<![CDATA[Literature - Newslocker]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/en-usCopyright (C) 2026 newslocker.comFri, 04 Sep 2026 01:32:14 +0200<![CDATA[The political right often acts in bad faith in its attacks on academia; in response, academics lapse into tendentious moralism]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-political-right-often-acts-in-bad-faith-in-its-attacks-on-academia-in-response-academics-lapse-into-tendentious-moralism/Fri, 04 Sep 2026 01:32:14 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-political-right-often-acts-in-bad-faith-in-its-attacks-on-academia-in-response-academics-lapse-into-tendentious-moralism/<![CDATA[Pauline Kael was useless as a guide to movies. 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Ryback]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-53-days-by-timothy-w-ryback/Tue, 01 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-53-days-by-timothy-w-ryback/<![CDATA[Wendell Berry, Writer Who Extolled America’s Agrarian Past, Dies at 92]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/wendell-berry-writer-who-extolled-americas-agrarian-past-dies-at-92/Tue, 01 Sep 2026 02:16:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/wendell-berry-writer-who-extolled-americas-agrarian-past-dies-at-92/<![CDATA[In 1970, 1 in 13 four-year degrees was in English. Today it's 1 in 60. 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What does his approach make of today’s cinema?]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/siegfried-kracauer-believed-films-could-foretell-political-disaster-what-does-his-approach-make-of-todays-cinema/Fri, 28 Aug 2026 23:17:23 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/siegfried-kracauer-believed-films-could-foretell-political-disaster-what-does-his-approach-make-of-todays-cinema/<![CDATA[“As intellectually undistinguished as it is possible to be”: F.R. Leavis’s torching of C.P. 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She Only Caricatured Herself.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/rachel-cusk-tried-to-caricature-natalie-portman-she-only-caricatured-herself/Fri, 28 Aug 2026 11:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/rachel-cusk-tried-to-caricature-natalie-portman-she-only-caricatured-herself/<![CDATA[Book Club: Read ‘Etna,’ by Paul Yoon, With the Book Review]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-club-read-etna-by-paul-yoon-with-the-book-review/Fri, 28 Aug 2026 11:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-club-read-etna-by-paul-yoon-with-the-book-review/<![CDATA[A New Declaration of Independence for America’s 250th Birthday From Arion Press]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-new-declaration-of-independence-for-americas-250th-birthday-from-arion-press/Fri, 28 Aug 2026 11:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-new-declaration-of-independence-for-americas-250th-birthday-from-arion-press/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Hometown,’ by Shaun Tan]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-hometown-by-shaun-tan/Fri, 28 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-hometown-by-shaun-tan/<![CDATA[Adult Mystery Books for Fans of Detectives and Spies]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/adult-mystery-books-for-fans-of-detectives-and-spies/Fri, 28 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/adult-mystery-books-for-fans-of-detectives-and-spies/<![CDATA[No one was more baffled by his celebrity than Albert Einstein himself: "Why is it that nobody understands me and everybody likes me?"]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/no-one-was-more-baffled-by-his-celebrity-than-albert-einstein-himself-why-is-it-that-nobody-understands-me-and-everybody-likes-me/Fri, 28 Aug 2026 01:14:26 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/no-one-was-more-baffled-by-his-celebrity-than-albert-einstein-himself-why-is-it-that-nobody-understands-me-and-everybody-likes-me/<![CDATA[Modern diet and food fad notions obscure a basic truth: For most of human existence, we have lived in the shadow of starvation]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/modern-diet-and-food-fad-notions-obscure-a-basic-truth-for-most-of-human-existence-we-have-lived-in-the-shadow-of-starvation/Fri, 28 Aug 2026 01:14:26 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/modern-diet-and-food-fad-notions-obscure-a-basic-truth-for-most-of-human-existence-we-have-lived-in-the-shadow-of-starvation/<![CDATA[How a spelling quirk and a typesetter's blunder conspired to give us the word "weird"]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-a-spelling-quirk-and-a-typesetters-blunder-conspired-to-give-us-the-word-weird/Fri, 28 Aug 2026 01:14:26 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-a-spelling-quirk-and-a-typesetters-blunder-conspired-to-give-us-the-word-weird/<![CDATA[Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Changes Lives. Some States Gut It Anyway.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/dolly-partons-imagination-library-changes-lives-some-states-gut-it-anyway/Thu, 27 Aug 2026 16:19:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/dolly-partons-imagination-library-changes-lives-some-states-gut-it-anyway/<![CDATA[The Philanthropic Life of Dolly Parton]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-philanthropic-life-of-dolly-parton/Thu, 27 Aug 2026 11:22:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-philanthropic-life-of-dolly-parton/<![CDATA[Lee Friedlander Is Funny. 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Chatbots]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/even-millions-of-stolen-books-cannot-satisfy-ravenous-ai-chatbots/Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/even-millions-of-stolen-books-cannot-satisfy-ravenous-ai-chatbots/<![CDATA[How Should ‘Huckleberry Finn’ Be Taught?]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-should-huckleberry-finn-be-taught/Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-should-huckleberry-finn-be-taught/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Time Tax,’ by Annie Lowrey]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-time-tax-by-annie-lowrey/Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-time-tax-by-annie-lowrey/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Heart of Glass,’ by Jennifer Hillier]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-heart-of-glass-by-jennifer-hillier/Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-heart-of-glass-by-jennifer-hillier/<![CDATA[The Best Books to Read on American Identity]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-best-books-to-read-on-american-identity/Sun, 23 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-best-books-to-read-on-american-identity/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Up on Cove Mountain,’ by Earl Swift]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-up-on-cove-mountain-by-earl-swift/Sun, 23 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-up-on-cove-mountain-by-earl-swift/<![CDATA[Why a Peaceful Relationship Isn’t Always a Healthy One]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/why-a-peaceful-relationship-isnt-always-a-healthy-one/Sat, 22 Aug 2026 11:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/why-a-peaceful-relationship-isnt-always-a-healthy-one/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Great Wherever,’ by Shannon Sanders]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-great-wherever-by-shannon-sanders/Sat, 22 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-great-wherever-by-shannon-sanders/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Anniversary,’ by Andrea Bajani]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-anniversary-by-andrea-bajani/Sat, 22 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-anniversary-by-andrea-bajani/<![CDATA[An Expert on Conflict Says Your Relationships Are Doomed Without It]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/an-expert-on-conflict-says-your-relationships-are-doomed-without-it/Sat, 22 Aug 2026 10:50:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/an-expert-on-conflict-says-your-relationships-are-doomed-without-it/<![CDATA[Close and Loving, or Oppressive? A Novelist Takes Aim at Italian Families.