Lalami’s latest for The Nation
“The current debate places far too much emphasis on Islam as a set of codes and on the Koran as a literal text.” Laila Lalami on the new Inquisition.
“The current debate places far too much emphasis on Islam as a set of codes and on the Koran as a literal text.” Laila Lalami on the new Inquisition.
Debussy’s opera based on Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” obsessed him in his final years but was left unfinished. Debussy and Poe tries to fill in the gaps.
“We get multiple Jesuses in the ER this time of year.” Reality Sandwich posts an excerpt from Weekends at Bellevue.
From Ivanhoe’s Rebecca to Bee Season’s heroine, Emma Garman argues, fictional Jewish girls have tended to be idealized, self- sacrificing creatures. Until now.
T.C. Boyle inaugurates Fictionaut’s new Line Breaks feature by sharing his first published story, “The OD & Hepatitis RR or Bust.”