Relevant to this exchange: Jane Austen’s Persuasion, Mansfield Park, and a mild defense of Edmund Bertram.

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A selection of books about basketball, from David Halberstam’s investigation of the Portland Trail Blazers to literary novels using the sport as metaphor.

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Our review of A. Natasha Joukovsky's new book, "Medium Rare."

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The fascination with these stories reflects an existential interest in what in life is inevitable, and what we can control.

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on the quarterly returnification of textual art

a response to market demand

No thought was so devastating to Prima as the thought that she was ascribing wisdom and seriousness to something that would turn out to be stupid.

in which comparative status reaches new heights of clarity and equivocation