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/close-and-loving-or-oppressive-a-novelist-takes-aim-at-italian-families/Sat, 22 Aug 2026 06:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/close-and-loving-or-oppressive-a-novelist-takes-aim-at-italian-families/<![CDATA[What should we do with “truly depraved,” morally dangerous art? 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You’ll be notified by email when your items are ready for you to collect. Pick them up from a locker with your physical or digital MIT ID; requested]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/coming-soon-self-service-lockers/Fri, 21 Aug 2026 19:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/coming-soon-self-service-lockers/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Breakup,’ by Kurt Andersen]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-breakup-by-kurt-andersen/Fri, 21 Aug 2026 16:24:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-breakup-by-kurt-andersen/<![CDATA[Why Do We Keep Imagining a New Civil War?]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/why-do-we-keep-imagining-a-new-civil-war/Fri, 21 Aug 2026 11:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/why-do-we-keep-imagining-a-new-civil-war/<![CDATA[Why We Can’t Resist a Great Bookstore]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/why-we-cant-resist-a-great-bookstore/Fri, 21 Aug 2026 11:03:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/why-we-cant-resist-a-great-bookstore/<![CDATA[The Loudest ‘Seagull’ Is Almost Entirely Silent]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-loudest-seagull-is-almost-entirely-silent/Fri, 21 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-loudest-seagull-is-almost-entirely-silent/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Life of M,’ by Rachel Cusk]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-life-of-m-by-rachel-cusk/Fri, 21 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-life-of-m-by-rachel-cusk/<![CDATA[Back-to-School Picture Books by Amy Schwartz, Sophie Blackall, Oliver Jeffers and Chris Priestley]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/back-to-school-picture-books-by-amy-schwartz-sophie-blackall-oliver-jeffers-and-chris-priestley/Fri, 21 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/back-to-school-picture-books-by-amy-schwartz-sophie-blackall-oliver-jeffers-and-chris-priestley/<![CDATA[Who is the greatest short story writer of all time? According to one data cruncher, it’s not Chekhov or Barthelme, but Joyce Carol Oates]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/who-is-the-greatest-short-story-writer-of-all-time-according-to-one-data-cruncher-its-not-chekhov-or-barthelme-but-joyce-carol-oates/Fri, 21 Aug 2026 03:11:20 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/who-is-the-greatest-short-story-writer-of-all-time-according-to-one-data-cruncher-its-not-chekhov-or-barthelme-but-joyce-carol-oates/<![CDATA[Paul Celan's childhood spanned seven languages and one vanishing world. His poetry created space to mourn and remember and survive ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/paul-celans-childhood-spanned-seven-languages-and-one-vanishing-world-his-poetry-created-space-to-mourn-and-remember-and-survivenbsp/Fri, 21 Aug 2026 03:11:20 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/paul-celans-childhood-spanned-seven-languages-and-one-vanishing-world-his-poetry-created-space-to-mourn-and-remember-and-survivenbsp/<![CDATA[Admired in his time by Dickens, Byron, and Mary Shelley, Washington Irving’s reputation has been in steep decline ever since]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/admired-in-his-time-by-dickens-byron-and-mary-shelley-washington-irvings-reputation-has-been-in-steep-decline-ever-since/Fri, 21 Aug 2026 03:11:20 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/admired-in-his-time-by-dickens-byron-and-mary-shelley-washington-irvings-reputation-has-been-in-steep-decline-ever-since/<![CDATA[Rachel Cusk on Her Novel ‘Life of M,’ Gossip and Natalie Portman]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/rachel-cusk-on-her-novel-life-of-m-gossip-and-natalie-portman/Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:51:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/rachel-cusk-on-her-novel-life-of-m-gossip-and-natalie-portman/<![CDATA[Music Forum: Makoto Takao]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/music-forum-makoto-takao/Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:55:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/music-forum-makoto-takao/<![CDATA[Music Forum: Christian Frederickson]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/music-forum-christian-frederickson/Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:55:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/music-forum-christian-frederickson/<![CDATA[Interview: Blake Crouch on ‘Dark Matter’ and His Favorite Books]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/interview-blake-crouch-on-dark-matter-and-his-favorite-books/Thu, 20 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/interview-blake-crouch-on-dark-matter-and-his-favorite-books/<![CDATA["The thought that Socrates would care about how his icon is fashioned seems strange to me, but the thought that Plato would care is not strange"]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-thought-that-socrates-would-care-about-how-his-icon-is-fashioned-seems-strange-to-me-but-the-thought-that-plato-would-care-is-not-strange/Thu, 20 Aug 2026 01:16:29 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-thought-that-socrates-would-care-about-how-his-icon-is-fashioned-seems-strange-to-me-but-the-thought-that-plato-would-care-is-not-strange/<![CDATA[History is the story of corrupt elites and the virtuous activists who oppose them. Or so it was, formulaically, for Howard Zinn]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/history-is-the-story-of-corrupt-elites-and-the-virtuous-activists-who-oppose-them-or-so-it-was-formulaically-for-howard-zinn/Thu, 20 Aug 2026 01:16:29 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/history-is-the-story-of-corrupt-elites-and-the-virtuous-activists-who-oppose-them-or-so-it-was-formulaically-for-howard-zinn/<![CDATA[Book publishing is awash in AI scandals. As one agent puts it, AI slop has gotten so bad it makes Fifty Shades of Grey look like Tolstoy]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-publishing-is-awash-in-ai-scandals-as-one-agent-puts-it-ai-slop-has-gotten-so-bad-it-makes-fifty-shades-of-grey-look-like-tolstoy/Thu, 20 Aug 2026 01:16:29 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-publishing-is-awash-in-ai-scandals-as-one-agent-puts-it-ai-slop-has-gotten-so-bad-it-makes-fifty-shades-of-grey-look-like-tolstoy/<![CDATA[Columnist Ross Barkan Apologizes Amid Plagiarism Scandal]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/columnist-ross-barkan-apologizes-amid-plagiarism-scandal/Wed, 19 Aug 2026 23:09:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/columnist-ross-barkan-apologizes-amid-plagiarism-scandal/<![CDATA[In weird-girl literature, detached protagonists have bad jobs, slightly happier best friends, and troubled relationships. Are the novels any good?]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-weird-girl-literature-detached-protagonists-have-bad-jobs-slightly-happier-best-friends-and-troubled-relationships-are-the-novels-any-good-2/Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:44:32 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-weird-girl-literature-detached-protagonists-have-bad-jobs-slightly-happier-best-friends-and-troubled-relationships-are-the-novels-any-good-2/<![CDATA[Explore MIT Libraries’ new homepage]]> The updated design and content make it easier to:Search for and find a book, article, or other materials
