‘Conflict, religion and poetry are the three energies that I hold together, and they’re all about language’
The man behind the immensely popular Poetry Unbound podcast discusses the two books he’s publishing this year, early objections to Patrick Kavanagh, and the vitalness of surprise ...
The New Yorker magazine's first hundred years
The beloved weekly magazine encompassing journalism, fiction, poetry and cartoons, is celebrating its centenary. New Yorker ...
The Yorkshire Post6d
Interview with Bradford poet Rachel Bower about her debut novel It Comes from the River
Her poems and stories have been widely published ... of each of the women’s stories in It Comes from the River, a dark ambivalent presence that partly represents something within themselves ...
The Forward on MSN2d
In the Italian city where James Joyce wrote ‘Ulysses’ a Jewish poet’s bookstore rises back to life
Trieste is a harbor city tucked into the northeastern corner of Italy, where hilly streets drop to piazzas along the Adriatic ...
Psychology Today4d
How Are You? It's a Deceptively Hard Question
It’s such a deceptively simple question. We hear it dozens of times a day and often answer on autopilot: Fine. Good. Can’t ...
The Nation on MSN6d
Vigdis Hjorth and the Novel of Ugly Love
In If Only, the Norwegian novelist distills a story of romance into all its private discomfort and claustrophobia. Its ...
The Gazette on MSN4d
Dunlevy: Auction of Leonard Cohen’s personal items is cynical, yet poetic
More than 150 pieces go on sale Feb. 28 in L.A., including letters, photos, a Greek fisherman’s cap and the key to Cohen’s ...
wealthofgeeks2d
Every ‘Neon Genesis Evangelion’ Episode, Ranked from Best to Worst
Neon Genesis Evangelion remade the mecha genre in its own image and changed the medium of anime forever. Even popular anime ...
Island6d
Ambivalence, irony and reality
All arrangements have been made for Sri Lanka’s 77th anniversary of Independence to be celebrated on a grand scale today. Interestingly, Independence is being celebrated under a government that is ...
L'Envers du décor: the free nocturnal contemporary art festival at the Palais de la Porte Dorée
L'Envers du décor, at the Palais de la Porte Dorée, is back for its 8th edition. On February 7 and 8, 2025, a host of artists will be on hand to present free, original and contemporary installations ...
BBC1d
Year 5 Poems
The first, second and fifth lines of a limerick rhyme. The same goes for the third and fourth lines.
Queen's University Belfast4d
Liberal Arts
Liberal Arts at Queen's is a unique, exciting and challenging programme that allows students to immerse themselves in subjects that are vital to understanding our twenty-first- century world. Through ...