Tuesday, September 26, 2017
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Good Faith, Decent People, and Fateful Misunderstandings
On the occasion of the new PBS documentary on Vietnam, a former war correspondent recalls an American general whose failure helped define the conflict
Ernest B. Furgurson
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Five Pulp Favorites—And Five Literary Greats for Ballast
There’s some commercial fiction you shouldn’t feel ashamed to read on the subway … but just in case, we’ve included a few highbrow favorites to cover your tracks
Our Editors
Smarty Pants Podcast
Rhapsodies in Blue
Vulgar tongues, cruel etymologies, and a spot of poetry
Stephanie Bastek
Essays
Opioids and Paternalism
To help end the crisis, both doctors and patients need to find a new way to think about pain
David Brown
Essays
A Jane Austen Kind of Guy
I get it that women find my affinity for their writer intrusive, but her world has much to offer men, too
William Deresiewicz
The Daily Scholar
Next Line, Please Tuesdays
On Tuesdays, David Lehman collaborates with our readers on a poem.
The Impossible Dream
David Lehman
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Zinsser Revisited Fridays
Flunking Description
Why I tried to write like a Victorian novelist
William Zinsser
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Measure by Measure Thursdays
Songs of Innocence
Fauré, Verlaine, and the music of eternal hope
Sudip Bose
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View from Rue Saint-Georges Wednesdays
A Sense of Horrors Avoided
On progress and criticism
Thomas Chatterton Williams
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Intimate films from two late Chicago directors
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Decommissioning Lee
The controversial removal of a prominent New Orleans statue
Wayne Curtis
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Feast of Eden
A look at humanity’s most famous star-crossed couple
Sarah Ruden
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Israel: Occupational Hazards
Confronting academic freedom and racism in an oppressive state
Feisal G. Mohamed
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THIS WEEK’S ARCHIVE PICK
Night Train to Gijón
By Clellan Coe
Slogging up the East Coast on Amtrak is one thing; taking a romantic night ride in a sleeper car is a completely different kind of pleasure. If you haven’t experienced such a journey (or especially if you have), read about Clellan Coe’s trip through northern Spain to meet her boyfriend’s family. A stop at a village station along the way leads to a late-night meal and a new appreciation for the intricacies of language.
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Reading with Patrick
By Michelle Kuo
An excerpt from Michelle Kuo’s memoir on the life-changing power of literature
