All Essays

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  Dispatches from the Democratic National Convention: Part I

  Interviews with John Heilemann, E.J. Dionne, Sean Wilentz and Rep. John Lewis

  Kelly CandaeleSep 6, 2012

• In Praise of Messy Thinking: On Katie Roiphe

  Navel-gazing with a social purpose

  Sep 4, 2012

• How to Read Žižek

  Adam KotskoSep 2, 2012
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  Levine y yo: In Praise of Poet Philip Levine

  On the Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet

  Christopher BuckleySep 2, 2012

• A Guide to Isaac Bashevis Singer

  On the Nobel Prize-winning Yiddish patriarch and his moral universe of piety and outrage...

  Sep 1, 2012
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  What Went Wrong At Marikana?

  The massacre of 34 striking miners in South Africa

  Alex LichtensteinSep 1, 2012
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  Jumping the Dragon Gate: Life in Shaoyang

  I lived in Shaoyang, a city in Hunan province famous for clementines and murder.

  Nick HoldstockAug 30, 2012

• Werner Herzog Hypnotizes Chickens

  On the director's enigmatic obsessions.

  Aug 28, 2012
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  The Mormon Chronicles: A Meditation in Four Parts

  Judith FreemanAug 26, 2012
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  My Sea: A Personal Journey through the Literature of the Salton Sea

  Gayle BrandeisAug 26, 2012

• Day-Old Baby Rats

  The late 'New Yorker' writer's short story masterpiece

  Aug 26, 2012
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  The Mormon Candidate

  Mitt Romney has described his faith as “the single most important influence in his life.” He did not go into details.

  Laurie WinerAug 26, 2012

• Walking With Charlie

  A short story excerpted from the 'New Yorker' writer's 'The Lists of the Past'

  Aug 26, 2012
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  Letter From Bolivia: Waiting With the Aymará

  During Black October, 67 Aymará were killed by the military while protesting the sale of natural gas to the U.S.

  Lea AschkenasAug 26, 2012
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  Erika and Envy

  Cheryl Strayed, Erika Schickel, & a Facebook Fracas

  Diana WagmanAug 25, 2012
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  Walking Mural: Asco and the Ends of Chicano Art

  Jim HinchAug 23, 2012