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Vesna Goldsworthy on re-imagining The Great Gatsby and Anna Karenina 2019-02-10 12:00:00
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Juan Gabriel Vásquez on how Colombia's violent past has shaped his fiction and his life 2019-02-03 12:00:00
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Esther Kinsky on the ebb and flow of memory in River 2019-01-27 12:00:00
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Ondjaki captures the humour and heartache of life in his hometown, Luanda 2019-01-20 12:00:00
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Nadine Labaki highlights the heroism of children in Beirut in her new film, Capernaum 2019-01-13 12:00:00
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Kiese Laymon bears the weight of a difficult past in his powerful memoir, Heavy 2019-01-06 12:00:00
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Patti Smith on the immediacy of photography - and why she prefers Polaroids 2018-12-30 12:00:00
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Alain Mabanckou on his profound connection to the Republic of the Congo 2018-12-23 12:00:00
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The enduring magic of The Little Prince: with Stacy Schiff, Mark Osborne and Éric Dupont 2018-12-16 12:00:00
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Pat Barker on giving voice to the enslaved women of Homer's Iliad 2018-12-09 12:00:00
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Pat Barker on giving voice to the enslaved women of Homer's Iliad
The British novelist's new book is a powerful retelling of The Iliad, re-imagined from the point of view of Briseis, the 15-year-old queen who becomes Achilles' captured slave.…read more
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Bernardo Bertolucci on the art and poetry of cinema 2018-12-02 12:00:00
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Susan Orlean on loving libraries - and burning books 2018-11-25 12:00:00
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'My mother was a Communist informant.' András Forgách explores his family's secret past 2018-11-18 12:00:00
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Elliot Ackerman on the scars that remain once the battle is over 2018-11-11 12:00:00
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Jeet Thayil on Baudelaire, drug addiction and his provocative novel, Narcopolis 2018-11-04 12:00:00
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Lee Child on Jack Reacher and his larger-than-life crime thriller series 2018-10-28 12:00:00
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Laurie Anderson on language, story and losing her archives to Hurricane Sandy 2018-10-21 12:00:00
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Poet Terrance Hayes examines race and politics in the age of Trump 2018-10-14 12:00:00
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Amitava Kumar on India, the U.S. and the indelible imprint of the immigrant experience 2018-10-07 12:00:00
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Kathryn Harrison on how her grandparents saved her from a broken childhood 2018-09-30 12:00:00
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