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Rachel Kushner examines California's prison system in her new novel, The Mars Room 2018-05-27 12:00:00
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Looking back at Tom Wolfe, groundbreaking author and journalist 2018-05-20 12:00:00
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From the Norse sagas to Björk — Hallgrímur Helgason on Iceland's explosion of culture 2018-05-13 12:00:00
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From Hans Christian Andersen to hygge — Dorthe Nors on the Danish psyche 2018-05-06 12:00:00
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Karl Ove Knausgaard: after My Struggle, a new outlook on the world 2018-04-29 12:00:00
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The haunting world of Nordic noir, with Hans Rosenfeldt 2018-04-22 12:00:00
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Philippe Sands maps the intersection of unspeakable crime and modern justice in East West Street 2018-04-15 12:00:00
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How Jane Austen inspired Amma Asante's films about race and class in Britain 2018-04-08 12:00:00
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James Ivory on his storied career and Oscar-winning screenplay 2018-04-01 12:00:00
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‘He was my best teacher.’ Liv Ullmann on the legendary Ingmar Bergman 2018-03-25 12:00:00
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Mary Gaitskill: from bad behaviour to surprising tenderness 2018-03-18 12:00:00
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With 'Bunk,' Kevin Young reminds us there's nothing new about fake news 2018-03-11 12:00:00
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Ali Smith on the circular movement of time — in nature, life and art 2018-03-04 12:00:00
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BONUS: James McBride on the complicated history of race in the United States 2018-02-25 12:00:00
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Daniel Mendelsohn on his journey with his father through Homer's Odyssey 2018-02-25 12:00:00
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Edna O'Brien: from Ireland's outcast to celebrated icon 2018-02-18 12:00:00
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Kapka Kassabova on the untold stories of Bulgaria's haunted borderland 2018-02-11 12:00:00
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Sebastián Lelio on the fantastic woman at the heart of his Oscar-nominated film 2018-02-04 12:00:00
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Ursula K. Le Guin explored the nature of reality through her imaginative fiction 2018-01-28 12:00:00
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Ursula K. Le Guin explored the nature of reality through her imaginative fiction
From the Writers & Company archives, Eleanor Wachtel speaks to celebrated fantasy and science fiction writer Ursula K. Le Guin, who died on January 22 at the age of 88. The conversation is followed by a reading from Le Guin's short story collection, Searoad.…read more
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Xiaolu Guo traces her life's unlikely journey from East to West 2018-01-21 11:59:00
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