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  A Desperate Sadness and an Unapologetic Levity: On Jonathan Coe’s “Mr Wilder and Me”

  The author’s latest novel is a love letter to one of his major aesthetic influences.

  Alex HarveyOct 7, 2021

  • Fiction

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  Kelefa Sanneh’s “Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres”

  Kate Wolf speaks with writer Kelefa Sanneh about his debut book, “Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres.”

  LARB Radio HourOct 7, 2021
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  A Tender Irish Elegy: Sally Rooney’s “Beautiful World, Where Are You”

  Rooney’s new novel is redolent with the Irish verities of Catholicism and James Joyce.

  Brenna M. CaseyOct 7, 2021

  • Fiction

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  Finding Meaning in Dire Times: Sally Rooney’s “Beautiful World, Where Are You”

  Rooney’s third novel oscillates between the perspectives of two close female friends in their late 20s.

  Esmé HogeveenOct 7, 2021

  • Fiction

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  Samuel Moyn on The Idea of Humane Wars

  Oct 7, 2021
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  The Strange, Dark Life of Edwin Arlington Robinson

  Dana Gioia discusses the dark, lonely life of one of America’s greatest poets, Edwin Arlington Robinson.

  Oct 6, 2021
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  Records

  Mauricio Gonzalez-Aranda explores “the language of the landscape” in and with respect to his hometown of Ciudad Juárez.

  Mauricio Gonzalez-ArandaOct 6, 2021

  • Nonfiction

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  Learning Bengali and Comparing Notes with Jhumpa Lahiri’s “In Other Words”

  Anandi Mishra overcomes the obstacles of language in “Learning Bengali.”

  Anandi MishraOct 6, 2021

  • Nonfiction

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  The Invention of “Xenophobia”

  George Makari describes xenophobia’s complicated history as a concept, and reveals the curious role of a lone stenographer.

  George MakariOct 6, 2021

  • Science & Technology

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  It Just Depends: A Conversation with Richard Edwards

  Justin Gautreau catches up with Richard Edwards, whose latest release is “Richard Edwards Sings the Margot & The Nuclear So and So’s, Songbook in Quarantine (Vol 1).”

  Justin GautreauOct 5, 2021

  • Music

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  “The Cold Clarity We Need”: On Katie Peterson’s “Life in a Field”

  Teow Lim Goh considers “Life in a Field” by Katie Peterson.

  Teow Lim GohOct 5, 2021

  • Poetry

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  A Chinese Classic Journeys to the West: Julia Lovell’s Translation of “Monkey King”

  Minjie Chen on “Monkey King: Journey to the West” by Wu Cheng’en, translated by Julia Lovell.

  Minjie ChenOct 5, 2021

  • Around the World

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  The Resurgence of Mary Hiester Reid: A Conversation with Molly Peacock

  Ross King talks with poet and biographer Molly Peacock about her latest work to bring the life of Canadian painter Mary Hiester Reid out of the shadows.

  Ross KingOct 5, 2021
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  Crisis Industry: On Simon Hanselmann’s Pandemic Webcomic

  What a graphic novel about disaffected stoner monsters reveals about the political and economic crises of the pandemic.

  Jack ChelgrenOct 4, 2021

  • Comics

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  A Spectrum of Possibilities: A Conversation with Michael Cooperson on His Translation of al-Ḥarīrī’s “Impostures”

  Joe Amendola talks with Michael Cooperson about his translation of al-Ḥarīrī’s “Impostures,” available now from NYU Press.

  Joe AmendolaOct 4, 2021

  • Around the World

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  A Complicated Relationship: How California’s Community Colleges Educate Future Police and Why Our Curriculum Needs to Change

  Can academia and law enforcement occupy the same spaces? And if so, what’s the best way to proceed?

  Keenan Norris, Rubén MendozaOct 4, 2021

  • Education

  • Politics