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Distraction and Attention

Four writers respond to Caleb Smith's Thoreau's Axe

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The Waste Land at 100

Selections from the archives

Dictee at Forty

The life and legacy of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha

Resisting Category

New Spanish-language fiction in translation

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Life under quarantine
Image of COVID-19 virus. Graphic by Bianca Ibarlucea.

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The ghosts that endure

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Where lyric meets narrative
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Beyond the Attention Economy

Turning to face our burning world
Laura Dassow Walls
May 23, 2023
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How to Sharpen a Scythe

Is paying attention good in itself?
Daegan Miller
May 23, 2023
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Sublimation and Self-Possession

Bearing witness to life’s weirdness
Ana Schwartz
May 23, 2023
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The Saunterers’ Club

In pursuit of a more wayward Thoreau
Caleb Smith
May 23, 2023
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Foreigner

Cristina Rivera Garza
translated by Sarah Booker
March 27, 2023
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Penultimate Activities

Alejandro Zambra
translated by Megan McDowell
March 27, 2023
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The Illumination of Santiago

Nona Fernández
translated by Idra Novey
March 27, 2023
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Hidden Words

Searching for meaning in a rubber stamp
Uljana Wolf
September 1, 2022
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Reclaiming Our Language

Dictee as a feminist ritual
Zahra Patterson
September 1, 2022
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Space to Grieve

An irreducible legacy
Latipa
September 1, 2022