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For Camus, It Was Always Personal
On the inspirational lyricism of Camus’s essays.
Around the World
"For a long time now I haven't been I."
— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
Subverting Mao: The Roots of Minjian Activism in China
Perry Link evaluates a multi-decade protest tactic for democratic rights in China: minjian activism.
More Than “Tra-La-La”: On Vernon Duke, Igor Stravinsky, and Russian Musical Émigrés
Harlow Robinson turns his ear to “Taking a Chance on Love” by George Harwood Phillips and “In Stravinsky’s Orbit” by Klára Móricz.
Antifa Dust
Michael Scott Moore on the history and future of Antifa.
Memory in Crisis: On Judith Schalansky’s “An Inventory of Losses”
A catalog of lost objects raises questions about history and memory in our age of mass protest.
4 January 1960
Raymond Queneau on the death of Albert Camus.
Albert Camus, Patron Saint of the Sticks
Camus’s final, unfinished novel evokes a lost Algerian homeland.
A Poet of Mythologies: Homero Aridjis at 80
A celebration of the great Mexican poet, novelist, and environmental activist.
The One and Only: Andrew Louth on a New History of the Orthodox Church
Andrew Louth reviews John Anthony McGuckin's recently published book, "The Eastern Orthodox Church: A New History."
Keep Ithaka Always in Your Mind: The Greek Community in Modern Egypt
Alexander Kitroeff’s new book traces over a century of Greek migration to and settlement in Egypt.
God’s Little Rival: On Rémi Brague’s “The Kingdom of Man”
Aurelian Craiutu visits “The Kingdom of Man,” the recently published book by Rémi Brague and translated by Paul Seaton.
Endless Coup, Permanent Struggle: On Nina Lakhani’s “Who Killed Berta Cáceres?”
A story of elite violence and US impunity in Honduras.
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