Lana Lin’s “The Autobiography of H. Lan Thao Lam” has been longlisted for the 2025 National Book Award for nonfiction. The book is published by Dorothy, an independent publishing project co-founded by WashU’s Danielle Dutton and Martin Riker. The post Dorothy book longlisted for National Book Award appeared first on The Source.| The Source | Washington University in St. Louis
Here is a Sunday special by one of my favorite writers, Greg Olear. Please open and read to the end. He takes the topic and relates it to the present moment, when many of us fear that our republic is in mortal danger, as fascism swirls around us. He writes: Dear Reader, A Shropshire Lad is […]| Diane Ravitch's blog
For those whose most recent memories of the library are from childhood, it may be time to re-visit. The post Kingston’s libraries celebrate Canadian Library Month this October appeared first on The Queen's Journal.| The Queen's Journal
New exhibit The Clearing transforms a simple shipping container into an interactive art exhibition at the Agnes’ off-site gallery in the Rideau Building. The work was created by Kingston-based artists Marney McDiarmid and Clelia Scala, with contributions from poet Sadiqa de Meijer, sound designer Matt Rogalsky, and painter Lee Stewart. From Sept. 19 until Nov. 9, the immersive installation invites visitors to slow down and participate in cycles of release and regeneration.| The Queen's Journal
Thinking of taking a trip abroad? Or maybe relocating for good? Americans would do well, even 150 years hence, to attend to Mark Twain’s satirical account of U.S. travelers journeying through Europe and Palestine, The Innocents Abroad. The “Americans who are painted to peculiar advantage by Mr. Clements” (sic), as fellow American satirist William Dean […]| Open Culture
From riveting thrillers by big-time authors to intimate releases from new voices, we have every kind of reader covered with these releases. The post These Are the 12 Fall Books on Our Editor’s Reading List. Which Are You Picking Up? appeared first on Cultured Mag.| Cultured Mag
Having talked about medical dramas, autism, and the hellscape depths of capitalism, we turn now to a simpler question: is there a piss kink in Paradise Rot? Paradise Rot is a 2009 short novel by Norweigan musician and novelist Jenny Hval. Translated into English in 2018, it follows a young Norweigan student starting university in […]| Death is a Whale
Harold Bloom writes of the anxiety of influence that has afflicted writers going back, in the Western tradition, to Homer. We could stretch the metaphor to include not just writers, or artists, but…| Tigerpapers
By age and disposition, I am only a reluctant convert to the cult of Honor Levy, author of one of 2024’s more anticipated and controversial debuts.| Compact
In this essay, Yehoshua November presents a model for preparing for the High Holidays The post Running and Returning: A Personal Reflection on Prayer, Contemporary Poetry, and Yom Kippur’s Neilah Service appeared first on The Lehrhaus.| The Lehrhaus
I … present the Iliad as the tragedy of Achilles … Agamemnon, Achilles’ commander, betrays “what is right” by wrongfully seizing his prize of honor; indignant rage shrinks Achilles’ social and moral horizon until he cares about no one but a small group of combat-proven comrades; his closest friend in that circle, his second-in-command and […]| Logarithmic History
“Slash fiction” has nothing to do with slashers or serial killers. It’s a genre of fan fiction, depicting romances between male characters. The “slash” is a “/”. For example, a Kirk / Spock story will be about Kirk and Spock coming to realize that they are more than just friends, and consummating a sexual relationship. Interestingly, […]| Logarithmic History
Homer’s Iliad records 240 battlefield deaths, 188 Trojans and 52 Achaeans. Those who had dreamed that force, thanks to progress, belonged only to the past, have been able to see in the Iliad a historical document; those who know how to see force, today as yesterday, at the center of all human history, can find […]| Logarithmic History
As November rolls around my mind immediately wanders to my long Thanksgiving grocery list. Every homeschool lesson feels like it revolves around pilgrims, Native Americans, turkey, and gratitude. Maybe you’ve created... The post November Learning Activities For Your Homeschool: art, history, geography and more! appeared first on You ARE an ARTiST!.| You ARE an ARTiST!
