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I can barely keep up with these “book acquired” posts this fall. I was actually reading Sebald last night—his essay on Rousseau in A Place in the Country. “How difficult it is in general to bring the machinery of thought to a standstill“—yes, yes, of...

THOUGH PETER MENDELSUND is a self-described “recovering classical pianist,” he’s better known as the man behind the covers of mega-bestsellers like Emma Cline’s The Girls and Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy, as well as reissues of classic titles like...

“I am resisting the temptation to read Sebald’s books all the way through, pausing only to eat, sleep, and visit the toilet.” - Tom Mitchell, “A Sense of Levitation: On Reading W.G. Sebald”

For the month of November, we are running our annual open call out for EWF 2016 (which you can find out more about here). We talked to some of this year’s amazing participants about their experience, which writers they are excited about at the moment...

Moyra Davey, L’Image fantôme (detail), 2012. Twelve photographs, C-prints, postage, tape, ink, 45.8 x 30.3 cm each. Production Mudam Luxembourg. Courtesy the artist and Murray Guy, New York. Photo: Rémy Villaggi.  Current...