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He’s been called one of the America’s leading humanists , and now he’s taking a step back. Robert Pogue Harrison , Rosina Pierotti Professor in Italian Literature in the Department of French & Italian at Stanford and has formally...
Following months of escalating protest over the organization’s response to Israel’s war on Gaza, and the recent withdrawal of over a third of this year’s nominees, the 2024 PEN America Literary Awards have now officially been canceled. In the...
If you’ve ever deep-cleaned your bookshelves, you’ve likely faced some hard choices over what to hang onto and what to donate to the library. As much as you might want to clear space by off-loading beat-up copies, shelf redundancies,...
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