"Liberal democracy must show it can deliver for the constituencies of populism that would undermine it."

"Many of the Starbucks firings are cases like Nuzzo’s, where workers technically violated rules that were arbitrarily enforced."

"Mantel's literary agents and publishers described her as " one of the greatest English novelists of the century."

"Blöndal’s exhibition advances a sense of can-do, but much more measured than the bucolic obstinance of Laxness’s farmer. Thoughtfully low-tech, her work turns away from the overproduced spawn of the contemporary artworld."

>"Getting vaccines to gay and bisexual men is an urgent matter."

>"Best-selling author Kelly Williams Brown reflects on coining that now dreaded phrase, her 700 worst days, and the millennial mythos of having it all together."

"Making art out of life becomes a zero-sum pursuit, and as the amount of money in writing continues to shrink, the locus of harm becomes increasingly immaterial."

>"The Slouching Towards Bethlehem author, whose incisive style influenced generations of writers and artists, passed away due to Parkinson’s disease"

>"For the next year, Spike is inviting authors from around the world to write a freeform exploration centred on an artist of their choice from _...Read More_

Giacomo’s story is one of many such yarns in Telephone Tales (“Favole al telefono”), a collection of fables published in 1962 by Gianni Rodari. A recent English translation was released in 2020 to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of his _...Read More_

>"Freedom is not a goal, but a direction"

>"The author of the English literary classic Wuthering Heights died tragically young, leaving her second novel unfinished."

>"For two writers who recorded so much, it is odd that there is little to no written record of their intimate encounters."

>"The New Museum presents Grief and Grievance: Art and Mourning in America, an exhibition originally conceived by Okwui Enwezor (1963-2019) for _...Read More_