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We study literary and cultural representation across linguistic and national boundaries.
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We approach literary and cultural study with a keen awareness of critical theory.
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Literature is news that stays news.
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Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life.
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The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink.
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Our lives are all different and yet the same.
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Events

Irving Goh poster

Professor Irving Goh (National University of Singapore) on "The Problem of Failure"

Helena de Llanos

A Conversation with Helena de Llanos on her recent feature-length film Journey to Somewhere (Viaje a alguna parte) 2021

Gunter Leypoldt

Literary Prestige and the Laureate Position in Cultural Space with Günter Leypoldt

News

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Making of a Poem: Timmy Straw on "Brezhnev" in The Paris Review

March 17, 2023

TIMMY STRAW

TIMMY STRAW writes on 'Intuition's Ear: On Kira Muratova" in the Paris Review

March 09, 2023

Old Stacks: New Leaves: The Art of the Book in South Asia

Old Stacks, New Leaves: The Arts of the Book in South Asia edited by Sonal Khullar

January 15, 2023

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