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Svetlana Alexievich
July 22, 2019
Jennifer Wilson
Svetlana Alexievich’s Child’s-Eye View
The child witnesses in her new book focus on the bewildering experience of war.
May 30, 2019
Rachel Riederer
The Enduring Horror of
Chernobyl
The new HBO series raises the specter of an uninhabitable continent.
October 5, 2017
Alex Shephard
What Happened to the Nobel Prize in Literature?
The prize has undergone a distinct change in recent years, opting for best-selling writers and rock stars.
September 1, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
The Reality Hunger of
Happy Hour
A five-hour Japanese movie reflects a growing desire for entertainment that moves at the pace of life.
August 29, 2016
Sophie Pinkham
Witness Tampering
Nobel laureate Svetlana Alexievich crafts myths, not histories.
May 24, 2016
Svetlana Alexievich
On a Loneliness That Resembles Happiness
An excerpt from Svetlana Alexievich's book "Secondhand Time."
December 8, 2015
Ryu Spaeth
“Flaubert called himself a human pen; I would say that I am a human ear.”
October 9, 2015
Sophie Pinkham
Svetlana Alexievich, The Dostoevsky of Nonfiction
The Nobel Prizewinner’s compassionate oral histories resist Cold War narratives
October 8, 2015
Alex Shephard
Belarusian Author Svetlana Alexievich Wins 2015 Nobel Prize for Literature
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