In this last-ditch diptych, your crusty 89-year-old literary grandaddy completely changes tack, holding forth on the biggest philosophical and scientific questions of our age.| Deep Dish
Clio Doyle, a lecturer in English at Queen Mary University who teaches students about Taylor Swift's music, writes about the power of lyrics.| Big Issue
Carolyn Chute’s The Beans of Egypt, Maine tells the story of a rural working-class community crumbling apart as big industry and corporate incursions leave its people having to survive by making money instead of supporting each other through farming, barter,... Read More ›| Literary Theory and Criticism
During a Penguin Online Auditorium conversation with college students in 1999, Dorothy Allison described her novel Bastard Out of Carolina as a “story about a working class family, people who are trying very hard to take loving care of each... Read More ›| Literary Theory and Criticism
Following the highly acclaimed short-story collection, Pangs of Love (1991), this debut novel by David Wong Louie represents an in-depth exploration of the theme of cultural assimilation. Critical opinion of The Barbarians Are Coming is generally very positive, praising Louie’s... Read More ›| Literary Theory and Criticism
When Robert Penn Warren published Band of Angels in 1955, the most frequent critical response was to compare the novel with Margaret Mitchell’s 1936 blockbuster Gone with the Wind. Such comparisons spoke volumes about the indelibility of Mitchell’s single novelistic... Read More ›| Literary Theory and Criticism
Carson McCullers’s short novel, The Ballad of the Sad Café, brings the uncanny to the fore. Three bizarre main characters populate the dreary southern landscape to advance McCullers’s recurrent the…| Literary Theory and Criticism
Looking back at the Buddhist leanings and spiritual scavenging of Leo Tolstoy The post The Buddha of Yasnaya Polyana appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.| Tricycle: The Buddhist Review
The post Deep Future: A Look at Tech Beyond the App Store appeared first on TechAcute. If this article has been copied anywhere else without permission it will be subject to legal action.| TechAcute
Lady Susan by Jane Austen (1794),(in Northanger Abbey, Lady Susan, The Watsons and Sanditon).Oxford World’s Classics, 2008 (1871). Will you walk into my parlour?” said the Spider to the…| Calmgrove
Written by Naomi Sím. The article introduces “rosettation,” a method of translating between minoritised languages like Tâigí and Gaelic via dominant ones. The Tâigael project explores linguistic solidarity, reader responses, and political tensions. Rosettation emerges as both a pragmatic strategy and a literary experiment, which enables new forms of intercultural dialogue despite inherent compromises.Continue reading| Taiwan Insight
Written by Lisa LacDonald. This article reflects on orchids in Scotland and Taiwan as metaphors for translation. While Scottish orchids evoke resilience, Taiwanese orchids embody richness and locality. The author highlights the difficulty of conveying cultural nuance across languages, framing translation as both interpretation and resistance, balancing fidelity, accessibility, and the preservation of linguistic diversity.Continue reading| Taiwan Insight
Written by Elissa Hunter-Dorans. This article reflects on how maternal and grandmaternal figures embody the preservation of Taiwanese and Gaelic. Through Tâigael, the author explores oral tradition…| Taiwan Insight
The English poet and Bengali scholar’s translations of Tagore and Michael Madhusudan Dutt brought Bengali renaissance to international audiences.| | Frontline
In a culture that has forgotten the sacred, to see with the eyes of moral imagination is a quiet revolution. And it is one my generation desperately needs.| Public Discourse
I have been strongly drawn to pick up several recent books of history and historiography that tackle anachronisms and reifications, because such clarifying works can keep us from making facile conclusions about the past—and about its effect on the present.| Public Discourse
Lewis is needed, now more than ever, to help men and women of faith move “further up and further in.” Jews will be much better off for the journey with him.| Public Discourse
You think you’e so fine with your bragging and science and human understanding – oh, I’ve heard all about it till I could scream myself insane with the words| The Australian Legend
Canon Fodder is an occasional series in which I write about classic works of horror fiction. This particular part of the series is devoted to the complete published works of Thomas L…| Taskerland
Is the Charlotte Mason Home Education Method Right for Your Family? Are you searching for an educational approach that prioritizes ... Read more The post Charlotte Mason Home Education Method appeared first on Arise Home Education.| Arise Home Education
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) The words ‘child’ and ‘children’ have had an interesting history. Although we can all easily define ‘child’ now – a young person who had not yet attained adulthood – this definition in itself raises some intriguing questions. Legally, a ‘child’ may be someone under sixteen years of age, or ... Read more| Interesting Literature
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) Of all of the short stories written by H. G. Wells (1866-1946), ‘In the Avu Observatory’ is one of the most genuinely frightening. In this story, Wells’s writing is sublime, and the way he slowly builds suspense as a mysterious monstrous creature attacks the scientist manning an observatory in ... Read more| Interesting Literature
a person who overestimates their own influence—1661—alludes to the fable of a fly sitting on the axletree of a moving chariot and saying, “See what a dust I raise”| word histories
a person who behaves as if he or she knows everything—UK, colloquial, 1860—the irony of the expression lies in the fact that clogs are mere functional pedestrian objects| word histories
UK, 1907: ‘to ghostwrite’ (to write a book, an article, etc., for another person, under whose name it is then published—USA, 1908: ‘ghostwriter’ (a person who ghostwrites)| word histories
Emma Hawthorne, a 21-year-old battling Crohn’s disease and the weight of a life she never got to live. Her days are marked by dreams of independence, college, and fre| The Reading Palette
It is often remarked that Lord Byron (often regarded as one of "the greatest British poets") had an incestuous relationship with his half-sister Augusta Leigh (eg here). However, other sources appear to regard this as a myth (eg here). Until recently, I presumed that this was something which we had insufficient of to confirm or deny. However, while reading the Wikipedia page on Lord Byron, I saw the following line: The biographer of Byron André Maurois who had access to the poet's archive, r...| Recent Questions - Skeptics Stack Exchange
The Great Library of Alexandria was one of the wonders of ancient civilisation having collected many thousands of scrolls containing knowledge and literature from across the known world. The 2009 movie Agora is partially about its destruction and tells this story (my emphasis): When the Christians start defiling the statues of the pagan gods, the pagans, including Orestes and Hypatia's father, ambush the Christians to squash their rising influence. However, in the ensuing battle, the pagans u...| Recent Questions - Skeptics Stack Exchange
A literary reflection by Joel Kurz on Willa Cather's My Ántonia. This is one installment of a monthly series providing reflections on works of literature from a Lutheran perspective. “The body characterizes everything it touches. What it makes it traces over with the marks of its pulses and breathings, its excitements, hesitations, flaws, and mistakes. On its good work, it leaves the marks of skill, care, and love persisting through hesitations, flaws, and mistakes. And to those of us who ...| The Lutheran Witness
Festival takes place from 26 September until 5 October 2025. Rome hosts the Festival della Letteratura di Viaggio, dedicated to travel literature, at Palazzetto Mattei and the gardens of Villa Celimontana from 26 September until 5 October. Promoted by the Italian Geographical Society, the 16th edition of the annual event has as its theme Islands, Sea, Oceans, with a special focus on fragile marine ecosystems, as well as the oceans and distant lands threatened by the climate crisis and ris...| Wanted in Rome - Wanted in Rome | Italy's news in English
The post How ‘Cyber Citizens’ Aims to Save Democracy from Big Tech appeared first on TechAcute. If this article has been copied anywhere else without permission it will be subject to legal action.| TechAcute
I really feel this advertisement has “said the quiet part out loud.” “One day you won’t have to assemble the entire creative team for every little request. Are they all wearing hats?” Image and text copyright Adobe 2025 (reproduced here for comment and review). Yup, not only are your human […]| Win Vector LLC
Panagiotis Thomas writes[1] in a time marked by violence, racism, fanaticism, and intolerance, choosing to stand beside “the weak, the powerless, the marginalized of our world.” His work raises the fundamental question of existential affirmation in the face of the Other—the alien, the ugly, the suffering. Thomas seeks the ontological foundation for sensitivity and the... The post An Impossible Resurrection appeared first on Public Orthodoxy.| Public Orthodoxy
Wednesday, the 10th of September 2025, and time for Shelf Control once again! Shelf Control is a weekly feature created by Lisa at Bookshelf Fantasies and celebrates the books waiting to be read on…| Literary Potpourri
Some legends refuse to rest. Vampires—those blood-hungry immortals—have roamed from the crypts of Carpathia to your late-night scrolling. They act as culture’s reflecting pool, showing us what we fear, desire, and deny. Why do vampires bite the same necks, across centuries? Because they’re always ready to mirror our darkest yearnings back at us. 1. From...| Illuminati Press
We used to tremble when angels arrived. Their wings were blazing halos, their words shook the heavens, and mortals stammered, “Be not afraid.” But somewhere along the line—through pop culture and viral memes—angels turned gentle: whispering reassurance via license plates or ticking digital clocks. Meanwhile, fallen angels became synonymous with demons; the metaphors got murkier,...| Illuminati Press
Q: Was J.R.R. Tolkien British, English, or A South African? ANSWER: No one submitted this question to me (recently). It’s been asked a billion times [...]| Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog
Q: What Is The Oldest Reused Phrase In ‘The Lord Of The Rings’? ANSWER: This is one of the most challenging requests I’ve ever received. And I have no efficient way of confirming …| Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog
When I was a child in school, I was never assigned the task of writing to an author — thank goodness, as such mandated correspondence is the dullest and most pointless kind. However, I did once write to the favorite author of my adolescence, Robin McKinley, and she not only answered with a real letter, … Continue reading Do you ever write to writers?| Entering the Enchanted Castle
This four-part series celebrates the 100th anniversary of the very first publication of volume one of Mein Kampf, written by the man who began our titanic struggle against the enemies of Life.Great changes are coming to this Earth and to Life itself; his prophetic words can guide us toward the light.…| National Vanguard
This four-part series celebrates the 100th anniversary of the very first publication of volume one of Mein Kampf, written by the man rightly called the Hero of the Second World War.Here he offers you an opportunity to align your thoughts with new beginnings; with greatness; with understanding. by…| National Vanguard
This four-part series celebrates the 100th anniversary of the very first publication of volume one of Mein Kampf, written by the greatest man of our era, Adolf Hitler.Here are more thoughts from the man whose ideals and self-sacrifice, if comprehended rightly, can lead us out of the labyrinth. by Adolf…| National Vanguard
Today is the 100th anniversary of the very first publication of volume one of Mein Kampf, written by the greatest man of our era, Adolf Hitler. To honor the occasion, we present some of his thoughts from that work on Nature, race, and community.As we enter the second century of Mein Kampf, let us begin by…| National Vanguard
The latest findings on American literacy are troubling, and not just for educators and authors: The number of Americans who read for pleasure has fallen by 40%, according to a new study. Researcher…| M.C. Tuggle, Writer
The publication of Sally Rooney’s fourth novel, Intermezzo, was one of the most anticipated literary events of last year. The young Irish novelist is a commercial and critical sensation, her first three books all winning prizes; Normal People (2018) has sold a million copies in the UK, while Conversations with Friends (2017) and Beautiful World, […]| Culturall
Listen to The Literary Life: Welcome back to The Literary Life Podcast! This week we begin a brief, two-episode series covering Christina Rossetti’s narrative poem “Goblin Market.” Our hosts, Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks, look at the life and family background of Christina Rossetti, highlighting her devout Christian faith as key to understanding her poetry. Thomas shares the dates for the Victorian and Pre-Raphaelite periods in terms of art and literature. Angelina asks what the f...| The Literary Life
On today's episode of The Literary Life podcast, our hosts Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks attempt to get us closer to an answer to the question "What is the literary tradition?" After acknowledging the difficulty of approaching this question, Angelina shares an analogy for understanding the literary tradition as differing degrees of ability to see.| The Literary Life
Reframed as a “bewitched middlebrow,” Buzzati’s fiction re-enters literary history not as a comforting escape, but as a sharp tool for existential inquiry. The post Betwixt or Bewitched? Rethinking the “Middlebrow” with Dino Buzzati appeared first on Public Books.| Public Books
Published in 1922, Babbitt won praise from contemporary critics for Sinclair Lewis’s use of photographic realism, believable American dialogue, and satirical portrayal of small-town America. The novel relates the experience of businessman George Folansbee Babbitt in the typical Midwestern city... Read More ›| Literary Theory and Criticism
Critically attacked and dubbed scandalous in its own time, Kate Chopin’s The Awakening (1899) is one of the earliest American novels that openly confronts the subject of female sexual desire. The novel’s main character, Edna Pontellier, rejects the traditional roles... Read More ›| Literary Theory and Criticism
Literariness Journal Vol. 1, Issue 1 (Inaugural Issue) Theme: Digital and Analog Cultures The inaugural issue of Literariness Journal seeks contributions that interrogate the complex intersections between digital and analog cultures. We invite scholarship that explores the values, practices, technologies,... Read More ›| Literary Theory and Criticism
Although Ernest Gaines lived in California from the age of 15, all of his stories and novels are deeply rooted in the Black culture and storytelling traditions of his native Louisiana. Gaines was born on the River Lake Plantation in... Read More ›| Literary Theory and Criticism
This fictional autobiography and narrative achieved belated critical and commercial success during the Harlem Renaissance. The novel’s first audience took it to be a straight autobiography, much to the surprise of Johnson, who noted that it was no “human document.”... Read More ›| Literary Theory and Criticism
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas is not an autobiography and not by Alice B. Toklas. Rather, it is a fictional text written by Gertrude Stein and populated by colorful characters that happen to share the names of real people,... Read More ›| Literary Theory and Criticism
Alice McDermott’s third novel, At Weddings and Wakes, is set in the early 1960s, soon after the assassination of President Kennedy. It is the story of the four Irish Catholic Towne sisters and thei…| Literary Theory and Criticism
In a gateway course at St. Norbert College, community-building enhances students' vocational exploration. Through personal conferences, peer mentorship, and intentional interactions, this gateway course fosters trust and support. This class helps students discover their voices and lays a foundation for meaningful relationships and learning, emphasizing that vocation flourishes within community contexts.| vocation matters
The University of Georgia Press is pleased to announce that Victoria Chang will serve as head judge for the 2025 Georgia Poetry Prize.| ugapress.wordpress.com
What’s Bred in the Bone (1985) by Robertson Davies, No 2 in The Cornish Trilogy. Penguin Books, 2011 (1991). ‘That alchemy is a pretty kind of game Somewhat like tricks o’ the cards to cheat a man With charming.’ — ‘The Alchemist’ (1610) by Ben Johnson. This, the absorbing central title in Robertson Davies’s Cornish … Continue reading The Alchemical Master| Calmgrove
A close up of the Episkopon Tower, Trinity College, the University of Toronto (Guy Grant Taylor, 2015) The Rebel Angels by Robertson Davies in The Cornish Trilogy, Penguin Books, 2011 (1981). ̵…| Calmgrove
Canon Fodder is an occasional series in which I write about classic works of horror fiction. This particular part of the series is devoted to the complete published works of H.P. Lovecraft, which I…| Taskerland
As I was reviewing today’s post, I realized that today marks my 2nd year of blogging. I can’t believe it’s already been two years. I guess my trip to the Printers Row Lit Fest in Chicago, Illinois,…| Thoughts about leadership, history, and more
Written by Hannah Stevens and Will Buckingham. The article introduces Tâigael: Stories from Taiwanese & Gaelic, a translation project linking two minoritised languages through English and Mandarin as bridges. Writers reflect on linguistic solidarity, maternal legacies in “mother tongues,” risks of reinforcing hierarchies, and ecological fidelity in translation. Together, their essays highlight translation’s generative, resistant, and collaborative potential.Continue reading| Taiwan Insight
Johnny-come-latelyThe new kid in townEverybody loves youSo don’t let them down… Well, I don’t know if everybody loves me like in this (ironic) Eagles song, but certainly everyone is making me feel very welcome in Berlin. The city itself seems to be at its best, on the cusp of summer to autumn, not too unbearably … Continue reading New Kid in New Town| findingtimetowrite
And these two, a boy and and a girl, went forward, each lost in their own world, for a time oblivious of the bigger darkness over the whole land| The Australian Legend
COVER ART BY AL KRATZ FICTION THE BOWLING STORY BY AARON BURCH BLUR BY DAWN MILLER MOM-G BY CHARLES GROSEL UNCLE HURT BY PATRICK STRICKLAND NONFICTION ADOPTING FROM FOSTER CARE IN EIG…| Pithead Chapel
Jackie Morris is a celebrated author and illustrator of children’s books. Winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal and the Tir na n-Og award, she has created and contributed to the creation of dozens of well-regarded and oft-reprinted books in a career stretching back close to thirty years. Originally published by the now defunct publisher Unbound, […]| Taskerland
Canon Fodder is an occasional series in which I write about classic works of horror fiction. This particular part of the series is devoted to the complete published works of Thomas Ligotti which I will slowly be working my way through. The third part of Thomas Ligotti’s third collection, Noctuary, consists of over twenty pieces of what was once […]| Taskerland
Things Resurface is an occasional series in which I write films and TV series from in and around the ‘Folk Horror’ genre. While the spine of this series comes from the Severin films’ ‘All The Haunt…| Taskerland
Historically, fandom has been the home of marginalised groups who have used the spaces provided to experiment with texts and ways of sharing them. However, with the growing commercialisation of the internet, the extraction of economic benefits from fan communities is transforming their participatory dynamics. It was the morning after the big move, and I […] The post Fanfiction Inc. appeared first on CCCB LAB.| CCCB LAB
There is a particular kind of woman who appears, again and again, in literature: beautiful, untameable, and mad. She is Bertha in Jane Eyre, confined to an attic. She is Ophelia, floating dead in a river. She is Esther Greenwood in The Bell Jar, sedated into silence. She is unnamed in The Yellow Wallpaper, hallucinating a woman crawling […] The post Mad Women and the Legacy of Female ‘Insanity’ in Literature first appeared on The Badger.| The Badger
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) The word ‘girl’, like many everyday words which we might assume have perfectly ordinary and straightforward histories, actually has a surprising etymol…| Interesting Literature
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘Wants’ is a very short story by the American writer Grace Paley (1922-2007). First published in the Atlantic in 1972, it was the opening story in Paley’s 1974 collection, Enormous Changes at the Last Minute and remains one of her most popular and widely studied stories. Summary The narrator ... Read more| Interesting Literature
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) The British author H. G. Wells (1866-1946) was a prolific writer of novels, scientific romances, and non-fiction. His late work All Aboard for Ararat, which was published in 1940 against the backdrop of world war, is not one of his most celebrated books, but it’s an interesting example of ... Read more| Interesting Literature
