TNT Acquires Luis Urrea’s “Into The Beautiful North”

by Elia Esparza “Turner Network TV (TNT) has acquired Pulitzer nominated, award-winning author’s Luis Alberto Urrea’s adventurous novel ‘Into The Beautiful North’ to develop into an epic television series. The drama will bring to life a 19 year-old, athletic, bright, strong-willed, and charmingly naïve Nayeli, who… Read More

Of Translation and Politics in Russian Literature

by Ian Singleton “A ubiquitous metaphor of the translator is the asymptote, the curve which approaches infinity at the same time it approaches zero. It never quite makes it. This is apt, considering that translators must match, as closely as possible, not only parts of… Read More

A Meditation on Arendt, Rilke, & Guns

by Samantha Hill “Because there is no true transcendence in this ordered world, one also cannot exceed the world, but only succeed to higher ranks.” — Hannah Arendt, “Rilke’s ‘Duino Elegies’” Arendt and Stern’s essay on Rilke’s Duino Elegies is a sumptuous meditation that weaves… Read More

Let America Be America Again by Langston Hughes

Let America Be America Again by Langston Hughes Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be. Let it be the pioneer on the plain Seeking a home where he himself is free. (America never was America to me.) Let… Read More