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The Lives of Others

When does imagination become appropriation?

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Ars Oblivionalis

From A Primer for Forgetting, out this month from Farrar, Straus and Giroux. anti-mnemonicsUmberto Eco writes that “once, as a joke, some friends and I invented advertisements for university po­sitions…

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Whisperings

A writer alone with the work

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The Story of Storytelling

What the hidden relationships of ancient folktales reveal about their evolution—and our own

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Red Tape

From explanations given by the Chinese government for why certain artists and celebrities are banned from entering or performing in the country. Behaving badly in social lifeAssociating with countercultureUsing profanity…

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I Began the Day

By Renee Gladman, from Calamities, a collection of linked essays that was published this month by Wave Books. Gladman is the author of eight works of prose, including the novel…

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Brighter Than a Billion Sunsets

Why we take so many pictures and what it means for photography

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Undeceiving the World

Can a staged photograph tell the truth?

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Save Our Public Universities

In defense of America’s best idea

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