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The complete Open Letters Monthly Archive.
The stories of British writer H.H. Munro, known by his pen-name Saki, are devastating studies in torment and cruelty; they're also exceptionally funny. A new collection offers a bracing reminder of that duality.
Read More"He calls you a swine," Walter Lippmann once wrote of H.L. Mencken, "and he increases your will to live." A reissue of Mencken's 1926 rabble-rouser Notes on Democracy shows the journalist at his insulting, rejuvenating best.
Read MoreWhen the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded in 2010, it was given to an empty chair. Its recipient, Liu Xiaobo, was in prison for advocating human rights in China. Though he is still incarcerated, a collection of essays sheds light on his thought and struggle.
Read MoreThe ideology Irving Kristol helped found is inexorably tied to Bush administration, but a posthumous collection of essays reveals different and bracingly diverse origins
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