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Library as Wishful Thinking
Libraries are not only essential in educating the soul, but in forming the identity of a society. Read more
Illustration: Johann Daniel Meyer, published by Fleischmann in 1748
Lethal Evolutions
Our society is formed on the assumption of a healthy immune system. Read more
Photo by James Mason-Hudson
Confidence Woman
The woman who called herself Tatiana Aarons gave me an address that led to a vacant lot. Read more
Illustration: Léon Bloy by Francisco Morales Hoil, @morshoil
Léon Bloy and His Monogamous Reader
Dogged dedication grants a reader vicarious immortality. Read more
Illustrations: from The Decameron, by Hans Schäufelein, before 1534
Plague
What we can—and can’t—learn from the plague Read more
Taíno Tales
A package-deal paradise reputation curtails gringo knowledge of Dominican life. Read more
The Defeat of Sherlock Holmes
There’s something not quite right about the grid on which the game is played. Read more
Photo by Jp Valery
Left Nationalists
Progressives are far less likely to be nationalists than ever before. Read more
Photo by Yoshi Canopus (Wikimedia)
King of the Post-Anthropocene
Kaiju are the heroes we deserve. Read more
Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)
There is no way to step back from the orgy of kisses without offending. Read more
Vanished Shore
To build a city on land flooded by the tides isn’t just a mistake—it’s utopic. Read more
Distant Early Warning
We think of the Arctic as pristine and untouched—but nowhere on the planet is as harshly impacted by climate change. Read more
Libraries without Borders
Reading is a subversive activity and does not believe in the convention of borders. Read more
Ralf Roletschek © Ralf Roletschek
How I Became a Writer of Colour
Airport security assures Alberto Manguel that he has been randomly picked. Read more
Occupation Anxiety
Lisa Bird-Wilson on UNDRIP, reconciliation, and the anxiety felt by Indigenous people in Canada. Read more
Beginning at the Beginning
To teach us how to read Don Quixote, a text so contrary to conventional literary tradition, the prologue itself needed to break from all traditions Read more