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These 8 Books Might Help.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/feeling-lonely-these-8-books-might-help/Wed, 19 Aug 2026 11:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/feeling-lonely-these-8-books-might-help/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State,’ by Jill Lepore]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-artificial-state-by-jill-lepore/Wed, 19 Aug 2026 11:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-artificial-state-by-jill-lepore/<![CDATA[In a Faltering Chinese Economy, Working-Class Stories Strike a Chord]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-a-faltering-chinese-economy-working-class-stories-strike-a-chord/Wed, 19 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-a-faltering-chinese-economy-working-class-stories-strike-a-chord/<![CDATA[The ultimate scholarly shortcut, the Ars Notoria was said to instantly grant the full range of Medieval learning — but at the risk of poisoning one’s soul]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-ultimate-scholarly-shortcut-the-ars-notoria-was-said-to-instantly-grant-the-full-range-of-medieval-learning-but-at-the-risk-of-poisoning-ones-soul/Tue, 18 Aug 2026 21:17:19 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-ultimate-scholarly-shortcut-the-ars-notoria-was-said-to-instantly-grant-the-full-range-of-medieval-learning-but-at-the-risk-of-poisoning-ones-soul/<![CDATA[In weird girl literature detached protagonists have bad jobs, slightly-happier best friends, and troubled relationships. Are the novels any good?]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-weird-girl-literature-detached-protagonists-have-bad-jobs-slightly-happier-best-friends-and-troubled-relationships-are-the-novels-any-good/Tue, 18 Aug 2026 21:17:19 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-weird-girl-literature-detached-protagonists-have-bad-jobs-slightly-happier-best-friends-and-troubled-relationships-are-the-novels-any-good/<![CDATA[Few American writers have skewered the self-deluding barbarity that is American foreign policy with as much force as Dwight Macdonald]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/few-american-writers-have-skewered-the-self-deluding-barbarity-that-is-american-foreign-policy-with-as-much-force-as-dwight-macdonald/Tue, 18 Aug 2026 21:17:19 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/few-american-writers-have-skewered-the-self-deluding-barbarity-that-is-american-foreign-policy-with-as-much-force-as-dwight-macdonald/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Book of Chuck,’ by Charmaine Wilkerson]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-book-of-chuck-by-charmaine-wilkerson/Tue, 18 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-book-of-chuck-by-charmaine-wilkerson/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Range,’ by Dorthe Nors]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-range-by-dorthe-nors/Tue, 18 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-range-by-dorthe-nors/<![CDATA[Which Book Should You Read to Finish Summer? Take the Quiz.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/which-book-should-you-read-to-finish-summer-take-the-quiz/Tue, 18 Aug 2026 01:55:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/which-book-should-you-read-to-finish-summer-take-the-quiz/<![CDATA[Open Data @ MIT]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/open-data-mit/Mon, 17 Aug 2026 23:25:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/open-data-mit/<![CDATA[W.G. Sebald’s poetic, picturesque accounts of Austrian literature are, at crucial points, gravely distorted]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/wg-sebalds-poetic-picturesque-accounts-of-austrian-literature-are-at-crucial-points-gravely-distorted/Mon, 17 Aug 2026 22:13:18 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/wg-sebalds-poetic-picturesque-accounts-of-austrian-literature-are-at-crucial-points-gravely-distorted/<![CDATA[What caused a particularly lurid sex scandal in Prussian Königsberg? 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Sebald’s poetic, picturesque accounts of Austrian literature are, at critical points, gravely distorted]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/wg-sebalds-poetic-picturesque-accounts-of-austrian-literature-are-at-critical-points-gravely-distorted/Mon, 17 Aug 2026 20:44:25 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/wg-sebalds-poetic-picturesque-accounts-of-austrian-literature-are-at-critical-points-gravely-distorted/<![CDATA[The smorgasbord: What began as modest, rule-bound dining in Sweden evolved into something akin to a “pagan feast” in the United States]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-smorgasbord-what-began-as-modest-rule-bound-dining-in-sweden-evolved-into-something-akin-to-a-pagan-feast-in-the-united-states/Mon, 17 Aug 2026 20:44:25 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-smorgasbord-what-began-as-modest-rule-bound-dining-in-sweden-evolved-into-something-akin-to-a-pagan-feast-in-the-united-states/<![CDATA[Do You Know These Notable Places Linked to Children’s Literature?]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/do-you-know-these-notable-places-linked-to-childrens-literature/Mon, 17 Aug 2026 17:27:12 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/do-you-know-these-notable-places-linked-to-childrens-literature/<![CDATA[Stefan Zweig’s Former Home, Paschinger Schlössl, Is Again For Sale in Salzburg]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/stefan-zweigs-former-home-paschinger-schlssl-is-again-for-sale-in-salzburg/Mon, 17 Aug 2026 17:21:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/stefan-zweigs-former-home-paschinger-schlssl-is-again-for-sale-in-salzburg/<![CDATA[I Let My Students Watch Me Struggle With a Masterpiece. It Changed Everything.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/i-let-my-students-watch-me-struggle-with-a-masterpiece-it-changed-everything/Mon, 17 Aug 2026 16:10:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/i-let-my-students-watch-me-struggle-with-a-masterpiece-it-changed-everything/<![CDATA[To Save Higher Ed, Professors Need to Get a Little Weird]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/to-save-higher-ed-professors-need-to-get-a-little-weird/Mon, 17 Aug 2026 11:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/to-save-higher-ed-professors-need-to-get-a-little-weird/<![CDATA[Edwidge Danticat Explores the “Precarity of Life” in Her New Novel]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/edwidge-danticat-explores-the-precarity-of-life-in-her-new-novel/Mon, 17 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/edwidge-danticat-explores-the-precarity-of-life-in-her-new-novel/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Dèy,’ by Edwidge Danticat]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-dy-by-edwidge-danticat/Mon, 17 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-dy-by-edwidge-danticat/<![CDATA[What Makes a Killer Thriller? We Asked Tana French.