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A Dense Thicket of Contending Visions

In his latest novel, Tom Piazza imagines the finest meeting of American minds never to have happened.

Matt Hanson

7 Jan 2024 · 6 min read

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The Infinite Reopening of History

John Aziz 20 Dec 2025 · 7 min read

Protesters holding signs reading "NONE OF US ARE FREE UNTIL ALL OF US ARE FREE."

From the Goldberg’s to the Icebergs

Tim Harcourt 19 Dec 2025 · 3 min read

An image of a man dressed in an early twentieth-century suit and glasses superimposed on a historical image of Bondi Beach.

Podcast #317: Sri Lankan by Birth, Tamil by Heritage, Canadian by Choice

Jonathan Kay, Roy Ratnavel 19 Dec 2025 · 3 min read

Podcast #317: Sri Lankan by Birth, Tamil by Heritage, Canadian by Choice

Bondi Was Not a Surprise: How Antisemitism Was Normalised in Australia

Jack Pinczewski 18 Dec 2025 · 5 min read

Two women embrace in a crowd, one wiping tears, beneath a banner reading “Bondi Was NOT a Surprise”.

“These Songs Are Timeless”

Hannah Gal 17 Dec 2025 · 9 min read

John Illsley (far right) with Dire Straits in 1984 (left to right): Terry Williams, Allan Clarke, Mark Knopfler, and Hal Lindes. Band members are white men in their twenties.

Podcast #316: The Genius of Jane Austen

Quillette 17 Dec 2025 · 38 min read

Podcast #316: The Genius of Jane Austen