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Paul Theroux’s ‘Deep South’ Takes Us Inside America’s Third World

Paul Theroux’s ‘Deep South’ Takes Us Inside America’s Third World

After a career spent traveling the world, Paul Theroux makes a revelatory journey through the blighted, wounded, struggling, well-armed, and resilient small towns of the American South.
‘Teaching Plato in Palestine’ Marks a Valiant Effort, but Falls Short of Consolation

‘Teaching Plato in Palestine’ Marks a Valiant Effort, but Falls Short of Consolation

Carlos Fraenkel champions two causes: the first is a culture of debate; the second is an allegiance to the principle of fallibilism. Unfortunately, both are hard to come by.

The World Is Your Oyster: ‘1,000 Places to See Before You Die’

‘The Horse That Leaps Through Cloud’ Documents China’s Silk Road, Faded and Unraveling

‘Otherwise Known as the Human Condition’ Is Equally Enthralling and Befuddling

Botticelli, Sandwiches Outside and Dreams of Bradbury’s ‘Dandelion Wine’

‘Dreaming in Hindi’: Total Immersion, or Panicked Submersion?

Josh Rouse: El Turista

Running Away by Jean-Philippe Toussaint

Crime, Delirium, and Paris

The ‘Ol Crotchety One Kicks It Transatlantic Style

Looking for the Lost: Memoirs of a Vanishing Japan