The American Reader

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"One who will be for the future, if only / to turn back his long and lioned head with remorse code." http://t.co/CFGmmHQ2uY

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Today's Criticism: "The Geography of Melancholy" http://t.co/5plYCoXXym

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"Nearly every historic city has its own brand melancholy... Lisbon has its saudade, Istanbul has huzun..." http://t.co/5plYCoXXym

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"And for the liberal egoist what is more delightful than meaningfulness?" http://t.co/BlRlILkhEj

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"In Three Simple Steps, Find Out How Upworthy Titles Create Cognitive Problems In Readers." http://t.co/ax87MFzaDR

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"And darkness was all around them, as if they were in someone’s mouth…" http://t.co/WRXoHjgzoH

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From our bookshelf: Bennet Sim's philosophical Zombie novel "A Questionable Shape" http://t.co/0vYHzzHiBA

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"Participatory art fails because it hopes: its claims are grand and its achievements subtle." http://t.co/XIqJeTYZ1G

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"The good contemporary novelist, like an Aristotelian pharmacist, tests his art ad nauseum." http://t.co/MOxC6roD4E

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Misrepresenting Rural Poverty: The New Country Noir and the Lives it Forgets http://t.co/AC7J9mTvZy

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@alicia_ecm Alicia, I'm very sorry about the poor service you've received. You can reach me (EIC) directly at [email protected].

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"We’re living in a golden decade for rural escapist fare..." http://t.co/AC7J9mTvZy

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Our interview w/ Norman Manea: "You write in order to redeem yourself partially from the chaos which is around you..."http://t.co/4aft52sWsa

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"The literary experience of urban space is so often the experience of nostalgia, of alienation, and of loss." http://t.co/5plYCoXXym

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Most-read via social media on Monday - John Nash, economist and mathematician, 1928-2015 http://t.co/qULGTGN6hu

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From our archives: A conversation with Jamaica Kincaid http://t.co/b8MTAuMDF4

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@syunc2 Our apologies! We've been on a brief printing hiatus -- but your new (double!) issue should be at your door in two to three weeks!

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On our bookshelf: Anna Seghar's "Transit" http://t.co/L4M7eW8pl5

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On Lydia Davis's "Can't and Won't": "...it might fit comfortably, rather too comfortably, into the reader’s life." http://t.co/BlRlILkhEj

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Why is poetry these days so hard to remember? http://t.co/rtLmX1i5gg