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Michael Clune's debut novel Pan shares little beside its title and first-person perspective with the nineteenth-century Norwegian novella by Knut Hamsun about the erotic yearnings and pantheisti ...

"I guess my fantasy has always been that things can be reasonable, that life can be arranged in sensible, pleasant ways. But it can't; I always underestimate the destructive element in human ...

Tuesday, 4 November 2025 Edison bulbs hung low over the reclaimed-wood table at a popular Brooklyn hangout. A chalkboard listed the Yuletide Farm-to-Table Specials: Roast Chicken with Rosemary ($31),

On the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, law professor, legal analyst, and bestselling author of The Indispensable Right Jonathan Turley explores how the unique origins of American ...

"Papa always makes it clear that he would like to know me as much more rational and lucid than the girls and women he gets to know during his analytic hours." -- Anna Freud Picture ea ...

This week marks the seventh anniversary of the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. This anniversary should also mark the day a United States Senator betrayed his oath to the Constitu ...

Excerpted from Pandemic of Lunacy: How to Think Clearly When Everyone Around You Seems Crazy (Creed & Culture), published on February 3, 2026. +++++ "Through the aid of applied science we sh ...

Time was, Stanley Elkin was a go-to for the MFA crowd. I recall the titles of his works rolling off many a young writer's reverent tongue back in the 1990s and 2000s. Even if you hadn't re ...

Rosalia is a young Spanish popstar, but if you're American like me, you probably had no idea who she was until a couple months ago. To me, the new generation of Latin musicians -- rappers l ...

Connecticut's leaders are considering a risky play: using taxpayer and pension funds to keep the WNBA's Connecticut Sun in-state. It may sound like an investment in community pride, b ...