by Editor | Mar 20, 2023 | Culture Music Art, Literary News
from RealClear Books & Culture The Work of Sumo Japan’s National Sport Distills Competition to Its Essence By Oliver Bateman Sumo — a Japanese word (相撲) that literally means “striking one another” — is a sport that is almost wholly alien to the American...
by Editor | Mar 18, 2023 | Literary News
from UnHerd Bret Easton Ellis: ‘My generation wanted to be offended’ He discusses millennials, violence and Kanye West BY BRET EASTON ELLIS AND JACOB FUREDI Jacob Furedi: Bret, you’ve spoken before about the struggle you had writing this book. You first tried in 1981,...
by Editor | Mar 13, 2023 | Literary News
from Observer Book Thief Says He Stole 1,000 Unpublished Manuscripts Out of a Love of Reading A manuscript thief who stole unpublished works from authors like Sally Rooney, Margaret Atwood and Ian McEwan claims he wanted to cherish the books before anyone else....
by Editor | Mar 5, 2023 | Literary News
from The Free Press Things Worth Remembering: W. H. Auden’s Poignant Embrace One stanza of poetry captures the pleasure of holding another person. By Douglas Murray W. H. Auden at Oxford University in 1972. (Alamy) One of the odd things about poetry is that people...
by | Jan 27, 2023 | Literary News, Los Angeles
from The Free Press Bret Easton Ellis’s Great Defense of Gen X ‘The Shards’ parachutes us back into the world before teenagers became so sensitive. ‘We were very, very free to explore things that might hurt us, potentially might damage us.’ By Peter Savodnik Credit:...
by | Nov 30, 2022 | Literary News
from artnet A Woman’s Name Uncovered in the Margins of a 1,200-Year-Old Medieval Manuscript Provides a Fresh Clue About Its Real Significance The discovery is a rare example of the involvement of women in medieval book culture. by Richard Whiddington Bodleian Library,...
