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<em>The Cosmic Library</em> on Reflection and Refraction

The Cosmic Library on Reflection and Refraction

The Final Episode of the Dostoevsky Season

By The Cosmic Library | May 14, 2025

<em>The Cosmic Library</em> on Dreams and Math in Dostoevsky

The Cosmic Library on Dreams and Math in Dostoevsky

Featuring Robin Feuer Miller, Paulina Rowińska, and more

By The Cosmic Library | May 7, 2025

<em>The Cosmic Library</em> on the Philosophy of <em>The Brothers Karamazov</em>

The Cosmic Library on the Philosophy of The Brothers Karamazov

Featuring Andrew Martin, Katherine Bowers, and more

By The Cosmic Library | April 30, 2025

<em>The Cosmic Library</em> on How Dostoevsky’s Fiction Surpassed Dostoevsky

The Cosmic Library on How Dostoevsky’s Fiction Surpassed Dostoevsky

Featuring Andrew Martin, Katherine Bowers, and more

By The Cosmic Library | April 23, 2025

<em>The Cosmic Library</em> presents <em>The Brothers Karamazov: A Radio Play</em>

The Cosmic Library presents The Brothers Karamazov: A Radio Play

Kicking Off the New Season

By The Cosmic Library | April 16, 2025

Satanic Sympathies: On the Demon Depictions That Helped Jamie Quarto Write <em>Two-Step Devil</em>

Satanic Sympathies: On the Demon Depictions That Helped Jamie Quarto Write Two-Step Devil

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The Worst Dads in All of Literature: An Incomplete List

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Appropriating Their Way Into Existence: How Black Writers Upended Autofiction

Appropriating Their Way Into Existence: How Black Writers Upended Autofiction

DK Nnuro on the Power of Mimicry and Subversion in the Black Literary Tradition

By DK Nnuro | March 15, 2023

Dear Vladimir Putin: If You’ve Read Dostoevsky, You’ve Tragically Misunderstood Him

Dear Vladimir Putin: If You’ve Read Dostoevsky, You’ve Tragically Misunderstood Him

Austin Ratner on Russian Imperialism and Misreading The Brothers Karamazov

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Lan Samantha Chang on Food, Family, and New Ways of Imagining Asian American Narratives

Lan Samantha Chang on Food, Family, and New Ways of Imagining Asian American Narratives

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

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?BREAKING? Nicolas Cage’s favorite literary character is Dimitri Karamazov.

?BREAKING? Nicolas Cage’s favorite literary character is Dimitri Karamazov.

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Lan Samantha Chang on Teaching, Tone, and Literary Generations

Lan Samantha Chang on Teaching, Tone, and Literary Generations

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By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | March 14, 2022

22 Books That Helped Me Write the Story of My Transition

22 Books That Helped Me Write the Story of My Transition

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Literary Classics Retold As Two-Panel Comics

Literary Classics Retold As Two-Panel Comics

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