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Arts in Society, War & Security

The Jerusalem Forest

Serving in the Israeli army as a foreign volunteer.

J. A. Bernstein

Arts in Society, Science & Nature

A Matter of the Skies

More birds appear. Bending against the cold, I watch, name, and name again.

Dave Byrne

Arts in Society, Global Justice

"The Tremendous Suffering of Ordinary People"

Barbara Rylko-Bauer's A Polish Doctor in the Nazi Camps.

Paul Farmer

Arts in Society

On Pablo Neruda and Autism

A conversation with Adam Feinstein.

Jessica Sequeira

Arts in Society

Grieving DFW

Karen Green's Bough Down.

Nicole Rudick

Arts in Society

Herta Müller’s Language of Resistance

Totalitarianism’s linguistic aggression.

Costica Bradatan

Arts in Society

Light of the World

Remembering Ficre Ghebreyesus (and a slideshow of his paintings)

Elizabeth Alexander

Arts in Society, Global Justice

Bloody Abroad

In Amanda Knox's new book, teen chick lit gives way to an insightful memoir from behind the prison walls.

Merve Emre

Arts in Society, Politics

Praying to Allah on Bastille Day

It’s as if the plane hits an invisible iceberg. Your new Turkish friend starts praying in what you assume is Arabic.

Kate Korman

Arts in Society

Thomas Goes Riding the Silver Sunset

Your seatmate from Heathrow to Copenhagen is a beautiful young Estonian woman who, thankfully, is talkative.

Thomas E. Kennedy

Arts in Society, Politics

My Hungry Soul

Alfred Kazin’s raw materials.

Vivian Gornick

Arts in Society

Suppose You're an Idiot

The posthumous career of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, has been a busy one.

Roger Boylan

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