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Karl Ove Knausgaard Will Not Read This Interview
That is what I’m trying to write about again and again, the pull from the earth versus the enlightenment and the brand-new world we’re living in.
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A Year in Reading: Adam Dalva
Anyone who teaches creative writing knows that our students bring us to the most implausible worlds—in one class, you might experience a sword fight on Mars, a break-up in a college dorm, and an admission that changes an identity forever. In an impossible time, my students used their creativity to get me out. They saved me, this year, because they reminded me what reading alone can do.
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An Evening of Immersive Theater with the Dead and Dying
My experience of The Dead, 1904, Paul Muldoon and Jean Hanff Korelitz’s immersive theater adaptation of James Joyce’s short story, was unremarkable until an audience member fainted.
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My Not-So-Secret History
Theo, protagonist of The Goldfinch, is my exact age and grew up on the same block as me. He's a 18th and 19th century British antique dealer; I’m a 18th and 19th century French antique dealer. Popchik, the charming Maltese in the book? Meet ZoZo, the charming Maltese I had from ages 13-27. Things started to get weird...
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