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Understanding Post-Soviet Tyranny, in Order to Fight It

Date
Saturday, October 11, 2025 - 3:00 AM
Description
After winning the Nobel Prize for her searing portraits of the Soviet world unraveling, Svetlana Alexievich worries about the revival of its violent, anti-democratic ways.

Undeterred, Salman Rushdie Discusses His New Memoir, ‘Knife’

Date
Sunday, April 14, 2024 - 10:04 PM
Description
The author’s new memoir, “Knife,” addresses the attack that maimed him in 2022, and pays tribute to the wife who saw him through. “I wanted to write a book which was about both love and hatred — one overcoming the other,” he says.

Untitled poem from ‘Starlings’

Date
Thursday, August 24, 2023 - 7:46 AM
Description
Art is long, life is short and starlings are immeasurable. It is a sensible thing to want to be one.