All Included
by Paul La Farge
New owners and old apparitions
New owners and old apparitions
Writing Generations
by Veronika Fuechtner
An interview with Thomas Mann's grandson Frido
An interview with Thomas Mann's grandson Frido
The Miss April Houses
Fiction by Angela Flournoy
The method of remembrance by committee
The method of remembrance by committee
How Democracies Die
by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt
Assessing the patterns of declining republics
Assessing the patterns of declining republics
Impossible Proximity
By Tatyana Gershkovich
How to read like Nabokov
How to read like Nabokov
Land of Darkness
By Suki Kim
A writer confronts her fears in North Korea
A writer confronts her fears in North Korea
Zukunftsmusik
By Laura D'Andrea Tyson
How automation will affect the future of work in Germany
How automation will affect the future of work in Germany
In the Red
By Steven Klein
Democracy in an age of debt
Democracy in an age of debt
Empathic Wit
by Azade Seyhan
A renewed need for the genius of Heinrich Heine
A renewed need for the genius of Heinrich Heine
Some Observations on the United States Presidency
by Gerhard Casper
A Constitutional law scholar on the separation of powers.
A Constitutional law scholar on the separation of powers.
The Organs of Sense
by Adam Ehrlich Sachs
Leibniz and his encounter with a blind astronomer.
Leibniz and his encounter with a blind astronomer.
World Literature
by Martin Puchner
The curious history of a German-American idea
The curious history of a German-American idea
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