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Issue #288 Presences and forgotten voices . >> Said the Dead . Off to the races . >> It Gets in Your Blood . >> Kick the Latch . >> Something for the Pain . Understood, remembered, and interpreted . >&

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Books have never been trendier, but studies show that as more and more things compete for our frazzled attention spans, we’re reading less and less. This is a problem because reading has a wealth of cognitive benefits that we’re in danger of missing out on.To find out why declining literacy coul...

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The train arrived at about six o’clock on a cold, wet November morning. The fog was so thick it was almost impossible to see. I was wearing my coat collar up and my hat shoved down around my ears, but still the fog penetrated all the way to my bones. The apartment where Leonidas lived was in a n.....

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Vol. 40 No. 19 · 11 October 2018The Politics of TranslationMarina WarnerShare on BlueskyShare on FacebookShareEmailPrint 4471 wordsThis Little Art by Kate Briggs. Fitzcarraldo, 365 pp., £12.99, September 2017, Show MoreTranslation as Transhumance by Mireille Gansel, translated by Ros Schwartz....

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Doireann Ní Ghríofa and Rachael Allen discuss Said the Dead

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Combining hilarious detail with harsh observation, this rediscovered novel takes the reader on an exhilaratingly strange journey

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The LRB PodcastPoetry and the Turning World: WorkSarah Howe and Sandeep Parmar10 June 2026Is writing a poem work? In the first episode of their series exploring the ways in which poetry responds to our personal and collective challenges, Sarah Howe and Sandeep Parmar start by considering the concept...

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A selection of books from our shelves. Click through to find out more: Septology The Notebook Trilogy As If Transcription The Double The Book of Guilt Nothing to See Sublimation

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Education is at a crossroads, argues the author and academic. Should we embrace new technology in the name of efficiency, or is it time to fight back?