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fromwww.nytimes.com
1 week ago

Poetry Challenge Day 5: The Role of Poetry In Our Lives

Poetry serves as a gratuitous gift, enriching human experience without practical utility, as highlighted by Auden's reflections on its value.
Books
fromSlate Magazine
2 weeks ago

How Stephen King Made The Shining Even Scarier

Stephen King's revisions in The Shining enhance the story's horror through specific imagery and the removal of explicit references to violence.
Books
fromFlowingData
3 weeks ago

Visual guide for Infinite Jest

Christian Swinehart created Infinite Digest, an illustrated companion to Infinite Jest, visualizing its structure and character connections.
Books
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

"Judy Blume: A Life" and the Problem of Biography

Judy Blume's success stemmed from pioneering realistic fiction for young readers during the 1970s, addressing previously unacknowledged needs through honest portrayals of bodily functions, friendship drama, and disappointment.
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Books
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

Briefly Noted Book Reviews

Two literary works explore complex themes through innovative narrative techniques: Morrison's essays examine challenging craft elements in Toni Morrison's writing, while Nganang's memoir uses the scale as a metaphor connecting personal experience to colonial history.
Books
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

Briefly Noted Book Reviews

Two literary works explore complex themes through innovative narrative techniques: Morrison's essays examine challenging craft elements in Toni Morrison's writing, while Nganang's memoir uses the scale as a metaphor connecting personal experience to colonial history.
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Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

From luxury dupes' to literary doubles: why doppelgangers are everywhere right now

The doppelganger figure permeates contemporary culture across literature, fashion, and film, reflecting widespread paranoia about identity and authenticity in modern society.
Women
fromDefector
1 month ago

How Can You Not Be Romantic About Women's Basketball? | Defector

Women's sports novels explore girlhood as a fleeting period where athletics provide refuge from desire, grief, and the urgency of growing up.
fromThe Atlantic
3 months ago

How to Not Think Like a Bot

The most exciting moments for a teacher come when students stumble onto something unexpected-when they run to my office to tell me about a new twist in their thinking about birds in Sula or the discovery of yet another biblical reflection in Housekeeping. Those revelations come only when they survey the text as it is, not as they assume it to be.
Education
Books
fromThe New Yorker
8 months ago

Adam Gopnik on Joseph Mitchell's "Joe Gould's Secret"

Mitchell's writing combines lucid minimalism with hidden complexities, illustrated through the compelling character study of Joe Gould.
Books
fromThe Nation
9 months ago

Cristina Rivera Garza's Crimes of Reading

Literary analysis becomes an essential tool for solving crimes involving a murderer inspired by poetry.
Books
fromThe New Yorker
9 months ago

A Quietly Subversive Novel About Renewal on the Italian Riviera

True self-recognition versus social appearances is the main theme of Elizabeth von Arnim's work.
fromOpen Culture
9 months ago

Paradise Lost Explained: How John Milton Wrote His Epic Religious Poem from Satan's Perspective

"Paradise Lost is one of the books which the reader admires and lays down, and forgets to take up again. None ever wished it longer than it is."
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fromwww.npr.org
10 months ago

Looking for summertime suspense? Turn up the heat with these 4 mystery novels

This month's mystery and suspense novels showcase the creative expertise of established authors, with themes of female empowerment and gothic suspense.
fromwww.theguardian.com
10 months ago

The Benefactors by Wendy Erskine review a polyphonic portrait of class and trauma in Belfast

Erskine's stories display a capaciousness, a willingness to wander beyond the single epiphanic moment that is the traditional preserve of the short story.
Writing
fromThe New Yorker
10 months ago

Do Androids Dream of Anything at All?

The genre's exploration of automatism began with Karel Čapek's 'R.U.R.', which set the agenda for understanding robots as metaphors for labor and freedom.
Women in technology
fromMedievalists.net
10 months ago

New Medieval Books: The Sagas of Icelanders - Medievalists.net

This book offers an introduction to the Icelandic sagas, detailing various aspects of the genre. It then provides mini-descriptions of 40 sagas, explaining their content, dating, and transmission.
History
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
11 months ago

What we're reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in May

Woolf's characters invoke a deep emotional resonance, reflecting on the evolution of writers throughout their careers.
Arts
fromTheartnewspaper
11 months ago

New book explores how Rome's ruins have resonated in art and literature over centuries

Ruins of Rome serve as a mirror reflecting collective hopes and fears, revealing layered interpretations across centuries.
Writing
fromVulture
1 year ago

'I'm Looking for Someone to Fight, Not Someone to Run Over With My Car'

Criticism has always faced challenges, yet it serves a politically charged role in society.
London politics
fromThe Washington Post
1 year ago

Shakespeare may not have been a remote husband, new study finds

William Shakespeare may not have been distant from his wife Anne Hathaway, suggesting a more involved relationship during his time in London.
Writing
fromwww.npr.org
1 year ago

This new story collection is marvelous if a bit meandering

Millet's 'Atavists' presents interrelated stories that explore complex themes among a recurring cast, showcasing her sharp prose and storytelling ability.
History
fromMedievalists.net
1 year ago

New Medieval Books: Historians on Robin Hood - Medievalists.net

The book analyzes Robin Hood's legend, its origins, societal context, and impact on medieval culture through 16 scholarly essays.
Writing
fromSlate Magazine
1 year ago

How This NYT Writer Accidentally Became America's Most Prominent Poetry Critic

A.O. Scott brings a fresh critical eye to poetry, making it accessible and exciting for broader audiences.
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