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Dwight Garner on the Long History of Writers and America's Greatest Invention, the Martini

Dwight Garner on the Long History of Writers and America's Greatest Invention, the Martini

A Look at Patricia Highsmith, Norman Mailer, Gary Shteyngart, Karl Ove Knausgaard, and More

By Dwight Garner | October 25, 2023

How did reactionary French novelist Michel Houellebecq end up in a Dutch arthouse porn?

How did reactionary French novelist Michel Houellebecq end up in a Dutch arthouse porn?

By Jonny Diamond | March 29, 2023

When an Iconic Artist is Claimed By Both the Left and the Right

When an Iconic Artist is Claimed By Both the Left and the Right

of Art and Politics">Tobias Carroll on Springsteen, Orwell, Jarry and the Intersection
of Art and Politics

By Tobias Carroll | July 17, 2020

Here is the 2020 International Booker Prize longlist (with good news for indie presses).

Here is the 2020 International Booker Prize longlist (with good news for indie presses).

By Corinne Segal | February 27, 2020

Reading Houellebecq in the Midst of the French Elections

Reading Houellebecq in the Midst of the French Elections

How Art Can Hasten a Macabre Moral Shift and Legitimate Prejudice

By Rafia Zakaria | May 5, 2017

An Incomplete Guide to Proper Literary Name-Dropping

An Incomplete Guide to Proper Literary Name-Dropping

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