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Admiration Journey
by Jonathan Taylor
Thomas Bernhard’s house in Austria is a true fiction that reflects the
fictionalized truth of his best novels.
The Two Jameses
by Carlo Rotella
Political lessons from an artist who used to be a gangster, and a political philosopher who exploits market weakness for a living.
Voyage to the Poles (With Mom), Part 1
by Scott Browning
Battling depression, chronic bronchitis, and psychic vertigo on possibly the first-ever mother-son voyage to the North Pole.
Voyage to the Poles (With Mom), Part 2
by James Browning
Ha Jin, J. D. Salinger in Spanish, and other things to take one’s mind off of the sublime Antarctic void.
The Dance of Hands
by Rod O’Connor
The theory, practice, and spectacle of the game of “rock paper scissors.”
Mira Nair
interviewed by Daphne Beal
The Indian-born maker of vital, swirling films prefers wearing her heart on her sleeve to sentimentality.
Michael Pollan
interviewed by Benjamin Cohen
“If you want to make people realize they have a stake in the natural world, food is a really good way to do that.”
Brenda Dunne
interviewed by Suzanne Snider
For nearly thirty years, Brenda Dunne and Princeton University’s PEAR laboratory have been taking telepathy incredibly seriously.
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Scott McCloud
interviewed by Hillary Chute
“Nobody picks a comic up off the stands and gasps in admiration at all the unnecessary panels that were left out.”