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China and the Money Question
Rebecca L. Spang looks at three new books about Chinese monetary history.
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The Sorrow of Homecoming: On Mariana Oliver’s “Migratory Birds”
The author’s debut essay collection offers an assortment of meditative vignettes on displacement and belonging.
Elites Against Extinction: The Dark History of a Cultural Paranoia
Our ideas about human extinction, including how human extinction might be prevented, have a dark history, explains Tyler Harper.
How the New Deal Is Very Present — and Very Far Away
A history of the New Deal throws uncomfortable light on modern dilemmas.
Seemingly Irresolvable Traumas: Reading Rachel Rose’s The Octopus Has Three Hearts
Karim Alrawi looks at trauma and redemption in Rachel Rose’s recent short story collection "The Octopus Has Three Hearts."
To Love a Language: On Jhumpa Lahiri’s Transformations
Jacqui Cornetta examines Jhumpa Lahiri’s journey to Italian and back again.
What Is Poetic Voice?
Dana Gioia explores how poetry captures the unique power of the human voice — both on the page and in performance.
From the Shards to the Stars: Remembering Lizabeth Scott
Louise Gold seeks out the truth about noir icon Lizabeth Scott, who would have turned 100 today.
Kafka, the Artist
Kafka’s visual art is now available in a database maintained by the National Library of Israel.
Revenge of the Minor Character: On Dag Solstad’s “Novel 11, Book 18”
The Norwegian novelist explores the existential predicament of a middle-aged, middle-class bureaucrat.
“Just Over There, Out of Sight”: Jo Lloyd’s “Something Wonderful”
A Welsh writer’s debut story collection brims with strivers, toilers, and dreamers who never quite grasp the brass ring.
Whom?: On Frédéric Gros’s “Disobey!”
A guide to disobedience that leads us into the woods.
I Am Hot and Tiny, Yet I Wrote “Jane Eyre”: The Feminine Solitude of Sandra Lim’s “The Curious Thing”
Aria Aber examines “The Curious Thing” by Sandra Lim.
Turning Point? 9/11 and the Dark Side
Saree Makdisi looks deeply at Netflix’s “Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror.”
Histories of Violence: Mob Violence
Brad Evans speaks with Susanna Siegel. A conversation in Brad Evans’s “Histories of Violence” series.
The Property of a Lady?: On Lashana Lynch — the First Black Female 007
Colin Burnett explores the racial politics of the Bond franchise in the wake of a new Black woman agent joining the latest film, “No Time to Die.”
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