Is it ever possible to reconcile clashing visions of national memory?
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โIโm very skeptical about the ability of people in positions of power and privilegeโincluding intellectualsโto name truths about the world.โ
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The museum has made its splash, but if it wants to be more than a work of starchitecture, it requires deeper collections and bolder curatorial vision.
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The best poets tend to trouble conventions, including those they find necessary.
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โThroughout Franzenโs life in public, he has figured himself as embattled, enemy-beset.โ
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A behind-the-scenes look at what Public Books editors and staff have been reading this month.
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"One of the things that is interesting about Keats' letters to Fanny Brawne is that you can't infer a damn thing thatโs happened between them."
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"He regarded with skepticism and clarity the temptations to make racial identity the foundation of our humanity."
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