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Amnesiacs and Bystanders: On Géraldine Schwarz’s “Those Who Forget”
A postwar whitewashing of Vichy France reflects on the American situation.
Memoir & Essay
"The older one grows, the more one likes indecency." — Virginia Woolf
Writing Is a Ritual: A Conversation with Karen Tei Yamashita
Karen Tei Yamashita discusses her new collection, “Sansei and Sensibility,” and the strange appeal of Jane Austen.
The Case for Loitering
Anandi Mishra meanders through “Aimlessness,” the new book by Tom Lutz.
Toeing the Trap
Hannah Kofman reckons with “The Copenhagen Trilogy,” the recently translated memoir by Tove Ditlevsen.
Manifestations of Higher Meaning: On Dana Gioia’s “The Catholic Writer Today” and “Studying with Miss Bishop”
Peggy Ellsberg praises the clarity, reverence, and affection of “The Catholic Writer Today” and “Studying with Miss Bishop” by Dana Gioia.
Hunting Down Repositories: A Conversation with George Saunders
Sean Hooks speaks to George Saunders about his first nonfiction book, “A Swim in a Pond in the Rain.”
I Hope That We Can Be Together Soon
Revisiting the 1973 Compton Christmas parade.
What If We Saved Ourselves?
Brian Lin maps out the terrain of racial struggle in the literary world.
Letter to the Editor: Clifford Thompson Responds to Joel Rhone
Clifford Thompson and Joel Rhone exchange letters to the editor in response to Rhone’s review of Thompson’s “What It Is.”
Unknown Cities: On Daniel Mendelsohn’s “Three Rings”
Jehanne Dubrow ponders "Three Rings," the new book by Daniel Mendelsohn.
The Anatomy of the LSD Romance in the 1970s: On Errol Morris’s “My Psychedelic Love Story”
James Penner analyzes the life and times of Joanna Harcourt-Smith and Errol Morris’s recent film about her, “My Psychedelic Love Story.”
Holding the Darkness in Place
A new memoir of love and loss, motherhood, life and death, and the true meaning of “resilience.”
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