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What an apocalyptic French novel about a migrant invasion reveals about the worldview of nationalist conservatives ...

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In the nineteen-thirties and forties, young book critics on the make used to crowd outside the office of Malcolm Cowley, the literary editor of The New Republic, in the hopes of his attention.

How did “Latin American literature” come to be? How did “Latin American literature” come to be? In this episode of Crash Course Latin American Literature, we trace the origins of this region’s stories ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Is the American criminal justice system rigged on behalf of defendants, even the guilty—and if so, why? And what is to be done? Yes, there’s ...

HarperCollins has announced plans to “commemorate the 250th anniversary of American independence” with its new American Classics series, to be published next spring. “From our 50-year relationship ...

Magical realism didn’t come out of nowhere. It’s a genre with deep roots in storytelling where ordinary lives collide with the impossible and no one bats an eye. In Latin America it became more than ...

University of Virginia provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. As university leaders work to make deals with the Trump administration, many college presidents are at an ethical crossroads ...