Sophia Stewart finds wisdom in Brian Dillon's recent book "Suppose a Sentence."
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Lost in Transition: Can Inclusivity Cross a Language Barrier?
S.A. Karpukhin explores the roadblocks and subtleties of translating pronoun preferences and transgender-inclusive language in Russian.
What Connects Us to Everyone: Talking to Marissa King
Andy Fitch talks with Marissa King about the hidden benefits and costs of social interaction.
Korean Provocateur: the Harrowing Films of Kim Ki-duk (1960-2020)
For this week's Korea Blog, Colin Marshall remembers director Kim Ki-duk.
Do They Know It’s Xmas?
Tanya Agathocleous and Marina Bilbija find cross-cultural literary ties to the Christian holiday.
Three Therapies for the Affective Nihilist: Talking to Kaitlyn Creasy
For this week's Dialogue Diary, Andy Fitch talks with Kaitlyn Creasy about Nietzschean nihilism.
Delicate Matters: Borat & Central Asia in the Western Imagination
Erica X Eisen provides an inside look at the portrayals (and lack thereof) of Central Asia in the recent "Borat" sequel.
Pansori at the Disco: Leenalchi, the New-Old Korean Musical Phenomenon of 2020, Gets Frustrated Tourists Dancing
For this week's Korea Blog, Colin Marshall dives into the 2020 music sensation Leenalchi.
Concentrated Control: Talking to Lina Khan
Andy Fitch talks with antitrust law, the antimonopoly tradition, and law and political economy scholar Lina Khan.
We Clearly Have a Market Problem: Talking to Representative David N. Cicilline
Andy Fitch talks with Representative David N. Cicilline (RI-1) about monopolization and antitrust, particularly among today's tech giants.