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• Jonathan Williams RIP
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• Lucette Lagnado wins the Sami Rohr Prize
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• Julien Gracq RIP
• Interview with Lee Rourke
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• Malcolm Lowry: Modernist
• Karlheinz Stockhausen RIP
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• Dan Hind talk
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• Quiet: an apology
• Dickens the humanist
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• Mike Davis wins Lannan Foundation Nonfiction Literary Award
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• Against All Gods
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• New look for This Space
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