The New Republic
Alex Shephard, Mark Krotov
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Anne Carson Is (Yet Another) Perfect Nobel Literature Laureate
For what is perhaps the world’s stuffiest, most self-important, and—sure—rarefied cultural award, the Nobel Prize in Literature is also often quite funny. That a lot of people take it far too seriously has been the premise of the tens of thousands of words we…
It seems likely next years Nobel will follow the pattern and be awarded to a man, most likely a European man. Still, the (rumored) infighting could mean that the winner will be a compromise candidate… [+1721 chars]
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