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- Daniel CohenInterview
On Certainty by Ludwig Wittgenstein; Gödel, Escher Bach by Douglas Hofstadter; The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot; The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan; The Eden Express by Mark Vonnegut; The Human Stain by Philip Roth; Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers K by David James…
- Brandon DailyInterview
I’ve had a really good last year or so of reading (after a pretty tough 2024–2025) which makes this an even tougher question, but I would say that Philip Roth’s The Human Stain is the book that comes to mind first. The way that Roth allows us to slip into the interior aspects and thoughts and fears and desires (and…
- Paul RussellInterview
One of the greatest pleasures I find in reading is reading something that makes me laugh – but still contains some insight into human life. Novels by David Lodge and Malcolm Bradbury have proven to be especially therapeutic for me over the years. On a more serious note, the novels of Phillip Roth (e.g. The Human…
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