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When he was in his late 30s, the Italian poet Dante Alighieri got himself into some serious politica
Bringing together 100 essential critical articles across 4 volumes, Literature and the Environment:
In a pathbreaking new book, today’s guest, Jennifer Eun-Jung Row, asks how delay and haste in early
In 1948, English author George Orwell wrote what would become one of the defining novels of the 20th
Ursula Villarreal-Moura is the author of Math for the Self-Crippling (2022), selected by Zinzi Clemm
In the twenty-first century, American culture is experiencing a profound shift toward pluralism and
By the time we reach middle age, our lives have taken certain paths. Sometimes these paths are close
Born in New Orleans in 1875 to a mother who was formerly enslaved and a father of questionable ident
“All men must die”: or “Valar Morghulis,” as the traditional Essos greeting is rendered in High Valy
When it comes to epic poetry, there’s a strong case to be made that the Ancient Indian story the Mah
In The Books that Made the European Enlightenment: A History in 12 Case Studies (Bloomsbury Academi
The Italian Renaissance was an era of rebirth in the arts, sciences, engineering, anatomy, and archi
Amy Fusselman is the author of five books. Her latest, The Means (Mariner Books, 2022), is her first
Today I had the pleasure of talking to Grant Faulkner. We discuss National Novel Writing Month, of w
In terms of its popularity, as well as its production, chocolate was among the first foods to travel
The eight-legged essay (bagu wen) was the one genre of writing that dominated in late imperial China
What are the pleasures of reading translations of South Asian literature, and what does it take to e
Lynn Steger Strong is the author of the novels Hold Still, Want, and Flight (Mariner Books, 2022). H
Sindya Bhanoo speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about her story “Tsunami Bride,” which appears
What’s the relationship between immigration, globalization and demographics? And what is woke partic
