The Shakespearean Scholar of Sarajevo

21st February 2008 with 0 Comments

In the Kenyon Review, Sergei Lobanov-Rostovsky discusses this strange beast we call America, and the role of fiction in our lives.
I’ve always assumed that one of the basic needs that literature serves is to allow us to imagine experiences we may never have and solicit our empathy for those whose lives are unlike [...]

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