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In the Land of Living Skies

Host Violet Lucca, Guest Suzannah Showler on May 3, 2022

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In the Land of Living Skies

by Suzannah Showler,

Reacquainting ourselves with the night

The Curse

by Javier Marías, Margaret Jull Costa,

By Javier Marías, from To Begin at the Beginning, a reflection on the art of writing fiction. The book was published in October by Sylph Editions as part of their…

I Began the Day

by Renee Gladman,

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…

Something Big

by Geoff Dyer,

The legend of the Watts Towers

Save Our Public Universities

by Marilynne Robinson,

In defense of America’s best idea

Counter Culture

by Caleb Crain,

Fighting for literature in an age of algorithms

The Torment and the Engine

by Elena Ferrante,

From an interview in the Spring 2015 issue of The Paris Review. Elena Ferrante is the pseudonym of an Italian novelist whose books include The Days of Abandonment, My Brilliant…

Mighty White of You

by Jack Hitt,

Racial preferences color America’s oldest skulls and bones

Wraparound

by Harper’s Staff,

An infinite story of beauty

by Annie Dillard,

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In the Land of Living Skies

In the Land of Living Skies

The Curse

I Began the Day

Something Big

Save Our Public Universities

Counter Culture

The Torment and the Engine

Mighty White of You

Wraparound

An infinite story of beauty