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Outsider: Donald Richie in Japan, 1947-2013
Colin Marshall looks at Donald Richie’s life in Japan through his works.
Colin MarshallMar 29, 2014
- Travel
Disrupt Yourself (And Do Us All a Favor)
How does our culture of market-driving neoliberalism disrupt the social safety net around education and health care?
Stuart WhatleyMar 28, 2014
Let Us Now Tweet at Famous Men: The Selected Tweets of James Agee
James Agee on Twitter. Foreword by Walker Evans.
Ted ScheinmanMar 25, 2014
- Humor
Juan Gelman or “about a truth that didn’t believe in death”
Victor Nunez and Kate Hedeen reflect on the passing of their personal friend, Juan Gelman, one of the great Spanish-language poets of our time.
Katherine M. Hedeen , Víctor Rodríguez NúñezMar 23, 2014
I Sing the Body Prosthetic: On Mario Bellatin’s "Mishima’s Illustrated Biography"
Mario Bellatin’s reality-bending novellas offer a poignant commentary on everything from sexual orientation to the multiplicity of the self.
Jeffrey ZuckermanMar 23, 2014
All the Rage in Denmark: Yahya Hassan and the Danish Integration Debate
Teen poet sensation Yahya Hassan is turning the Muslim immigrant community in Denmark upside down.
Pedja JurisicMar 23, 2014
Around the World: Russia, Denmark, Argentina, Mexico
Jeffrey Zuckerman, Katherine M. Hedeen , Kevin Moss, Pedja Jurisic, Víctor Rodríguez NúñezMar 23, 2014
A Long Time Ago, We Used to Be Friends: On "Veronica Mars, The Movie"
Alyssa Pelish reviews Veronica Mars: The Movie.
Alyssa PelishMar 22, 2014
"And I Will Seek You": East of the Sun, West of the Moon
In the latest edition of our Fairy Tale Series, Genevieve Valentine considers the unusual Norwegian folktale, “East of the Sun, West of the Moon.”
Genevieve ValentineMar 21, 2014
Yes, No, Yes: Shana Mlawski on Choice and Duty in "Ice" by Sarah Beth Durst
Shana MlawskiMar 21, 2014
Fairy Tale Series: On Norway's “East of the Sun, West of the Moon”
Genevieve Valentine, Leslie Stephens, Shana Mlawski, Tim J. MyersMar 21, 2014
"Nymphomaniac: Vol. 1": Fishers of Men, Meaning
Nymphomaniac succeeds as a work of art insofar as it fails to live up to the terms it sets for itself as a film.
Lowry PresslyMar 21, 2014
Camp Von Trier: On "Nymphomaniac, Vol. 1"
On Lars Von Trier's Nymphomaniac, Vol. 1.
Len GutkinMar 21, 2014
The Road to Recovery
On the state of the economy and how to fix it
Tom StreithorstMar 20, 2014
A Bright, Guilty World: The Biography of a Film
On the making of Orson Welles’s The Lady From Shanghai.
Michael PeckMar 20, 2014
- Noir
In the Trenches with Hybrid at AWP 2014
Jessica Dewberry reports from the AWP on what exactly is a hybrid writer.
Jessica DewberryMar 19, 2014
- Literary Fiction