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Christopher Carroll

Christopher Carroll is a Senior Editor at Harper’s Magazine. (June 2021)

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Far from the Realm of the Real

Far from the Realm of the Real

Lafcadio Hearn’s work was marked by a hatred of modern industrial life and a fascination with what he called “survivals”—traditions or folktales that he hoped would provide a living link to a more ancient form of narrative.

Japanese Tales of Lafcadio Hearn

edited and with an introduction by Andrei Codrescu, with a foreword by Jack Zipes

Japanese Ghost Stories

by Lafcadio Hearn, edited by Paul Murray

Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things

by Lafcadio Hearn, with photographs by Hiroshi Watanabe and an introduction by Paul Murray

June 10, 2021 issue

The Piano Ain’t Got No Wrong Notes

The Piano Ain’t Got No Wrong Notes

Good Things Happen Slowly: A Life In and Out of Jazz

by Fred Hersch

The Ballad of Fred Hersch

a documentary film directed by Charlotte Lagarde and Carrie Lozano

Open Book

an album by Fred Hersch

December 21, 2017 issue

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