by Editor | May 8, 2023 | Literary News
from Real Clear Books Leo Tolstoy the Free Thinker: Yet Another ‘New’ Look at ‘War and Peace’ By John Tamny For mountain climbers, one imagines that Mt. Everest looms as the ultimate climb to validate one’s ability. For runners, it would be the...
by Editor | May 2, 2023 | Literary News
from The New Yorker Why Are TV Writers So Miserable? On the cusp of a potential strike, writers explain why no one is having much fun making television anymore. By Michael Schulman For people outside the industry, the woes of TV writers can elicit a boo-hoo response....
by Editor | Apr 28, 2023 | Literary News
from France 24 One of world’s oldest newspapers to end daily print run The development marks the final step in a years-long dispute between the Austrian government and the newspaper about the future of the state-owned daily. Founded in 1703 under the name...
by Editor | Apr 23, 2023 | Culture Music Art, Literary News
from Book Riot A BOX OF NOSTALGIA: THE SRA READING LABORATORY by Elizabeth Allen I’m the type of nerd who spent a good amount of my energy trying to will my teacher into giving us silent reading time. I’m the type of nerd who shot my hand up the instant the...
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,...
