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Auden, Rabelais, and “Charlie Hebdo”
W. H. Auden’s “September 1, 1939” once again offers not just words of comfort, but clues on how to respond to the Charlie Hebdo attacks....
Nina Martyris
Nina Martyris has written for several publications including The Times of India, The Guardian, The New Republic, Slate, Salon and The Millions.
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George Orwell Weighs In on Scottish Independence
ON ST. VALENTINE'S DAY in 1947, George Orwell expressed his misgivings about the 240-year-old marriage between England and Scotland. There were distinct rumblings, he said, and if they weren’t addressed, a violent divorce would be the outcome. Orwell put down ...
Siegfried Sassoon and Palestine
When Siegfried Sassoon, the great World War I poet, was posted in Palestine....
Europe Through the Looking Glass: Nina Martyris on Pallavi Aiyar
An Indian author, having written about China, turns her gaze to Europe....
Mourning Tongues: How Auden Was Modified in the Guts of the Living
One of the most extraordinary elegiac conversations of our time....
Of Pomegranates and Grenades: Nadeem Aslam’s “The Blind Man’s Garden”
Nadeem Aslam's new novel, "The Blind Man's Garden," has the power to move and terrify....
Brown Noise: Jonathan Franzen’s Sirens of the Subcontinent
THIS MONTH MARKS 25 YEARS since Jonathan Franzen made his debut as a novelist. From all accounts it was an impressive debut — the critics called The Twenty-Seventh City masterly, riveting, even visionary; The New Yorker reviewed it properly, not in its ...
Essays on Jonathan Franzen’s Latest Book and His First
A look at Jonathan Franzen’s latest book and his first on its 25th anniversary. OUR DISTRACTION: Franzen’s Kraus Project by ANDREW WINER [READ] BROWN NOISE: Franzen’s Sirens of the Subcontinent by NINA MARTYRIS [READ]...
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