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The day care is run out of an old boxing gym where corrugated tin ceilings spread like sky and the glossed cement floors are always cold to the touch. Tucked into a northern corner of Long Beach, far past the beach and not so far past the...

Inspiration comes from the unlikeliest of places.

Bernardo Atxaga draws a line between theft and homage in his delightful “Obabakoak.”

The year’s best mistakes, Lawerence Weschler’s mysterious power, the merits of literary prizes, and more.

With a new logo and layout, we’re slimming down the magazine without dropping a word.

J. Hoberman weighs in Steven Soderbergh’s epic biopic of Che.

Ecce homo: Ernesto, Fuser, The Argentine, The Heroic Guerrilla, The Shadowy Power Behind Fidel Castro, The Great Compañero, The New Socialist Man, The Last Armed Prophet, The Most Complete Human Being of Our Age, The Clearest, Most...

A new study concludes that medical residents are dangerously overworked. But is the healthcare field willing—or able—to change?

The economics of writing have required some of the most celebrated authors to maintain a 9 to 5 job.

Obama’s AG nominee is catching flack from the left for his ties to the banana exporter and their support of Colombian terrorists.