In principle it should be straightforward enough to write an essay about the work of Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. Here is a writer who can absorb virtually any decisive, sweeping statement about his significance in the literary…
India has twenty-two official languages, in addition to numerous other languages and spoken dialects. All of these languages…
Our favorite criticism of the week includes Scaachi Koul on Lena Dunham’s Famesick, Leora Tanenbaum on Rosa Campbell’s…
Retired astronaut and novelist Chris Hadfield joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss space exploration, geopolitics,…
Just 22 and still a student, Nelio Biedermann has been compared to Thomas Mann thanks to “Lázár,” his…
In a ceremony on Wednesday night, the Whiting Foundation announced the ten recipients of the 2026 Whiting Award…
Today, the Cleveland Foundation announced the winners of its annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, the country’s “only endowed juried…
“I’m Dancing as Fast as I Can,” which became a best seller, detailed her years of prescription drug…
Yesterday, the Center for the Art of Translation announced plans to open a permanent location in downtown San…
Mark Rosenblatt’s Broadway play, starring John Lithgow as the British children’s book author, draws from Dahl’s comments over…