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The opera
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Zadie Smith's novel problem
What we talk about when we talk about beauty
The intrepid genius of Edmund Wilson
Is depression a diagnosis or a distraction?
The trouble with Nietzsche
Robert Lowell's revealing letters
The reward of waiting for a debut novel
American history and the myth of free trade
E.E. Cummings, plagiarism, and the perils of originality
The mundane raptures of Ian McEwan
The enigma of Ingeborg Bachmann
The empty tropes of transgressive fiction
Alpha predators and the new wilderness
Capturing India's impossible city
Zakes Mda and the post-apartheid novel
Indulging in the seven deadlies
Isaiah's adventures on campus
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