Arts & Culture blog
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Why the decline of literary fiction is a cultural crisis
Serious literature inspires a society to think, reason, and object.
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Censorship is not popular. So why is it so popular?
Sensitivity readers and the authoritarian gene.
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How Nabokov’s life of exile is now our own
Western culture has become the authoritarian enemy Nabokov fled.
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Book Review: The Gulag Archipelago, Volume 1
This historical book made the world a witness to hidden crimes.
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Book Review: Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov
Sublime author (and doctor) Anton Chekhov dispenses bitter medicine.
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Why avid readers should be avid reviewers
Start writing online book reviews and you’ll double the fun of reading.
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Small press books should be on your reading list
Small press books will outperform your expectations if you give them a chance.
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“Why the Dickens should I read classic fiction?”
You’ll gain a lot by adding time-honored novels to your reading routine.
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Five literary characters who taught us to fight through it
These literary heroes, and anti-heroes, inspire us in many ways.