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The Blessing of a Hybrid Brain: On the Joy of Writing in Two Languages

The Blessing of a Hybrid Brain: On the Joy of Writing in Two Languages

Tatiana de Rosnay Unpacks the Lines Between Translating and Crafting Bilingually

By Tatiana de Rosnay | June 9, 2025

Werner Herzog on Memory, the Elusiveness of Truth, and Sleepwalking Into New Wars

Werner Herzog on Memory, the Elusiveness of Truth, and Sleepwalking Into New Wars

Ayşegül Sert Talks to the Iconic Director and the Author of “Every Man for Himself and God Against All”

By Aysegul Sert | November 25, 2024

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Robert G. Parkinson on Historicizing Imperial Encounters at Home and Abroad

By Robert G. Parkinson | May 29, 2024

Reading Radically: A Reading List of the 1960s and 70s Protest Movements to Understand Activism Today

Reading Radically: A Reading List of the 1960s and 70s Protest Movements to Understand Activism Today

Jessica Shattuck Recommends Cathy Wilkerson, James Kunen, Abe Peck, and More

By Jessica Shattuck | May 13, 2024

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Robert MacFarlane on Indigenous Pantheons, the Western Notion of the Sublime, and Raban's Disruptive Language

By Robert Macfarlane | September 11, 2023

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From Cannes, Ryan Coleman Finds the Renegade Spanish Filmmaker Crafting Something Entirely New

By Ryan Coleman | June 8, 2022

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How Obama’s Reading Shaped His Writing

How Obama’s Reading Shaped His Writing

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The Island That Inspired Conrad and Lawrence's Queerest Characters

The Island That Inspired Conrad and Lawrence's Queerest Characters

Living the Artist's Life on Capri

By Jamie James | March 19, 2019

The Death of a Symbol: How Western Writers Exploit the Tiger

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A Brief History of Gross Fascination

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A Century of Reading: The 10 Books That Defined the 1900s

A Century of Reading: The 10 Books That Defined the 1900s

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By Emily Temple | October 15, 2018

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31 Movies Based on Short Stories

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By Emily Temple | October 1, 2018

50 Pulp Cover Treatments of Classic Works of Literature

50 Pulp Cover Treatments of Classic Works of Literature

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By Emily Temple | May 2, 2018

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