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God in Wayward Forms: Jamie Quatro’s Salvation-Seeking AdulteressesRevenge of the Dryasdusts: Paul Hazard’s “The Crisis of the European Mind”A City for Children in the Work of E. L. KonigsburgLiberal Bias or Neoliberal Bias?: Neil Gross's "Why Are Professors Liberal and Why Do Conservatives Care?"Rewiring Literary CriticismPandas, Professors, and Promises, or, The MOOC Will Not Set Us FreeA Ladymass in the Distrito Federal: Veronica Gonzalez Peña's "The Sad Passions"The Weight of History: Colum McCann’s "TransAtlantic"Second Acts: A Second Look at Second Books by Geri Doran and Michael S. HarperVisionary Russian Futures On Demand: Anindita Banerjee's "We Modern People"Peak Adventure: On Mountaineering and the Enlightenment see all reviews »
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But What About the Soul: Poets at the Movies (Part 1)Bloomsday 2013: John JoyceMr. Chan and the MachineMOOCs and the Future of the Humanities: A Roundtable (Part 2)MOOCs and the Future of the Humanities: A Roundtable (Part 1)Rape in the Military: Ben Klay's TestimonyLove, Loneliness, Rot: "That Smell" and Egypt Under Nasser The White Worm: Shane Carruth's "Upstream Color"What’s Left to Say? Four Fitzgerald Scholars on Baz Luhrmann’s Gatsby“Bliss Unending”: Why Luhrmann’s Dangerously Romantic Take On Gatsby WorksHow To Read AgambenThe Empty Chair: A Petition for Ghassan ZaqtanPost-Structural Integrity: "Arrested Development," Season FourTen Things I Learned From Loving "Anne of Green Gables" see all essays »
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Living It Up at the Death Café: An Interview with Lizzy MilesDigging Into Crimes: A Conversation with Peter May[VIDEO] Matthew Specktor, "American Dream Machine"Funambulism: An Interview with Colum McCannPODCAST #32: Jeff Weiss & Evan McGarvey, "2pac vs. Biggie"The Public Life of Poetry: An Interview with Natasha TretheweyThe Second Act of Alex Espinoza[VIDEO] Stephen Burt, "Belmont: Poems"50 Years of NYRB: An Interview with Robert Silvers Paul Farmer: What He’s Afraid of, and What’s Wrong With The Way We Do AidContextual Loneliness: An Interview with Fiona MaazelPODCAST #31: Marc Maron, "Attempting Normal"[VIDEO] Tom Bissell and The Perks of Being a Dilettante see all interviews »
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Kate Wolf interviews Lydia Davis

“Patience and Virtue: An Interview with Lydia Davis”

November 8th, 2011
The Questionnaire interviews Mike Davis

“The Questionnaire: Mike Davis”

March 29th, 2012
Michael Goetzman interviews Mark Dery

“Hathologies: An Interview with Mark Dery”

June 21st, 2012
Lee Konstantinou interviews Helen DeWitt

“It's Good To Be Pragmatic: An Interview with Helen DeWitt”

November 21st, 2011
Gregg Barrios interviews Junot Díaz

“"He is a writer of fiction. He puts on masks for a living.": An Interview with Junot Diaz”

October 7th, 2012
The Questionnaire interviews Tom Dibblee

“The Questionnaire: Tom Dibblee”

March 15th, 2013
Jonathan Hahn interviews Amy Ziering and Kirby Dick

“Letter Received”

June 22nd, 2012
The Questionnaire interviews Colin Dickey

“The Questionnaire: Colin Dickey”

March 26th, 2012
Colin Marshall interviews Colin Dickey

“PODCAST #27: Colin Dickey”

May 1st, 2013
Chris Wallace interviews Geoff Dyer

“Old War Stories: An Interview with Geoff Dyer”

August 17th, 2011

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