The New Word Order
hong kong—Imagine this seating chart for a dinner at a literary festival in Hong Kong. A Chinese-American novelist sits next to an English author of Indian extraction. To his right, …
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Lament for Federico García Lorca
In the hour before dawn They put you on their stage In the hour before dawn Near the Fountain of Tears In the hour before dawn Beside a lame schoolteacher …
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13 Reasons for List Lust
Remember: it’s quantification, not quality, that counts
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The Life Quixotic
Cervantes’ man of la Mancha rides again
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Gore Redux
Gore Vidal is leaving his Italian villa to fight his biggest battle yet
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A Dandy for Our Times
Jean Cocteau dined, fought, or collaborated with anyone who was anyone in avant-garde Paris. But his own art was ignored, dismissed as the work of a frivolous queen. A new retrospective hopes to change that
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The New World, Anew
Colin McAdams’s tale bring Can Lit out of the dark
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Why I Write
Daddy issues, fast women, and free pastrami
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