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"One who will be for the future, if only / to turn back his long and lioned head with remorse code." theamericanreader.com/the-la…
Today's Criticism: "The Geography of Melancholy" theamericanreader.com/the-ge…
"Nearly every historic city has its own brand melancholy... Lisbon has its saudade, Istanbul has huzun..." theamericanreader.com/the-ge…
"And for the liberal egoist what is more delightful than meaningfulness?" theamericanreader.com/review…
"In Three Simple Steps, Find Out How Upworthy Titles Create Cognitive Problems In Readers." theamericanreader.com/life-s…
"And darkness was all around them, as if they were in someone’s mouth…" theamericanreader.com/invali…
From our bookshelf: Bennet Sim's philosophical Zombie novel "A Questionable Shape" theamericanreader.com/bookca…
"Participatory art fails because it hopes: its claims are grand and its achievements subtle." theamericanreader.com/the-us…
"The good contemporary novelist, like an Aristotelian pharmacist, tests his art ad nauseum." theamericanreader.com/review…
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Misrepresenting Rural Poverty: The New Country Noir and the Lives it Forgets theamericanreader.com/misrep…
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"We’re living in a golden decade for rural escapist fare..." theamericanreader.com/misrep…
Our interview w/ Norman Manea: "You write in order to redeem yourself partially from the chaos which is around you..."theamericanreader.com/on-wri…
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"The literary experience of urban space is so often the experience of nostalgia, of alienation, and of loss." theamericanreader.com/the-ge…
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From our archives: A conversation with Jamaica Kincaid theamericanreader.com/a-conv…
@syunc2 Our apologies! We've been on a brief printing hiatus -- but your new (double!) issue should be at your door in two to three weeks!
On Lydia Davis's "Can't and Won't": "...it might fit comfortably, rather too comfortably, into the reader’s life." theamericanreader.com/review…
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