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A Beloved Children’s Story Turned Psychedelic Rural Reverie: Go Yeong-nam’s The Shower (1978)
Colin Marshall analyzes the film adaptation of the ever-popular Korean YA story "The Shower."
Optimal Chill: Talking to Cass R. Sunstein
"Creating optimal chill doesn’t have to mean bringing in stiff new penalties."
“What Matters is What’s Always Mattered”: Talking with Dennis Haskell
Amy Lin interviews Australian poet Dennis Haskell about love and death — the two most ancient poetic pillars.
The Humility of Barry Lopez’s Arctic Dreams
Mary Perera unwinds the strands of nature and ephemeral thought in Barry Lopez’s 1980 essay collection "Arctic Dreams."
Will Only the Rich Not Be Lonely: Talking to Noreena Hertz
What has made us come to see ourselves as “competitors rather than collaborators… consumers rather than citizens… hustlers rather than …
The Enduring Relevance of Liberal Arts in India: Henry Derozio and the Bengal Renaissance
Liesl Schwabe dives into the history of the Bengal Renaissance and one its start figures, Henry Louis Vivian Derozio.
Fake Books and Fake News
Jessica Pressman tells a history of fake books in the era of vanity and disinformation.
In Memoriam: Cicely Tyson (1924-2021)
John Romano looks back fondly on the titan of cinema and culture, Cicely Tyson.
King Sejong the Great: A Star Trek Writer Pays Novelistic Tribute to the Korean Alphabet’s Creator
"For a book written in tribute to hangul and aimed at a non-Korean readership, it doesn't offer much of an opportunity to learn the alphabet."
