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bell hooks: Buddhism, the Beats and Loving Blackness
“Feminism does not ground me. It is the discipline that comes from spiritual practice that is the foundation of my life.” By George Yancy and bell hooks. (Dec. 10)
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‘His Joy, His Life’
He could not write a word without hearing it in her pronunciation. He could not wait for her to read his pages. She understood his every comma. “All the happiness of the world, the riches, power and adventures, all the promises of religions, all the enchantment of nature and even human fame” could not equal, Nabokov swore in 1925, two of Véra’s letters. By Stacy Schiff.
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Class of 2016
Our top pick of those artists and writers whose works will in 2016 be entering the public domain in many countries around the world.
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‘Winds Of Winter’ Release Date: George R.R. Martin Reveals ‘Distraction’ Is Reason For Delay
Fans yearning to find out about Jon Snow’s fate will have to rely on the airing of Game of Thrones Season 6
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Sir Terry Pratchett remembered by his daughter, Rhianna Pratchett
The script writer for games, comics and film remembers her father’s gift for observation and his love of nature.
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Rudyard Kipling: an unexpected revival for the ‘bard of empire’
‘Vulgar rabble-rouser’, ‘rootless cosmopolitan’, ‘mouthpiece of the empire’ … Kipling has had his share of detractors. But, 150 years after his birth, interest in India’s greatest English-language writer is growing. By Andrew Lycett.
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The Importance of Being Orwell
In his introduction to a volume of George Orwell’s diaries, the late Christopher Hitchens dissected one of the 20th century’s finest political minds. (July ’12)
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George RR Martin 'astonished' by fan support over missed Game of Thrones deadline
George RR Martin has thanked his fans for the “astonishing … outpouring of support”, which followed his admission on Saturday that he would not be able to finish his novel The Winds of Winter before the new TV series of Game of Thrones airs this spring. Martin revealed on his website on 2 January that, although he had been given an extended deadline of the end of 2015 to complete the long-awaited novel – the sixth in his fantasy series...
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Ferrante, in History
What happens when the most ambitious rethinking of the politics of realism in recent memory can’t be attached to a face? Can they give the Nobel Prize to a pseudonym? By David Kurnick. (Dec. 15)
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Kurt Vonnegut Once Lived in the Shadow of His Brother
Kurt Vonnegut is now known as a famous author, but for most of his life he lived in the shadow of his brilliant scientist brother, Bernard Vonnegut.
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The End of the Story
Diana Athill, Roger Angell, and Ann Burack-Weiss on old age. By Laura Miller.
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China Miéville Spreads Possibilities
Is his new book fantasy? Sci-fi? Confusing? Revealing? By Jacob Brogan.
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Zelda, Burning
Winner of the 2016 Great American Fiction Contest: At Highland Hospital, Zelda Fitzgerald found refuge from the world — but not from Scott.
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Joe Frank, Radio Artist
“Stop at nothing to get the best work that you can get. Betray, violate, cause enormous harm.” By Jonathan Goldstein. (Mar. ’13)
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“We’re all nothing but bags of stories”
Carlos Castaneda as a Countercultural Icon and Budding Post-Modernist. By Andrei Znamenski.
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Bohumil Hrabal
The life, times, letters and politics of Czech novelist Bohumil Hrabal. By James Wood. (Jan. ’01)
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Charles Dickens and The Train of Death
The story behind the classic ghost story ‘The Signal-Man.’ By Paul Gallagher.
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The 5 Most Delightful Sci-Fi and Fantasy Authors, Off-Book
J.K. Rowling, Neil Gaiman, Maggie Stiefvater, Rainbow Rowell. You might like their work, but would you have a beer with them?
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My 10 Favorite Books: Bret Easton Ellis
Aaron Hicklin asked people to name the 10 books they’d take with them if they were marooned on a desert island. The next in the series is the writer and T contributor Bret Easton Ellis, who shares his list exclusively with T.
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The Making of Daniel Clowes
And a golden age for comics. By Robert Ito.
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