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A romantic essayist

POSTHUMOUS ESSAYS: Stian Grøgaard was looking for an authenticity that is difficult to find. At the same time, he takes the reader by surprise and sweeps him away without reservation, apology or warning.
Eivind Tjønneland -

The Internet is designed to reinforce social contradictions

SOCIAL MEDIA: Mike Watson compares internet lefties to selfie makers who create awareness around themselves.
Lars Holm-Hansen -

Bjørneboe and the theater's future

CONVERSATION: Do we have too many "petty-bourgeois" or aestheticized dramas when time holds so many major political problems? Therese Bjørneboe about her father and the theater before and now.
Truls Lie -

Geoff Dyer – an aristocratic essayist

COMPASSION? A mixture of helplessness and arrogance: Have the Knausgård fans got someone they can identify with?
Eivind Tjønneland -

The 68 generation according to German history writing

Three newly published books on the sixties provide some surprising and new perspectives. All are written by scientists who do not even belong to this mythical generation.
Eivind Tjønneland -

The art of living essayistically

The most fascinating parts of Dillon's essays on the essay are about how the genre embodies a different form from the literary.
Kjetil Røed -

Rich full-format MODERN TIMES including the supplement Orientering and Modern Times Review comes out quarterly in early March, June, September and December) with international book reviews (non-fiction) and comments / essays. According to the physical newspaper (and PDF), the articles are published regularly online (see the newsletters).

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