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The Rubaiyat of Rumi translated by Zara HoushmandZara Houshmand writes, in the introduction of the book, at her own website:  “No ancient poet has a more modern sensibility than Molana Jalaluddin Rumi, but capturing this sensibility in modern English has proved to be a formidable challenge. The striking translations that have made Rumi the...      To Deceive a Trout: Towards an Expansion of the Category of the AestheticJustin E. H. Smith in his own blog:
 Microplastics: Seeking the ‘plastic score’ of the food on our platesHelen Briggs in BBC:
 Congratulations, Nobel Committee, You Just Gave the Literature Prize to a Genocide ApologistPeter Maass in The Intercept:
 Harvard Tenure AnnouncementJames Mickens at Harvard’s website:
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Vladimir Nabokov was not only being contrarian when he came out against the theory of evolution. He really meant it. “Natural selection in the Darwinian sense,” he wrote, “could not explain the miraculous coincidence of imitative aspect and...
Daniella Hodgson is digging a hole in the sand on a windswept beach as seabirds wheel overhead. “Found one,” she cries, flinging down her spade. She opens her hand to reveal a wriggling lugworm. Plucked from its underground burrow, this humble creature is not...
I honestly don’t know where to begin with this whole thing. But let me start by making clear what I am not saying. I am not saying that we should not read Handke’s literary work. My objection is not a version of the age-old question of whether we...
I’ve received tenure at Harvard!