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The Obsessive Scholar Who Rescued Iceland’s Ancient Literary Legacy

The Obsessive Scholar Who Rescued Iceland’s Ancient Literary Legacy

How Arni Magnusson Saved a Country’s Stories

By Egill Bjarnason | May 11, 2021

“Thoughts and Prayers”

“Thoughts and Prayers”

Brenda Peynado

By Lit Hub Excerpts | May 11, 2021

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Where Do Posthumanist Fantasies of Tech-Enabled Life Fit Into Evolution?

Where Do Posthumanist Fantasies of Tech-Enabled Life Fit Into Evolution?

Melanie Challenger on the Endless Desire to Be Done With Bodies

By Melanie Challenger | March 24, 2021

Adrian Piper on the Earned Power of Self-Identification

Adrian Piper on the Earned Power of Self-Identification

Reclaiming Labels and Rejecting the Boxes Constructed by the Dominant Establishment

By Shaun Usher | March 23, 2021

Why So Many Novelists Write About Writers

Why So Many Novelists Write About Writers

David Laskin on an Unyielding Literary Paradox

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New and Noteworthy Nonfiction This February

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To Cook a Bear

To Cook a Bear

Mikael Niemi, trans. Deborah Bragan-Turner

By Lit Hub Excerpts | January 13, 2021

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Cold War Turned Flavor War: On European Food Disparity, From East to West

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Lessons From Shakespeare: How to Survive a Pandemic with Humor

Lessons From Shakespeare: How to Survive a Pandemic with Humor

Allie Esiri on Taking Daily Doses of the Bard

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Paul Tran will join the Penguin Poets series with their debut poetry collection.

Paul Tran will join the Penguin Poets series with their debut poetry collection.

By Walker Caplan | November 9, 2020

Kamala Harris: Berkeley's Black and South Asian Communities Taught Me the Meaning of Family

Kamala Harris: Berkeley's Black and South Asian Communities Taught Me the Meaning of Family

"I could begin to imagine what my future might hold for me."

By Kamala Harris | November 3, 2020

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