here’s a reading list to fix that.

By James Folta | September 10, 2025

The Leopard">Rana Dasgupta on Giuseppe di Lampedusa's <emThe Leopard">

The Leopard">Rana Dasgupta on Giuseppe di Lampedusa's The Leopard

In Conversation with Michael Kelleher for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | August 27, 2025

Bomarzo">A Fantastical Odyssey Through Renaissance Italy: Álvaro Enrigue on <emBomarzo">

Bomarzo">A Fantastical Odyssey Through Renaissance Italy: Álvaro Enrigue on Bomarzo

“Mujica Lainez’s Duke of Bomarzo is a lantern that illuminates... our tenebrous but also brilliant little lives.”

By Álvaro Enrigue | August 8, 2025

The Dark Magic of Words: Why Fascism and Illiberalism Are So Seductive to Writers

The Dark Magic of Words: Why Fascism and Illiberalism Are So Seductive to Writers

Ed Simon Looks at Eduard Limonov, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Yukio Mishima, and Others

By Ed Simon | June 23, 2025

There’s No Turning Back">Antifascist, Feminist, Timeless: On Alba de Céspedes’s <emThere’s No Turning Back">

There’s No Turning Back">Antifascist, Feminist, Timeless: On Alba de Céspedes’s There’s No Turning Back

Ann Goldstein: “Even if the world has changed, her characters’ struggles with becoming themselves continue to be familiar.”

By Ann Goldstein | February 13, 2025

After the Fall: Hanif Kureishi on Trauma, Recovery and What It Means to Be a Writer

After the Fall: Hanif Kureishi on Trauma, Recovery and What It Means to Be a Writer

“I am determined to keep writing, it has never mattered to me more.”

By Hanif Kureishi | February 11, 2025

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Learning to Make the World’s Rarest Pasta

By Eliot Stein | December 11, 2024

Dark Futures: How the European Dream of Modernization Ended in Totalitarian Despair

By Glenn Adamson | December 6, 2024

Divine Comedy">A Riveting, Timeless Journey Through the Afterlife: Inside the World of Dante’s Divine Comedy

By Michael Palma | December 2, 2024

André Aciman on Displacement, Family and the Struggle to Find Home In the Eternal City

André Aciman on Displacement, Family and the Struggle to Find Home In the Eternal City

“What I felt was the persistent, undefinable numbness that eventually overtakes you and won’t let go.”

By André Aciman | October 22, 2024

What the Supreme Court Can Learn From a 14th-Century Italian City-State

What the Supreme Court Can Learn From a 14th-Century Italian City-State

Liesl Schillinger on the Cautionary Art—and Good Governance—of Siena’s “Golden Age”

By Liesl Schillinger | October 3, 2024

An Italian robbery was averted thanks to a good book.

An Italian robbery was averted thanks to a good book.

By James Folta | August 26, 2024

Lifting the Curse of Luigi da Porto: On the Life and Legacy of a 15th-Century Italian Poet

Lifting the Curse of Luigi da Porto: On the Life and Legacy of a 15th-Century Italian Poet

Kate Weinberg Finds Literary Inspiration in Romeo and Juliet’s Original Creator

By Kate Weinberg | August 7, 2024

The Decameron Reveals About Contemporary Anxiety">Boccaccio’s Modern Life: What <emThe Decameron Reveals About Contemporary Anxiety">

The Decameron Reveals About Contemporary Anxiety">Boccaccio’s Modern Life: What The Decameron Reveals About Contemporary Anxiety

Ed Simon Considers the Act of Storytelling as a Means of Preserving Our Humor and Humanity in Tumultuous Times

By Ed Simon | August 5, 2024

Byron and Borgia: A Meditation on an Impossible Encounter

Byron and Borgia: A Meditation on an Impossible Encounter

Poet-in-Residence for “Byron 200” Scarlett Sabet Considers Two Passionate Souls Separated by Centuries

By Scarlett Sabet | June 14, 2024

“Wade Into the Muck With Me.” On Reading and Re-Reading Elena Ferrante

“Wade Into the Muck With Me.” On Reading and Re-Reading Elena Ferrante

Gina Frangello Considers Her Personal History in Relation to the Neapolitan Quartet

By Gina Frangello | June 6, 2024

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