Congratulations to Tracy K. Smith, our next poet laureate
Last year, Carla Hayden became the first woman and the first African American and the first actual librarian (in a long time) to be named Librarian of Congress. And it was good. We… Read more »
Donald Trump is not welcome in the UK as we try to sort out our own political mess
Awwww, poor Donald Trump. His state visit to the UK has already been postponed once, and now, as he tries to plan a second go around, things aren’t looking good. According… Read more »
What Julius Caesar teaches us about tragedy in politics: Reflecting on yesterday’s shooting
Two days ago, I wrote about public outcry in response to the current production of Julius Caesar in New York’s Central Park. In the production, Julius Caesar is portrayed as a stand-in… Read more »
Allegations that Bob Dylan plagiarized his Nobel Lecture are absurd
Yesterday, we wrote at some length about Nobel Laureate Bob Dylan’s recent Nobel Lecture, in which NLBD, beatifically wearing his trademark colors of aloof bemusement, self-effacing grandiosity, serious good humor, and genial… Read more »
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Trainwreck
Melancholy Accidents
Spurious, Dogma, & Exodus
Sophia
Wittgenstein Jr
The Philosophy of Beards
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Future Days
The Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Torture
Not on Fire, But Burning
Bolaño
The North of God
Bernie goes to the Vatican Bundle
James Baldwin: The Last Interview
Contraband Cocktails
Why I Am Not a Feminist
We, Robots
An Exaggerated Murder
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Nora Ephron: The Last Interview
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Encyclical on Climate Change and Inequality
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Ada’s Algorithm
How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive
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The Dunwich Horror
The Quest for a Moral Compass
“I Would Prefer Not To” Bartleby Tote Bag
The Weirdness
The Day the Renaissance Was Saved
Bartleby Mug
How to Do Nothing
What We Do Now
Rules for Werewolves
Gnarr!
The Essential Heinrich Böll
The Dark Net
The Dead
Cat Out of Hell
Hannah Arendt: The Last Interview
The Next Next Level
The Biographical Dictionary of Literary Failure
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Bartleby the Scrivener
La Femme de Gilles
The Constitution Demands It
The Dog Walker
The Damned Utd
Philip K. Dick: The Last Interview
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A History of Money
The Utopia of Rules
Billy Budd, Sailor
Ernest Hemingway: The Last Interview
The Buenos Aires Quintet
Half The Kingdom
The Jane Austen Rules