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-makes-a-killer-thriller-we-asked-tana-french/Sun, 16 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-makes-a-killer-thriller-we-asked-tana-french/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Maltese Version,’ by Katy Simpson Smith]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-maltese-version-by-katy-simpson-smith/Sun, 16 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-maltese-version-by-katy-simpson-smith/<![CDATA[As the Old Files Open, One Family Confronts Another’s Dark Nazi Past]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/as-the-old-files-open-one-family-confronts-anothers-dark-nazi-past/Sun, 16 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/as-the-old-files-open-one-family-confronts-anothers-dark-nazi-past/<![CDATA[This Is the Solution to America’s Literacy Crisis, and It’s a Lot of Fun]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/this-is-the-solution-to-americas-literacy-crisis-and-its-a-lot-of-fun/Sun, 16 Aug 2026 09:56:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/this-is-the-solution-to-americas-literacy-crisis-and-its-a-lot-of-fun/<![CDATA[The Future of Reading Is a Party]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-future-of-reading-is-a-party/Sun, 16 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-future-of-reading-is-a-party/<![CDATA[Trump Is in a Fantasy Land of His Own Making]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/trump-is-in-a-fantasy-land-of-his-own-making/Sat, 15 Aug 2026 18:33:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/trump-is-in-a-fantasy-land-of-his-own-making/<![CDATA[Quit Lit]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/quit-lit/Sat, 15 Aug 2026 12:08:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/quit-lit/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Days of Miracle and Wonder,’ by Ashley Kahn]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-days-of-miracle-and-wonder-by-ashley-kahn/Sat, 15 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-days-of-miracle-and-wonder-by-ashley-kahn/<![CDATA[What does Emily Wilson make of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey? It’s an “audiovisual spectacle” with little to no “narrative and emotional depth”]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-does-emily-wilson-make-of-christopher-nolans-the-odyssey-its-an-audiovisual-spectacle-with-little-to-no-narrative-and-emotional-depth/Fri, 14 Aug 2026 23:53:28 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-does-emily-wilson-make-of-christopher-nolans-the-odyssey-its-an-audiovisual-spectacle-with-little-to-no-narrative-and-emotional-depth/<![CDATA[The “.” emerged 2,000 years ago. “?” in the 8th century, “!” in the 14th. Then not much changed since about 1600]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-emerged-2000-years-ago-in-the-8th-century-in-the-14th-then-not-much-changed-since-about-1600/Fri, 14 Aug 2026 23:53:28 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-emerged-2000-years-ago-in-the-8th-century-in-the-14th-then-not-much-changed-since-about-1600/<![CDATA[Most novels bore before they thrill. A turning point – the volta – marks the moment ennui becomes excitement]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/most-novels-bore-before-they-thrill-a-turning-point-the-volta-marks-the-moment-ennui-becomes-excitement/Fri, 14 Aug 2026 23:53:28 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/most-novels-bore-before-they-thrill-a-turning-point-the-volta-marks-the-moment-ennui-becomes-excitement/<![CDATA[Tyler Austin Harper found his “dream job” at Bates College. Then came the racial audits and the talk of “would-be Klansmen around every corner”]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/tyler-austin-harper-found-his-dream-job-at-bates-college-then-came-the-racial-audits-and-the-talk-of-would-be-klansmen-around-every-corner/Fri, 14 Aug 2026 15:30:24 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/tyler-austin-harper-found-his-dream-job-at-bates-college-then-came-the-racial-audits-and-the-talk-of-would-be-klansmen-around-every-corner/<![CDATA[Despite the praise it received from T.S. Eliot, Auden’s early poetry, while striking, was neither good nor particularly coherent]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/despite-the-praise-it-received-from-ts-eliot-audens-early-poetry-while-striking-was-neither-good-nor-particularly-coherent/Fri, 14 Aug 2026 15:30:24 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/despite-the-praise-it-received-from-ts-eliot-audens-early-poetry-while-striking-was-neither-good-nor-particularly-coherent/<![CDATA[When Is It OK to GIve Up on a Book? Our Readers Have Thoughts.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/when-is-it-ok-to-give-up-on-a-book-our-readers-have-thoughts/Fri, 14 Aug 2026 11:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/when-is-it-ok-to-give-up-on-a-book-our-readers-have-thoughts/<![CDATA[This Reporter Can Tell Us What Nuclear Apocalypse Looks Like (Encore)]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/this-reporter-can-tell-us-what-nuclear-apocalypse-looks-like-encore/Fri, 14 Aug 2026 11:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/this-reporter-can-tell-us-what-nuclear-apocalypse-looks-like-encore/<![CDATA[How Thrillers Hook You With Their First Sentence]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-thrillers-hook-you-with-their-first-sentence/Fri, 14 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-thrillers-hook-you-with-their-first-sentence/<![CDATA[Children’s Picture Books About Sleep and Dreaming]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/childrens-picture-books-about-sleep-and-dreaming/Fri, 14 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/childrens-picture-books-about-sleep-and-dreaming/<![CDATA[Readers Choose the Best Thrillers and Mysteries of the Century]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/readers-choose-the-best-thrillers-and-mysteries-of-the-century/Thu, 13 Aug 2026 22:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/readers-choose-the-best-thrillers-and-mysteries-of-the-century/<![CDATA[Great Movie and TV Adaptations From 21st- Century Thrillers]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/great-movie-and-tv-adaptations-from-21st-century-thrillers/Thu, 13 Aug 2026 22:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/great-movie-and-tv-adaptations-from-21st-century-thrillers/<![CDATA[Tyler Austin Harper found his “dream job” at Bates College. 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Eliot, Auden’s early poetry, while striking, was neither particularly coherent nor good]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/despite-the-praise-it-received-from-ts-eliot-audens-early-poetry-while-striking-was-neither-particularly-coherent-nor-good/Thu, 13 Aug 2026 22:28:24 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/despite-the-praise-it-received-from-ts-eliot-audens-early-poetry-while-striking-was-neither-particularly-coherent-nor-good/<![CDATA[John Crowley, Author of Reality-Blurring Fantasy Novels Like ‘Little, Big,‘ Dies at 83]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/john-crowley-author-of-reality-blurring-fantasy-novels-like-little-big-dies-at-83/Thu, 13 Aug 2026 21:34:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/john-crowley-author-of-reality-blurring-fantasy-novels-like-little-big-dies-at-83/<![CDATA[John Crowley, Whose Fantasy Novels Blurred Reality and Dream, Dies at 83]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/john-crowley-whose-fantasy-novels-blurred-reality-and-dream-dies-at-83/Thu, 13 Aug 2026 21:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/john-crowley-whose-fantasy-novels-blurred-reality-and-dream-dies-at-83/<![CDATA[Raoul Vaneigem, Whose Manifesto Inspired 1968 Revolt in France, Dies at 92]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/raoul-vaneigem-whose-manifesto-inspired-1968-revolt-in-france-dies-at-92/Thu, 13 Aug 2026 19:25:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/raoul-vaneigem-whose-manifesto-inspired-1968-revolt-in-france-dies-at-92/<![CDATA[A Print Maestro With a Birdwatcher’s Eye and a Socialist Soul]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-print-maestro-with-a-birdwatchers-eye-and-a-socialist-soul/Thu, 13 Aug 2026 11:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-print-maestro-with-a-birdwatchers-eye-and-a-socialist-soul/<![CDATA[There's a name for demanding a group publicly recite a political position as the price of belonging: