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Interview: Cheryl Strayed
Cheryl Strayed's Wild, a memoir of the author's solo trek up the West Coa… more »
Interview: Heidi Julavits
Julia Severn, the protagonist of Heidi Julavits's latest novel, The Vanis… more »
Hari Kunzru, Gods Without Men…
A playful, experimental spirit infuses it throughout Hari Kunzru's newest… more »
6 Degrees of A Wrinkle in Time…
No book is a perfectly self-contained artifact. Books are more permeable … more »
Lev Grossman, The Magician Kin…
The drawbacks of having the whole world at your fingertips What exactly d… more »
eMusic Q&A: Jeanne Darst
Jeanne Darst incriminates herself in all sorts of ways in her memoir, Fic… more »
eMusic Q&A: Chuck Kloster…
Chuck Klosterman was inspired to write his second novel, The Visible Man,… more »
Lev Grossman
What exactly does one do with a degree in magic? Excepting the odd Hampsh… more »
Alison Espach
At the "ancient" age of 26, Alison Espach has written a dazzling debut no… more »
Karen Abbott
Many are familiar with Gypsy Rose Lee's career through the film or musica… more »
Annie Proulx, Bird Cloud…
A renowned author builds her dream house in Wyoming Being a renowned auth… more »
Aidan Moffat
Though peevish poets have been known to argue that lyrics are merely poem… more »
James Franco, Palo Alto…
James Franco steps into the lives of average high schoolers Palo Alto is … more »
International Bookshelf
The idea that diverse languages are a form of divine punishment, serving … more »
Novella Carpenter
Novella Carpenter's Farm City is a memoir of how the author transformed a… more »
Novella Carpenter
Novella Carpenter's Farm City is a memoir of how the author transformed a… more »
Tom Wolfe, The Bonfire of the …
Tom Wolfe's epic meditation on class, greed, race, and religion in 19… more »
The Worst Moms in Literature
This time of year, drugstore aisles are packed with cards extolling the v… more »
Isabel Gillies, Happens Every …
A carefully considered, evenhanded account of the kind of heartbreak that… more »
Cover to Clover: Great Irish L…
National holidays are usually just that: national. But St. Patrick's … more »
Brainy Books
The many breeds of researchers focused on the human experience — ar… more »
Sandra Blakeslee, The Body Has…
Neuroimaging helps us to plumb the deep mysteries of our minds A paralyze… more »
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International Bookshelf
By Jess Sauer, eMusic Contributor
The idea that diverse languages are a form of divine punishment, serving only to separate us, is a popular one in numerous mythologies and religious traditions. In Genesis, humanity is unified by a common tongue… more »
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