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  • Death will come

    Death will come

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    A newly translated story by the Austrian writer Ingeborg Bachmann (1926-1973). « P.S. Did you know that Uncle Karl died ten days ago of stomach cancer? »

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  • Crafting a human text is like wrestling a wild animal

    Crafting a human text is like wrestling a wild animal

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    On Cécile Wajsbrot’s « Nevermore », Eva Meijer’s « Een woord voor », and the constant self-flagellation that comes with putting words to paper.

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  • The dog who bit everyone

    The dog who bit everyone

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    Fifty-one years after his death, Pasolini’s vision of capitalism is even more urgent. A new play examines his unfinished masterpiece.

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  • KRIEG

    KRIEG

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    Stefan Zweig, Marcel Proust, Thomas Mann & Romain Rolland: lessons from the trenches, for AI models

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