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from48 hills
8 hours ago

Cole Swensen's 'Veer' swerves towards the limits of language - 48 hills

Poems in three parts roam nature with sparse, evocative humor, leaving relationship meanings open to readers.
Writing
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

Rachel Carson Has Known the Ocean

Rachel Carson's lyrical writing transformed scientific communication, inviting readers to perceive the ocean beyond human limitations.
Philosophy
fromThe Atlantic
4 months ago

Aphoristic Intelligence Beats Artificial Intelligence

Aphorisms provoke deep reflection by compressing complex truths into concise, thought-provoking statements that resist easy fixes.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

John Updike: A Life in Letters review the man incapable of writing a bad sentence

John Updike combined middling middle-class postwar sensibilities with exceptional prose, focusing on the ordinary lives of Americans across mid-to-late 20th century.
fromThe Atlantic
5 months ago

A Great Author's Ongoing Struggle

This happened to me in 2009, when I read The Original of Laura-which consists of unedited fragments of Vladimir Nabokov's unfinished last novel-and noticed that, after 35 years of writing in English, the author had still struggled to spell bicycle. I had imagined Nabokov's leap away from Russian, his native language, as an instantaneous, effortless transformation, but now I realized that it must have been an ongoing struggle-one that enhanced his dazzlingly precise fiction.
Arts
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fromHarper's Magazine
6 months ago

Ghostly Home, by Joy Williams, Will Stephenson

Joy Williams uses concise, mordant prose to distill lives into spare collages, focusing on Gene Hackman's lonely death and a haunting image of a dog.
Books
fromThe New Yorker
6 months ago

The Light of "The Brothers Karamazov"

Fyodor Dostoyevsky combines a wild, urgent style with a patient insistence on the central existential question: What are we living for?
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
7 months ago

Nobel Prize for Literature awarded to Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai

Laszlo Krasznahorkai won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature for a visionary, apocalyptic oeuvre that reaffirms the power of art.
Books
fromThe New Yorker
7 months ago

Gertrude Stein's Love Language

Early exposure to surreal, gendered imagery produced lasting identity anxieties, a persistent fear of dogs, gender curiosity, and an attraction to unconventional language.
Mental health
fromThe Atlantic
8 months ago

The Metaphysics of Panic

A heroin addiction narrative is depicted in high-modernist style that emphasizes the drug's allure and repeatedly subordinates recovery to the pursuit of heroin.
Books
fromThe New Yorker
10 months ago

Elmore Leonard's Perfect Pitch

Elmore Leonard's distinctive writing style includes sharp dialogue, detailed character descriptions, and intricate narrative structures.
Portland food
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
1 year ago

In 'Holy Old Mackinaw,' author Stewart Holbrook presents a 'lowbrow' look at Oregon loggers * Oregon ArtsWatch

Stewart Holbrook popularized Oregon history through engaging storytelling rather than scholarly narratives, achieving national recognition and acclaim.
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