illiberalism]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/theres-a-name-for-demanding-a-group-publicly-recite-a-political-position-as-the-price-of-belonging-illiberalism/Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:45:25 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/theres-a-name-for-demanding-a-group-publicly-recite-a-political-position-as-the-price-of-belonging-illiberalism/<![CDATA[Terry Eagleton: “Few acts of self-sacrifice can compare with sitting through Oxford High Table stone-cold sober for more than three decades”]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/terry-eagleton-few-acts-of-self-sacrifice-can-compare-with-sitting-through-oxford-high-table-stone-cold-sober-for-more-than-three-decades/Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:45:25 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/terry-eagleton-few-acts-of-self-sacrifice-can-compare-with-sitting-through-oxford-high-table-stone-cold-sober-for-more-than-three-decades/<![CDATA[After a minor renaissance in the late 20th century, narrative poetry is being eclipsed by lyric poetry. That’s a shame]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/after-a-minor-renaissance-in-the-late-20th-century-narrative-poetry-is-being-eclipsed-by-lyric-poetry-thats-a-shame/Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:45:25 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/after-a-minor-renaissance-in-the-late-20th-century-narrative-poetry-is-being-eclipsed-by-lyric-poetry-thats-a-shame/<![CDATA[Look Up at the Sky Tonight. 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Very Badly.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-these-novels-rich-people-behave-badly-very-badly/Wed, 12 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-these-novels-rich-people-behave-badly-very-badly/<![CDATA[Richard Lingeman, Cultural Historian and Biographer, Dies at 95]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/richard-lingeman-cultural-historian-and-biographer-dies-at-95/Tue, 11 Aug 2026 22:05:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/richard-lingeman-cultural-historian-and-biographer-dies-at-95/<![CDATA[Articles, Books & More has a new look!]]> The upgrade also includes a natural language search feature where users can simply describe what they’re looking for and Articles, Books & More wil]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/articles-books-amp-more-has-a-new-look/Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/articles-books-amp-more-has-a-new-look/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Under the Falls,’ by Richard Russo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-under-the-falls-by-richard-russo/Tue, 11 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-under-the-falls-by-richard-russo/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Sunrise,’ by Téa Obreht]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-sunrise-by-ta-obreht/Tue, 11 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-sunrise-by-ta-obreht/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘A Tender Age,’ by Chang-rae Lee]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-a-tender-age-by-chang-rae-lee/Tue, 11 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-a-tender-age-by-chang-rae-lee/<![CDATA[Psychiatry and anti-psychiatry have quietly borrowed each other's language for decades, each remaking itself in the image of the other]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/psychiatry-and-anti-psychiatry-have-quietly-borrowed-each-others-language-for-decades-each-remaking-itself-in-the-image-of-the-other/Tue, 11 Aug 2026 01:32:46 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/psychiatry-and-anti-psychiatry-have-quietly-borrowed-each-others-language-for-decades-each-remaking-itself-in-the-image-of-the-other/<![CDATA[How did Heidegger, married and 35, explain his affair with 18-year old Hannah Arendt? “The demonic has seized me”]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-did-heidegger-married-and-35-explain-his-affair-with-18-year-old-hannah-arendt-the-demonic-has-seized-me/Tue, 11 Aug 2026 01:32:46 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-did-heidegger-married-and-35-explain-his-affair-with-18-year-old-hannah-arendt-the-demonic-has-seized-me/<![CDATA[For decades, Anglophilia steadily fed the imaginations of “respectable” American conservatives. No longer]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/for-decades-anglophilia-steadily-fed-the-imaginations-of-respectable-american-conservatives-no-longer/Tue, 11 Aug 2026 01:32:46 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/for-decades-anglophilia-steadily-fed-the-imaginations-of-respectable-american-conservatives-no-longer/<![CDATA[Barack Obama to Host New Podcast, ‘A Great Book’]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/barack-obama-to-host-new-podcast-a-great-book/Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:43:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/barack-obama-to-host-new-podcast-a-great-book/<![CDATA[Takeaways From Jason Arday’s Memoir]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/takeaways-from-jason-ardays-memoir/Mon, 10 Aug 2026 23:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/takeaways-from-jason-ardays-memoir/<![CDATA[How Many of These Movies About Books Do You Know?]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-many-of-these-movies-about-books-do-you-know/Mon, 10 Aug 2026 20:17:41 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-many-of-these-movies-about-books-do-you-know/<![CDATA[His Book Says He Planned Tupac’s Murder. Now He Says It Was Fiction.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/his-book-says-he-planned-tupacs-murder-now-he-says-it-was-fiction/Mon, 10 Aug 2026 11:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/his-book-says-he-planned-tupacs-murder-now-he-says-it-was-fiction/<![CDATA[Duane Davis, Who Wrote About Role in Tupac’s Murder, Now Says Memoir Was Fiction]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/duane-davis-who-wrote-about-role-in-tupacs-murder-now-says-memoir-was-fiction/Mon, 10 Aug 2026 11:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/duane-davis-who-wrote-about-role-in-tupacs-murder-now-says-memoir-was-fiction/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Jackal,’ by Joby Warrick]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-jackal-by-joby-warrick/Mon, 10 Aug 2026 11:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-jackal-by-joby-warrick/<![CDATA[An Expert in Traffic Jams Has a Scary Idea: What if the Cars Turn on Us?]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/an-expert-in-traffic-jams-has-a-scary-idea-what-if-the-cars-turn-on-us/Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/an-expert-in-traffic-jams-has-a-scary-idea-what-if-the-cars-turn-on-us/<![CDATA[Please Judge the Books I’m Reading]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/please-judge-the-books-im-reading/Sun, 09 Aug 2026 17:08:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/please-judge-the-books-im-reading/<![CDATA[Please Judge What I’m Reading]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/please-judge-what-im-reading/Sun, 09 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/please-judge-what-im-reading/<![CDATA[Believing’s Summer Reading List]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/believings-summer-reading-list/Sun, 09 Aug 2026 11:57:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/believings-summer-reading-list/<![CDATA[Books to Make You Feel Something]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/books-to-make-you-feel-something/Sun, 09 Aug 2026 11:13:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/books-to-make-you-feel-something/<![CDATA[Book Review: “Finding Renée Richards: The Groundbreaking Story of Tennis’s Trans Pioneer”]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-finding-rene-richards-the-groundbreaking-story-of-tenniss-trans-pioneer/Sun, 09 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-finding-rene-richards-the-groundbreaking-story-of-tenniss-trans-pioneer/<![CDATA[Should You Be Ashamed to Put Down a Book You Don’t Enjoy?]