Cormac McCarthy: The End of the Road
Mark C. Taylor At the age of ninety, Cormac McCarthy has published a remarkable two-volume novel that is, in my judgment, his best
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Winning the Lottery and Learning to Dream
Brad Holden on playing the lotto I should start with a confession—two, actually. The first is that I very recently purchased tickets for
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Snake Mythology: From Ancient Aztec Sculptures to Instagram Fans
Erica Wright At seven months pregnant, I’ve never felt less like Mother Earth. At least not like most of the depictions: a woman
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The Christian Origins of Racism
M. Lindsay Kaplan on Antisemitism to Racism Medieval claims about the Jews’ criminal role in the crucifixion consigned them to an enslaved status,
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Reader in a Lost World
Fantasies, like dreams, can surprise you. My fantasy is always the same. The sun streams over my shoulder—that crisp, new light of early
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How I Became a Jewsuit
Sarit Kattan Gribetz Reflects on Jewish-Christian Difference in the 21st Century In 1962, my grandfather, a Swiss Jew from Zurich, sent a letter
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Neo-Donatists in Eden
Ed Simon on what to think of immoral artists Edmund Spenser knew how to turn a phrase. His vision, exemplified by his epic The
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A Future for a Handful of Hours
Poet Rosebud Ben-Oni on the poetry of Yehuda Amichai, promises, and a love that keeps us strangers It was not until our very
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An Unreliable Alchemy
Irina Dumitrescu on the enchantment of books, early reading experiences, and the stories that shape us One day the world shifted, and no
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