Crimean Ghosts

March 28: “Memories of the Crimean War continue to stir profound feelings of Russian pride and resentment of the West.”  

Making a Splash

March 27: “[A]t thirty minutes after six o’clock on the afternoon of Wednesday, August 19, 1812… this country…became a nationality to be reckoned with…”  

MFA vs. NYC

Chad Harbach (The Art of Fielding) assembles a stellar cast of contributors to spell out two camps of contemporary literature – academia and the publishers track – finding fun, intelligent arguments in favor of each mode.