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You can interpret the line from Paul Sartre’s 1944 play “No Exit” in a lot of different ways. Philosopher Gregory Sadler has a fascinating take.More
Israel Story radio host Mishy Harman recommends "A Tale of Love and Darkness" by Amos Oz.More
Martha Nussbaum may be one of the most well-respected living philosophers in the world today. She tells Steve Paulson that retribution and payback aren't compatible with true justice.More
Karen Russell bookmarks "A High Wind in Jamaica" by Richard Hughes.More
Sarah Lewis bookmarks "The Power of Myth" by Joseph Campbell.More
Poet Billy Collins bookmarks "The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst."More
Nick Bantock bookmarks "The Fencing Master" by Arturo Perez-Reverte.More
Writer Brendan Koerner reviews Yukio Mishima's classic novel, "Confessions of a Mask."More
Nic Pizzolatto bookmarks "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner.More
Norwegian writer Karl Ove Knausgaard recommends a chilling read: "The Flame Alphabet" by Ben Marcus.More
Writer Benjamin Kunkel bookmarks Herman Daly's "Steady-State Economics."More
The author of "Blood Will Out" recommends Charles Portis' comic tale of a hapless Southerner on the hunt for the wife who done him wrong.More
Most of us will never know what life in prison is really like, but criminal justice reporter Shane Bauer had a wild idea to gain access: for four months he worked undercover as a guard at a private prison.More