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The Many Faces of Ferrante

Posted May 19, 201600:49:58

This is a rerun, prompted by the HBO series My Brilliant Friend, based on the  “Neapolitan Novels” of Elena Ferrante. Ferrante’s identity remains...

Could Confucius Change Your Life?

Posted May 11, 201600:49:56

In an panicked moment, maybe what we need most is a new set of eyes—or a very old one.Whatever you may find to be the problem—capitalist excess...

Ireland Rises Again!

Posted May 5, 201600:49:55

It has been 100 years since Ireland’s Easter Rising, a fascinating, tragic episode that blended literature and liberation, defeat and victory, national...

Eileen Myles’s Moment

Posted April 27, 201600:49:41

This week, we’re tuning into the writer Eileen Myles. Born outside Boston in 1949, Myles is just now having an all-American moment. Myles has...

Our Borders, Our Selves

Posted April 22, 201600:50:11

What makes a border in 2016? And how is it, on an earth supposedly flattened by free markets and liberal values, that the walls around us seem...