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Ann Goldstein and the art of translation: "The goal is to make a writer sound as much like him or herself as possible. Not like you"

chireviewofbooks.com·31w

Goethe’s philosophical coordinates came initially from Rousseau and Spinoza, two thinkers who appealed to and fortified his own disposition

literaryreview.co.uk·31w·Hacker News

The Pushkin job: unmasking the thieves behind an international rare books heist

theguardian.com·31w·Hacker News, r/Longreads

The Publishing Industry Has a Gambling Problem

thewalrus.ca·33w·Hacker News, Hacker News

In 1486, Giovanni Pico was young, handsome, rich and on his way to Rome to dazzle theologians and the Pope. It didn’t go well

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The book business may be centered in New York, but when it comes to advances for debut authors, the logic is pure Las Vegas

persuasion.community·31w·Hacker News

While many of Gertrude Stein’s books are modern classics, some are ignored as too avant-garde. It’s time to rediscover them

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Princeton president Christopher Eisgruber says academia must listen to its critics. So why isn’t he taking his own advice?

chronicle.com·31w

The Kafka Challenge – Translating the Inimitable

hedgehogreview.com·39w·Hacker News

The history of vanilla — the world’s favorite flavor — is rife with counterfeiting, pilfering, piracy, smuggling, and account fraud

wsj.com·32w

Gore Vidal: American prophet

newstatesman.com·32w·Hacker News

Frankenstein's Sheep

nymag.com·33w·Hacker News, r/longform

Many writers find writing agonizing. Few have expressed that feeling as vividly as Cynthia Ozick

libertiesjournal.com·32w

An instant classic that has endured for seven centuries, the history of the reception of Dante’s Divine Comedy is a history of Western taste

hedgehogreview.com·32w

Rachel Ruysch and the bounties of nature

engelsbergideas.com·33w·Hacker News

Know your meme. In the early 2000s, technology, art, and amateurism combined in such cultural achievements as LOLcats

bookforum.com·32w

How Richard Holmes humanised Tennyson

newstatesman.com·33w

“You Think Me a Bold Cheat”: Mary Carleton, Counterfeit Princess

publicdomainreview.org·34w·Hacker News, Hacker News

“If anyone builds it, everyone dies.” Eliezer Yudkowsky thinks hyperintelligent AI could be worse than even nuclear war

wapo.st·32w

Mary Boone, Who Ruled Galleries in the ’80s, Is Back

vulture.com·33w

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