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The Ends of Information: Searching for Truth in the Digital Age

"T he universe,” wrote the Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges, “(which others call the library), is composed of an indefinite and perhaps infinite number of hexagonal galleries, with vast air shafts between, surrounded by very low railings.” The library in question is the imaginary

Issue 2 - Recovery

‘Voy a hablar de la esperanza’

Your browser does not support the audio element. Reading by the author Ruth, you are angry at the world for its miscarriages. It is early November and we are walking again in the Haagse Bos, wondering at the rusty-headed ducks, the yellowing of the

Issue 1 - Transition

I consider a chestnut

Your browser does not support the audio element. Reading by the author There is a project for the sun. The sun Must bear no name, gold flourisher, but be In the difficulty of what it is to be. —Wallace Stevens, “Notes Toward a Supreme

Issue 0 - Liminal Space

Writing Silence: César Vallejo’s Poetry of Exile

In 1923, a thirty-one year old Peruvian named César Vallejo boarded a passenger ship in Lima and set sail for Paris, France. Within fifty years, he would be widely recognized as one of the most original and important poets to write in the twentieth century. At that moment, though, despite the