16+ hour, 20+ min ago  (1085+ words) Amid rising campus tensions after October 7, Pool decided to host a Mimouna event of his own at Rollins College, and Muslim students showed up in droves. "I spent years sleeping over at my grandparents" house and hearing stories about the…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (427+ words) Robert Menasse's new novella starting in Brussels is anything but a coincidence. The author, born in Vienna in 1954, has developed over the past decades into a kind of "Mr. Europe" " not as a Sunday orator, but as a novelist, essayist,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (276+ words) The 288-page book revolves around Konstantin Wagner. The almost 40-year-old works in an advertising agency, lives with his girlfriend in Hamburg, and is tasked with selling his parents" holiday home on the Schlei. His plan: show the house quickly to…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (343+ words) (ANALYSIS) There's this idea that I've written about on a number of occasions " religion as a cultural identity. When we're asked, "Are you religious?" There are a number of different ways someone might justify an affirmative answer. It could be…...