Colin Marshall discusses the enigmatic and subtle qualities of Bae Suah's fiction.
Clarice Lispector Reborn in David Lynch’s Seoul: An Introduction to Outsider Novelist-Essayist Bae Suah
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What If Writing Lost the Plot?
Akanksha Singh considers plotlessness, and how it's perceived by stories of different cultural provenance.
The Most Rampant Political Mischief Right Now: Talking to Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
Andy Fitch talks with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse about undoing the corruption in American politics and his book "Captured."
A Moment of Reckoning for Nonprofit Leaders
Greg Berman inspects worrisome trends in the world of nonprofits, and the dashed hopes of those who join them.
La Llorona Reimagines Justice for Guatemala
Alisa Bohling reviews Jayro Bustamante’s horror film "La Llorona," and traces echoes of the Guatemalan Civil War.
Why Haven’t They Been Done Yet: Examining Policies in “One Billion Americans”
Will Compernolle questions the feasibility and uniqueness of Matthew Yglesias' policy proposals in "One Billion Americans."
Elena Ferrante Says if You Lean in You Might Just Fall Over
"The 'your priorities will change' statement suggests that after having a child a person — most often a woman — will devalue her former aspirations..."
The Alternative to Regime Change: Talking to Philip Gordon
Andy Fitch and Philip Gordon inspect the problems plaguing regime-change thinking in the Middle East, and Gordon's book "Losing the Long Game."
To Everything, Turn, Turn, Turn
The Plaza in downtown Orange used to seem like a page from a conservative storybook. Not anymore.
55 Voices for Democracy: “The Smallest Refusals” by Karen Tongson
Karen Tongson acknowledges that no will come to tell us our democracy is threatened, for the Thomas Mann House series "55 Voices for Democracy."
