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Classics as a Bridge to the World
Shadi Bartsch on Translating Vergil, What’s Missing in the Stoic Revival, and the Problem of Interpretation
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Unraveling Narnia’s Genetic Code
C.S. Lewis’s Foreign Parts: Reviewing ‘East of the Wardrobe’ by Warwick Ball
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Open Thread: One Author You’re Grateful For?
Sure, There’s Probably a Dozen—Likely More—But Pick Just One
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Giving Thanks for C.S. Lewis
It’s the 60th Anniversary of His Death: Here’s to His Life and Ongoing Influence
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Rescuing One Woman’s Life from Oblivion
Gregg Hecimovich on the Role of Historians in Uncovering the Past and Illuminating Our Lives
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Shouldering the Burden of Belief
Reviewing Shusaku Endo’s Historical Novels ‘Silence’ and ‘The Samurai’
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Open Thread: Too Long, Too Short?
Name a Book That Dragged on Too Long—or Ended Too Soon
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All by Ourselves: Redeeming Loneliness
Reviewing ‘This Exquisite Loneliness’ by Richard Deming and ‘How to Know a Person’ by David Brooks
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Many People at Once: The Role of Literary Translators
Translator Lisa C. Hayden Discusses the Challenges of Translation, the Role of Intuition, and Why She Never Recommends Specific Editions of Classic…
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Bookish Diversions: When the Internet Was Analog
Whole Earth Catalog Online, Tyler Cowen’s AI Book, Paperbacks, Audiobooks, Sam Bankman-Fried’s Accidental Defense of the Humanities
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What Sort of Catastrophe Do You Prefer?
The Novels of John Wyndham
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Open Thread: Books that Changed Your Thinking?
Funny Things Can Happen When You Entertain Other People’s Ideas
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