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/should-you-be-ashamed-to-put-down-a-book-you-dont-enjoy/Sun, 09 Aug 2026 06:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/should-you-be-ashamed-to-put-down-a-book-you-dont-enjoy/<![CDATA[MacKenzie Scott Steps Back Into Spotlight With New Book]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/mackenzie-scott-steps-back-into-spotlight-with-new-book/Sat, 08 Aug 2026 20:16:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/mackenzie-scott-steps-back-into-spotlight-with-new-book/<![CDATA[Edge of Your Seat]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/edge-of-your-seat/Sat, 08 Aug 2026 12:19:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/edge-of-your-seat/<![CDATA[The Sexy Magazine You Really Will Read for the Articles]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-sexy-magazine-you-really-will-read-for-the-articles/Sat, 08 Aug 2026 11:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-sexy-magazine-you-really-will-read-for-the-articles/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘A Guide to Open Water Lifesaving,’ by Virginia Eubanks]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-a-guide-to-open-water-lifesaving-by-virginia-eubanks/Sat, 08 Aug 2026 11:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-a-guide-to-open-water-lifesaving-by-virginia-eubanks/<![CDATA[“We have inherited the surfaces of decadence — luxury, excess, artifice, bodily display — but have surrendered the fin de siècle’s commitment to pleasure”]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/we-have-inherited-the-surfaces-of-decadence-luxury-excess-artifice-bodily-display-but-have-surrendered-the-fin-de-sicles-commitment-to-pleasure/Sat, 08 Aug 2026 01:36:24 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/we-have-inherited-the-surfaces-of-decadence-luxury-excess-artifice-bodily-display-but-have-surrendered-the-fin-de-sicles-commitment-to-pleasure/<![CDATA[In 1914, scholars classified every known instrument by sound. 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Paul Elie explains]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-characterized-the-late-80s-culture-warsnbspwasnt-ideology-alone-but-a-landscape-where-art-itself-still-mattered-paul-elie-explains/Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:24:36 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-characterized-the-late-80s-culture-warsnbspwasnt-ideology-alone-but-a-landscape-where-art-itself-still-mattered-paul-elie-explains/<![CDATA[Thomas S. Hines, Who Helped Put L.A. Architecture on the Map, Dies at 89]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/thomas-s-hines-who-helped-put-la-architecture-on-the-map-dies-at-89/Fri, 07 Aug 2026 11:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/thomas-s-hines-who-helped-put-la-architecture-on-the-map-dies-at-89/<![CDATA[Fans of Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series Might Like These Laugh-Out-Loud Illustrated Novels, Too]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/fans-of-jeff-kinneys-diary-of-a-wimpy-kid-series-might-like-these-laugh-out-loud-illustrated-novels-too/Fri, 07 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/fans-of-jeff-kinneys-diary-of-a-wimpy-kid-series-might-like-these-laugh-out-loud-illustrated-novels-too/<![CDATA[11 Books for Children Who Love the Wimpy Kid Series]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/11-books-for-children-who-love-the-wimpy-kid-series/Fri, 07 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/11-books-for-children-who-love-the-wimpy-kid-series/<![CDATA[What made the late-80s culture wars distinct wasn't ideology alone, but a landscape where art itself still mattered. 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Unknown’]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/riley-sager-on-his-favorite-books-and-his-new-thriller-the-unknown/Thu, 06 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/riley-sager-on-his-favorite-books-and-his-new-thriller-the-unknown/<![CDATA[Brilliant, Bloody New Mystery Novels]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/brilliant-bloody-new-mystery-novels/Thu, 06 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/brilliant-bloody-new-mystery-novels/<![CDATA[Welcome to Combat U, the campy, inspiring, dismaying, downright confusing place where higher education meets organized fighting.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/welcome-to-combat-u-the-campy-inspiring-dismaying-downright-confusing-place-where-higher-education-meets-organized-fighting/Thu, 06 Aug 2026 02:18:41 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/welcome-to-combat-u-the-campy-inspiring-dismaying-downright-confusing-place-where-higher-education-meets-organized-fighting/<![CDATA[The secret history of silence stretches from Pythagoras, who required years of quiet from his pupils, to the Anti-Noise League’s nearly silent lavatories]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-secret-history-of-silence-stretches-from-pythagoras-who-required-years-of-quiet-from-his-pupils-to-the-anti-noise-leagues-nearly-silent-lavatories-2/Thu, 06 Aug 2026 02:18:41 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-secret-history-of-silence-stretches-from-pythagoras-who-required-years-of-quiet-from-his-pupils-to-the-anti-noise-leagues-nearly-silent-lavatories-2/<![CDATA[Star Scholar Jason Arday Resigns From Cambridge]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/star-scholar-jason-arday-resigns-from-cambridge/Thu, 06 Aug 2026 02:08:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/star-scholar-jason-arday-resigns-from-cambridge/<![CDATA["Whatever potential hazards and unintended consequences flow from AI’s mass adoption, my own experience using it contradicted much of what I was being told"]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/whatever-potential-hazards-and-unintended-consequences-flow-from-airsquos-mass-adoption-my-own-experience-using-it-contradicted-much-of-what-i-was-being-told/Wed, 05 Aug 2026 21:32:49 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/whatever-potential-hazards-and-unintended-consequences-flow-from-airsquos-mass-adoption-my-own-experience-using-it-contradicted-much-of-what-i-was-being-told/<![CDATA[Welcome to Combat U, the campy, violent, inspiring, dismaying, downright confusing place where organized fighting and higher education meet ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/welcome-to-combat-u-the-campy-violent-inspiring-dismaying-downright-confusing-place-where-organized-fighting-and-higher-education-meet/Wed, 05 Aug 2026 21:32:49 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/welcome-to-combat-u-the-campy-violent-inspiring-dismaying-downright-confusing-place-where-organized-fighting-and-higher-education-meet/<![CDATA[The secret history of silence stretches from Pythagoras, who required years of quiet from his pupils, to the Anti-Noise League’s nearly-silent lavatories]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-secret-history-of-silence-stretches-from-pythagoras-who-required-years-of-quiet-from-his-pupils-to-the-anti-noise-leagues-nearly-silent-lavatories/Wed, 05 Aug 2026 21:32:49 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-secret-history-of-silence-stretches-from-pythagoras-who-required-years-of-quiet-from-his-pupils-to-the-anti-noise-leagues-nearly-silent-lavatories/<![CDATA[Gillian Flynn's ‘Gone Girl’ Is the Best Thriller of the 21st Century. Here’s How It Gets Inside Your Head.