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Following the Poet’s Path: A Daughter’s Journey to Japan In Search of Closure

Following the Poet’s Path: A Daughter’s Journey to Japan In Search of Closure

Rebecca Chace on Matsuo Bashō and the Life and Death of Her Mother, the Poet Jean Valentine

By Rebecca Chace | July 14, 2025

Sara Baume on the Uncanny Feeling of Discovering a Book with the Same Title as Her Own

Sara Baume on the Uncanny Feeling of Discovering a Book with the Same Title as Her Own

Seven Steeples I did not expect to find any kinship.”">“When I set about the task of reading Henrichsen’s Seven Steeples I did not expect to find any kinship.”

By Sara Baume | April 27, 2022

Retracing the Historical (and Literal) Path of Napoleon's Retreat from Russia

Retracing the Historical (and Literal) Path of Napoleon's Retreat from Russia

Sylvain Tesson Attempts to Journey Back to 1812

By Sylvain Tesson | November 21, 2019

Fascinating Sontag: Gerald Howard Considers the Life of an Intellectual Superstar

Fascinating Sontag: Gerald Howard Considers the Life of an Intellectual Superstar

Sontag: Her Life and Work">On Benjamin Moser's Sontag: Her Life and Work

By Gerald Howard | November 4, 2019

Pilgrims, Priests, and Breaking Bread in an Alpine Monastery

Pilgrims, Priests, and Breaking Bread in an Alpine Monastery

Timothy Egan Travels to the Great St. Bernard Hospice

By Timothy Egan | October 25, 2019

Building a Symbolic Wall of Oppression in the Middle of London

Building a Symbolic Wall of Oppression in the Middle of London

Justin Butcher Finds Communities of Hope in Occupied Palestine

By Justin Butcher | September 4, 2019

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Essay">When a Pilgrimage Becomes its Own Kind of Essay

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