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Public Books and the Sydney Review of Books have partnered to exchange a series of articles with international concerns. Today’s article, “Filling in Time Reading Vasily Grossman While Waiting for S,” by Maria Tumarkin, was originally published by the SRB on April 28, 2023. What a time to be reading about Annie Ernaux’s self-obliterating affair with S from the Soviet embassy in Paris, not that...
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Is it ever possible to reconcile clashing visions of national memory?
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A work of absurdist art that entertains, but also carries a surprisingly grown-up message about taking responsibility for the state of our politics.
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“Whitehead’s satire takes aim … at a capitalist system that senses the profits to be made from proclaiming that systemic racism is a thing of the past.”
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“I’m very skeptical about the ability of people in positions of power and privilege—including intellectuals—to name truths about the world.”
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If George Eliot was interested in religious coexistence, she was also interested in unbelief.
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“One of the things that helps define Latino identity is this sense of having a history but also not knowing the history.”
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Rushdie’s fifteenth novel casts doubt on the very production of historical knowledge.
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“There came a point in my life … where I realized that almost every narrative, whatever it came from, that dealt with an African country was pretty much a rewriting of ‘Heart of Darkness.’”
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Faculty and students can—and must—govern their own institutions, so that universities maintain their vital power.
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“If you’re going to write in a worthwhile way about something, you have to really understand why you care.”
The post We Have This-ness Y’all! Ocean Vuong and Amy E. Elkins appeared first on Public Books.
Does the author-read audiobook offer a perfect confluence between person, authorial persona, voice, and aesthetic form?
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In 1910, the new mayor didn’t promise speed, but pledged “to do all our limited means permit to make Milwaukee a better place for every citizen.”
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“If you are a car owner, you are red meat for whoever wants to prey upon you, whether it is police, auto lenders, or state agencies.”
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Games like Wordle and CALL OF DUTY equally stem from capital's attempt to conquer leisure time. Is there a better way to play?
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In this latest episode of the Writing Latinos podcast, we discuss how a new book shatters preconceptions about religion in the Americas.
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Greek mythology has long been a by-word for elitism. Is it really a good idea to use its images for contemporary gender justice?
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Mr. President shows widespread corruption around a fictional Guatemalan dictator. This did not please the country’s real dictators.
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"The book is about the importance of film for enabling audiences to connect to the most remote environment on the planet."
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What are the most-assigned films in college classrooms? Three film studies professors talk about the rankings and what they mean.
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