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9 9 2019
A Short Book on a Moral Dilemma

Dave Eggers in conversation with Paolo Giordano
8 9 2019
Interview with Jonathan Safran Foer

8 9 2019
“I’m interested in ambiguity”

Alan Hollinghurst on subverting expectations
8 9 2019
Of Families and Reconciliation

Spanish author Manuel Vilas and Donatella di Pietrantonio on the relationship with parents after their death
8 9 2019
Interview with Valeria Luiselli

8 9 2019
Empathy is Contagious

Maryanne Wolf and Alberto Manguel discuss how reading changes our brains
8 9 2019
The Power of Kindness

How to create sympathetic characters according to Gail Honeyman
7 9 2019
Things Are Not What They Seem, But What They Are Called

Valeria Luiselli and Michela Murgia on how language shapes our reality
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