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/gillian-flynns-lsquogone-girlrsquo-is-the-best-thriller-of-the-21st-century-herersquos-how-it-gets-inside-your-head/Wed, 05 Aug 2026 18:57:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/gillian-flynns-lsquogone-girlrsquo-is-the-best-thriller-of-the-21st-century-herersquos-how-it-gets-inside-your-head/<![CDATA[Ursula Hegi, Who Wrote Searing Novels About Nazi-Era Germany, Dies at 80]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ursula-hegi-who-wrote-searing-novels-about-nazi-era-germany-dies-at-80/Wed, 05 Aug 2026 17:38:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ursula-hegi-who-wrote-searing-novels-about-nazi-era-germany-dies-at-80/<![CDATA[‘That Didn’t Age Well’]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/that-didnt-age-well/Wed, 05 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/that-didnt-age-well/<![CDATA[M.F.A. programs teach pacing, structure, rhythm. They cannot teach a writer to have something worth saying]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/mfa-programs-teach-pacing-structure-rhythm-they-cannot-teach-a-writer-to-have-something-worth-saying/Wed, 05 Aug 2026 11:43:51 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/mfa-programs-teach-pacing-structure-rhythm-they-cannot-teach-a-writer-to-have-something-worth-saying/<![CDATA[Freudianism died in 1963, killed by Karl Popper. Yet in every generation there arises an attempt at rehabilitation. Meet Mark Solms]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/freudianism-died-in-1963-killed-by-karl-popper-yet-in-every-generation-there-arises-an-attempt-at-rehabilitation-meet-mark-solms/Wed, 05 Aug 2026 11:43:51 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/freudianism-died-in-1963-killed-by-karl-popper-yet-in-every-generation-there-arises-an-attempt-at-rehabilitation-meet-mark-solms/<![CDATA[Where Did All My Male Friendships Go? (Encore)]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/where-did-all-my-male-friendships-go-encore/Wed, 05 Aug 2026 11:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/where-did-all-my-male-friendships-go-encore/<![CDATA[Let’s Talk About the 50 Best Thrillers of the 21st Century]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/lets-talk-about-the-50-best-thrillers-of-the-21st-century/Wed, 05 Aug 2026 11:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/lets-talk-about-the-50-best-thrillers-of-the-21st-century/<![CDATA[Sexual Personae was a scandal, and a ticket to infamy for its author, Camille Paglia. 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It can not teach a writer to have something worth saying]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/mfa-programs-teach-pacing-structure-rhythm-it-can-not-teach-a-writer-to-have-something-worth-saying/Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:11:29 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/mfa-programs-teach-pacing-structure-rhythm-it-can-not-teach-a-writer-to-have-something-worth-saying/<![CDATA[Freudianism died in 1963, killed by Karl Popper. Yet in every generation there is an attempt at rehabilitation. Meet Mark Solms]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/freudianism-died-in-1963-killed-by-karl-popper-yet-in-every-generation-there-is-an-attempt-at-rehabilitation-meet-mark-solms/Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:11:29 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/freudianism-died-in-1963-killed-by-karl-popper-yet-in-every-generation-there-is-an-attempt-at-rehabilitation-meet-mark-solms/<![CDATA[The 50 Best Thriller Books of the 21st Century: A Printable List]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-50-best-thriller-books-of-the-21st-century-a-printable-list/Tue, 04 Aug 2026 23:45:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-50-best-thriller-books-of-the-21st-century-a-printable-list/<![CDATA[See How Your Favorite Thrillers of the Century Stack Up Against Other Readers]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/see-how-your-favorite-thrillers-of-the-century-stack-up-against-other-readers/Tue, 04 Aug 2026 23:24:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/see-how-your-favorite-thrillers-of-the-century-stack-up-against-other-readers/<![CDATA[Freida McFadden, John Grisham and More Share Their Top Thrillers of the 21st Century]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/freida-mcfadden-john-grisham-and-more-share-their-top-thrillers-of-the-21st-century/Tue, 04 Aug 2026 23:17:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/freida-mcfadden-john-grisham-and-more-share-their-top-thrillers-of-the-21st-century/<![CDATA[The 50 Best Thriller Books of the 21st Century]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-50-best-thriller-books-of-the-21st-century/Tue, 04 Aug 2026 23:13:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-50-best-thriller-books-of-the-21st-century/<![CDATA[What connects the writer Ottessa Moshfegh, a fired professor in Florida, and a prudish college president? 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A creeping puritanism]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-connects-ottessa-moshfegh-a-fired-professor-in-florida-and-a-prudish-college-president-a-creeping-puritanism/Tue, 04 Aug 2026 01:29:37 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-connects-ottessa-moshfegh-a-fired-professor-in-florida-and-a-prudish-college-president-a-creeping-puritanism/<![CDATA[Paul Celan met Martin Heidegger three times, an improbable pairing of Holocaust survivor and Nazi sympathizer]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/paul-celan-met-martin-heidegger-three-times-an-improbable-pairing-of-holocaust-survivor-and-nazi-sympathizer/Tue, 04 Aug 2026 01:29:37 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/paul-celan-met-martin-heidegger-three-times-an-improbable-pairing-of-holocaust-survivor-and-nazi-sympathizer/<![CDATA[Medieval parents — they're just like us! Forget the cold and indifferent caricature that has persisted for decades]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/medieval-parentsnbspmdash-theyre-just-like-us-forget-the-cold-and-indifferent-caricature-that-has-persisted-for-decades/Tue, 04 Aug 2026 01:29:37 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/medieval-parentsnbspmdash-theyre-just-like-us-forget-the-cold-and-indifferent-caricature-that-has-persisted-for-decades/<![CDATA[Mary de Rachewiltz, Ezra Pound’s Daughter and Defender, Dies at 101]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/mary-de-rachewiltz-ezra-pounds-daughter-and-defender-dies-at-101/Mon, 03 Aug 2026 21:12:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/mary-de-rachewiltz-ezra-pounds-daughter-and-defender-dies-at-101/<![CDATA[Do You Recognize These Literary Lines About Summer?]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/do-you-recognize-these-literary-lines-about-summer/Mon, 03 Aug 2026 17:28:35 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/do-you-recognize-these-literary-lines-about-summer/<![CDATA[Want to Fight Back Against Big Tech? 