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Surviving Unrequited Love with Ivan Turgenev
By Viv GroskopNo one writes better about the painful humiliation of loving someone far, far more than they love you.
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By Sarah Kay, Kaveh Akbar, and Claire SchwartzIn our column Poetry Rx, readers write in with a specific emotion, and our resident poets take turns prescribing the perfect poems to match. This week, Kaveh Akbar is on the line.
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Cooking with Georges Bataille
By Valerie StiversAgainst the odds, Valerie Stivers finds a way to make an appetizing dessert inspired by ‘The Story of the Eye.’
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from "Misérable Miracle"
By Henri MichauxHenri Michaux, the famous French poet and painter, has long been interested in the effects of mescaline, the drug derived from the Peyotl cactus which traditionally has been taken by the Indians of Mexico and the American Southwest to induce ecstatic religious visions. More recently it has attracted the interest of psychologists investigating the physical roots of mental disorder and of Aldous Huxley who describes his experiences with it in The Doors of Perception.
From the Archive, Issue 15
Miscellaneous
A Little Pain
By James TateI hold no greater value / than the secret / Please believe I strive / to share ...
