A Tale of Two Cities

The inexhaustible tension between the parochial city and the infinite city infiltrates everything in Elena Ferrante’s Naples.

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Reading Wallace Reading

With a fellowship to study his personal library, I wanted to get as far into David Foster Wallace's head as possible. But what I found there was more than I'd bargained for.

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Name that Team!

60 Eagles, 39 Bulldogs, and Kangaroos in Minnesota? March Madness and the insipidness of college basketball nicknames.

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