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+0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-we-lost-when-we-lost-the-video-store-clerk-the-quirky-sensibility-of-the-movie-geek-has-been-replaced-by-the-algorithm/<![CDATA["Sonny Rollins was the last feral master of an art that has become at least partly domesticated"]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/sonny-rollins-was-the-last-feral-master-of-an-art-that-has-become-at-least-partly-domesticated/Fri, 31 Jul 2026 22:52:43 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/sonny-rollins-was-the-last-feral-master-of-an-art-that-has-become-at-least-partly-domesticated/<![CDATA[John Esposito, Who Challenged Negative Views of Muslims, Dies at 86]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/john-esposito-who-challenged-negative-views-of-muslims-dies-at-86/Fri, 31 Jul 2026 20:13:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/john-esposito-who-challenged-negative-views-of-muslims-dies-at-86/<![CDATA[How Trump Has Changed, With Maggie 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Then he proved susceptible to a new one]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/mario-vargas-llosa-spent-decades-exposing-the-seductions-of-ideology-then-he-proved-susceptible-to-a-new-one/Thu, 30 Jul 2026 22:47:40 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/mario-vargas-llosa-spent-decades-exposing-the-seductions-of-ideology-then-he-proved-susceptible-to-a-new-one/<![CDATA[A Historian Considers the Yuppie]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-historian-considers-the-yuppie/Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:57:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-historian-considers-the-yuppie/<![CDATA[When A.I. Invaded ‘Heated Rivalry’ Fan Fiction, the Meltdown Was Epic]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/when-ai-invaded-heated-rivalry-fan-fiction-the-meltdown-was-epic/Thu, 30 Jul 2026 13:03:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/when-ai-invaded-heated-rivalry-fan-fiction-the-meltdown-was-epic/<![CDATA[Three of Summer’s Best Thrillers]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/three-of-summers-best-thrillers/Thu, 30 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/three-of-summers-best-thrillers/<![CDATA[Books That Illuminate New York’s Forgotten History]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/books-that-illuminate-new-yorks-forgotten-history/Thu, 30 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/books-that-illuminate-new-yorks-forgotten-history/<![CDATA[What's with the boom in biographies of people who never existed? The strange rise of a new literary genre]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/whats-with-the-boom-in-biographies-of-people-who-never-existed-the-strange-rise-of-a-new-literary-genre/Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:01:41 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/whats-with-the-boom-in-biographies-of-people-who-never-existed-the-strange-rise-of-a-new-literary-genre/<![CDATA["Chekhov the ingenious hack and Chekhov the latter-day master are connected by way of Chekhov the neighborhood observer"]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/chekhov-the-ingenious-hack-and-chekhov-the-latter-day-master-are-connected-by-way-of-chekhov-the-neighborhood-observer/Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:01:41 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/chekhov-the-ingenious-hack-and-chekhov-the-latter-day-master-are-connected-by-way-of-chekhov-the-neighborhood-observer/<![CDATA[Cabbage brought nightmares, turnips brought lust, beans brought confusion. Medieval vegetables were less food than affliction]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/cabbage-brought-nightmares-turnips-brought-lust-beans-brought-confusion-medieval-vegetables-were-less-food-than-affliction/Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:01:41 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/cabbage-brought-nightmares-turnips-brought-lust-beans-brought-confusion-medieval-vegetables-were-less-food-than-affliction/<![CDATA[The Woman Behind Emma M. Lion]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-woman-behind-emma-m-lion/Wed, 29 Jul 2026 16:40:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-woman-behind-emma-m-lion/<![CDATA[Seneca called it existential nausea. Medieval monks called it the noonday demon. Boredom changes names but always returns]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/seneca-called-it-existential-nausea-medieval-monks-called-it-the-noonday-demon-boredom-changes-names-but-always-returns/Wed, 29 Jul 2026 12:07:40 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/seneca-called-it-existential-nausea-medieval-monks-called-it-the-noonday-demon-boredom-changes-names-but-always-returns/<![CDATA[Are you unable to earn a living as an artist but want to make art seriously and are willing to live modestly? Get a chickenshit job]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/are-you-unable-to-earn-a-living-as-an-artist-but-want-to-make-art-seriously-and-are-willing-to-live-modestly-get-a-chickenshit-job/Wed, 29 Jul 2026 12:07:40 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/are-you-unable-to-earn-a-living-as-an-artist-but-want-to-make-art-seriously-and-are-willing-to-live-modestly-get-a-chickenshit-job/<![CDATA[Acupuncture meridians, Ayurvedic nadis, Egyptian metu. Every tradition imagined hidden channels. Has modern science finally found them?]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/acupuncture-meridians-ayurvedic-nadis-egyptian-metuevery-tradition-imagined-hidden-channels-has-modern-science-finally-found-them/Wed, 29 Jul 2026 12:07:40 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/acupuncture-meridians-ayurvedic-nadis-egyptian-metuevery-tradition-imagined-hidden-channels-has-modern-science-finally-found-them/<![CDATA[Midtown Manhattan Bookstore Crawl: Where to Shop and Recharge]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/midtown-manhattan-bookstore-crawl-where-to-shop-and-recharge/Wed, 29 Jul 2026 11:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/midtown-manhattan-bookstore-crawl-where-to-shop-and-recharge/<![CDATA[I Hope This Column Ages Poorly]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/i-hope-this-column-ages-poorly/Wed, 29 Jul 2026 11:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/i-hope-this-column-ages-poorly/<![CDATA[Seneca called it existential nausea. Monks called it the noonday demon. Boredom changes names but always returns]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/seneca-called-it-existential-nausea-monks-called-it-the-noonday-demon-boredom-changes-names-but-always-returns/Tue, 28 Jul 2026 23:31:33 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/seneca-called-it-existential-nausea-monks-called-it-the-noonday-demon-boredom-changes-names-but-always-returns/<![CDATA[Are you unable to earn a living making art but want to do it seriously and are willing to live modestly? Get a chickenshit job]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/are-you-unable-to-earn-a-living-making-art-but-want-to-do-it-seriously-and-are-willing-to-live-modestly-get-a-chickenshit-job/Tue, 28 Jul 2026 23:31:33 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/are-you-unable-to-earn-a-living-making-art-but-want-to-do-it-seriously-and-are-willing-to-live-modestly-get-a-chickenshit-job/<![CDATA[Acupuncture meridians, Ayurvedic nadis, Egyptian metu: every tradition imagined hidden channels. Has modern science finally found them?]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/acupuncture-meridians-ayurvedic-nadis-egyptian-metu-every-tradition-imagined-hidden-channels-has-modern-science-finally-found-them/Tue, 28 Jul 2026 23:31:33 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/acupuncture-meridians-ayurvedic-nadis-egyptian-metu-every-tradition-imagined-hidden-channels-has-modern-science-finally-found-them/<![CDATA[No wave of riveting AI writing has arrived — only the diminution of the magic and excitement of human writing.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/no-wave-of-riveting-ai-writing-has-arrived-only-the-diminution-of-the-magic-and-excitement-of-human-writing/Tue, 28 Jul 2026 21:49:50 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/no-wave-of-riveting-ai-writing-has-arrived-only-the-diminution-of-the-magic-and-excitement-of-human-writing/<![CDATA[How A.I. Books Sneak Their Way Into Stores]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-ai-books-sneak-their-way-into-stores/Tue, 28 Jul 2026 21:22:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-ai-books-sneak-their-way-into-stores/<![CDATA[Booker Prize 2026 Nominees: Marlon James, Elizabeth Strout and More]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/booker-prize-2026-nominees-marlon-james-elizabeth-strout-and-more/Tue, 28 Jul 2026 15:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/booker-prize-2026-nominees-marlon-james-elizabeth-strout-and-more/<![CDATA[Keigo Higashino, Best-Selling Japanese Mystery Writer, