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What should we do with “truly depraved,” morally dangerous art? Consider the “worst” of this lot and few easy answers emerge
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What should we do with “truly depraved,” morally dangerous art? Consider the...
Leszek Ko?akowski, canonized in Poland, remains a stranger in Oxford, Berkeley, and Montreal, the places that sheltered him
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Leszek Ko?akowski, canonized in Poland, remains a stranger in Oxford, Berkeley, and...
In 1939, a 3,000-year-old trumpet blared across BBC airwaves, briefly bridging Tutankhamun's tomb to 150 million living rooms
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In 1939, a 3,000-year-old trumpet blared across BBC airwaves, briefly bridging Tutankhamun's...
Admired in his time by Dickens, Byron, and Mary Shelley, Washington Irving’s reputation has been in steep decline ever since
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Admired in his time by Dickens, Byron, and Mary Shelley, Washington Irving’s...
Who is the greatest short story writer of all time? According to one data cruncher, it’s not Chekhov or Barthelme, but Joyce Carol Oates
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Who is the greatest short story writer of all time? According to...
Paul Celan's childhood spanned seven languages and one vanishing world. His poetry created space to mourn and remember and survive
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Paul Celan's childhood spanned seven languages and one vanishing world. His poetry...
History is the story of corrupt elites and the virtuous activists who oppose them. Or so it was, formulaically, for Howard Zinn
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History is the story of corrupt elites and the virtuous activists who...
"The thought that Socrates would care about how his icon is fashioned seems strange to me, but the thought that Plato would care is not strange"
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"The thought that Socrates would care about how his icon is fashioned...
Book publishing is awash in AI scandals. As one agent puts it, AI slop has gotten so bad it makes Fifty Shades of Grey look like Tolstoy
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Book publishing is awash in AI scandals. As one agent puts it...
Few American writers have skewered the self-deluding barbarity that is American foreign policy with as much force as Dwight Macdonald
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Few American writers have skewered the self-deluding barbarity that is American foreign...
In weird girl literature detached protagonists have bad jobs, slightly-happier best friends, and troubled relationships. Are the novels any good?
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In weird girl literature detached protagonists have bad jobs, slightly-happier best friends...
The ultimate scholarly shortcut, the Ars Notoria was said to instantly grant the full range of Medieval learning — but at the risk of poisoning one’s soul
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The ultimate scholarly shortcut, the Ars Notoria was said to instantly grant...