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The Ins and Outs of Europe’s Deep Establishment
Stan Persky looks at Yanis Varoufakis's "Adults in the Room," the memoir of Varoufakis's brief tenure as Greece’s minister of finance in 2015.
Memoir & Essay
"The older one grows, the more one likes indecency." — Virginia Woolf
“A Beautiful Space That Slips Away”: Philippe Soupault and the French Avant-Garde
A review of French Surrealist Philippe Soupault’s memoirs.
The Limits of Metaphor: Jeannie Vanasco’s “The Glass Eye”
Andrew Schenker appreciates “The Glass Eye” by Jeannie Vanasco, a memoir that explores the search for meaning and the limits of metaphor.
I Am Something That You’ll Never Comprehend: Remembering Prince
Sara Scribner considers three books that try to get at the essence of Prince.
Culture Is Armor: On Adam Gopnik and the Necessity of the Cultural Intellectual
On Adam Gopnik as a public intellectual.
Grown-Up Desires
Susan Barr-Toman considers the essays in Andrea Jarrell's "I’m the One Who Got Away."
Hiking with Emerson
Skye C. Cleary interviews professor John Kaag about his recent book, "American Philosophy: A Love Story."
The Southern Curtain: Kapka Kassabova’s “Border”
Jacob Mikanowski on Kapka Kassabova’s travel memoir “Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe.”
Elegy for a Cousin
Cinque Henderson on Danielle Allen’s memoir “Cuz: The Life and Times of Michael A.”
Swaying Between
Edwidge Danticat’s "The Art of Death" offers counterpoint, consolation, and a means of creation to readers and writers alike.
The Truths We Do Not Know We Know
Megan N. Liberty reviews Teju Cole's "Blind Spot."
The Instagram Artist of Our Time
Eileen Myles’s work has always been both concrete and ephemeral. With Instagram, they've found their medium.
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