On the first full translation of a masterwork by Giacomo Leopardi (1798–1837)
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Singer Songwriter, a painting by Dana Schutz, whose work is currently on view at the Hepworth Wakefield, in Wakefield, England. Courtesy the artist and Petzel, New York City
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The countries and companies responsible for climate change, nuclear options in Congress and Iran, and the extinction of Darwin's frog
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Casualty counts and corruption in the Philippines, protest and repression in Russia, and the usual news from Toronto
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Why John Kerry was bested by France and Israel in negotiations with Iran, and how the Obama Administration could get around the U.S. sanctions regime
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Introducing the Harper’s app
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Colson Whitehead on Las Vegas, Ben Lerner on vandalism as art, and Edwidge Danticat on photographs from Africa
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Why more attention should have been paid to terminal tapping at Bloomberg News
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One of the most powerful storms on record strikes the Philippines, the mayor of Toronto has a problem, and cheeseburgers as post-coital couture
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Wil S. Hylton on grief, narrative, and the difficulty of recovering a sunken past
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Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell on life inside The Room, the greatest bad movie ever made
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Syria finishes destroying its chemical-weapons facilities, the United States kills the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, and Axe body spray fells eight New York City students
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An expert panel concludes that the Pentagon and the CIA ordered physicians to violate the Hippocratic Oath
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The city of Fremont reopens debate on its anti-immigration ordinance
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In the aftermath of Georgia’s presidential elections, questions emerge about Mikhail Saakashvili’s support for jihadist operations in southern Russia, and about what the United States knew
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A note from the bullfights
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The NSA’s phone tap on Angela Merkel is exposed, European authorities investigate false reports of Roma kidnappings, and Kim Jong-un receives an honorary degree from HELP U
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The original text of Ernest Hemingway's submission to Vanity Fair, with his cover letter and an introduction by the editor of a new collection of his letters
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From a selection of drawings made during business meetings, by Andrea Dezsö, whose work was on view last month at Nancy Margolis Gallery, in New York City. Courtesy the artist and Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York City.
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Richard Rodriguez on the essay as biography of an idea, the relationship between gay men’s liberation and women’s liberation, and the writerly impulse to give away secrets
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Join us Saturday, October 26, at 6:30 p.m.
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How pro-oil Louisiana politicians have shaped American environmental policy
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The U.S. government shutdown ends, Saudi Arabia turns down a U.N. Security Council seat, and an Alaskan town debates a successor for its cat-mayor
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Why are opponents of Bill de Blasio invoking the David Dinkins era?
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Jeremy Dauber on the remarkable life and afterlife of the man who created Tevye the Dairyman
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A trip to one of the properties at issue in Louisiana’s oil-pollution lawsuits
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On the remarkable life of the subject of “The Man Who Saves You from Yourself”
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