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“A great story casts a spell,” says the author, whose new novel is “The Vulnerables.” “It can enthrall you so completely that you not only forget that you’re stuck between two manspreaders in a noisy, crowded, smelly subway car but miss your stop.”

(The author of this piece prefers to remain anonymous.) Below are selections of writings of three men: Nikos Kazantzakis, Rainer Maria Rilke, and the

SOUTHWEST HARBOR — Acadia Family Center, a drug use education, treatment, recovery and wellness center in Southwest Harbor, has chosen Rota Knott to be its new executive director. Services at

This article will be released in full online April 3, 2023. Monthly Review editors remember the life of MR editorial board member John J. Simon (1934–2022)…

The voice of Mark Hamill is raising its hand in support of Ukraine. The Star Wars celebrity, 71, can be heard telling people to hide

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SOUTHWEST HARBOR — Acadia Family Center, the only facility dedicated solely to substance abuse treatment and other related mental health issues on Mount Desert Island, closed down in November 2021

What We Hope For On January 18, 1915, six months into the first world war, the first terrible war in the modern sense -- slaughter by the hundreds of

This is the first essay in a three-part series by the author. See also part two, "Ground Truthing," and part three, "Engagement." SINCE SEPTEMBER 11, 2001