The Octavian 2019 Holiday Book List
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We are pleased to announce the Octavian 2019 holiday book List. The list makes great year-end reading wherever you may be — and great gifts, if you are still looking.
December 10, 2019
The Storyteller
An Interview with Mario Vargas Llosa
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The Nobel Prize-winning novelist spoke with us about how the erosion of culture means the erosion of political liberty.
Vol 5, Summer 2019 / July 11, 2019
Pure Nonsense
An Interview with Brian Jay Jones
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What made Dr. Seuss Dr. Seuss? His biographer Brian Jay Jones explains how hard work, creativity, and respect for kids changed Ted Geisel into an icon.
Vol 5, Summer 2019 / July 11, 2019
Green-Eyed Monster
An Interview with Harold Bloom
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America's most eminent literary critic explains Iago, Othello, and the nature of their tragedy.
Vol 5, No 2 / April 16, 2019
Elliot Ackerman on Waiting for Eden
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For this week's podcast, we spoke with the National Book Award finalist about his new novel, war, marriage, and everything in between.
October 16, 2018
Middle of the Journey
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The Divine Comedy changed the course of culture. Bestselling author of The Dante Chamber Matthew Pearl explains why.
Vol 4, No 3 / July 3, 2018
Deep Waters
An Interview with Nathaniel Philbrick
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Nathaniel Philbrick, the bestselling author of In the Heart of the Seas and Why Read Moby Dick? spoke to us about why the book is so important and what it can teach us.
Vol 4, No 3 / July 3, 2018
The Troubles, The Boxer, The Informer and more
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FROM THE MAGAZINE The events in Ukraine in the late winter and spring of 2014 provided a rare glimpse of a European revolution in real time.
May 23, 2018
Muppets, marionettes, monsters and more
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What makes us human? Jim Henson and Heinrich von Kleist both had deep insights into our condition.
May 16, 2018
Charismatic bullies, demonic possession, and more
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The Wailing, Our Twisted Hero, Donald Trump v. Kim Jong-un, and the humiliation of the Russian navy.
May 9, 2018
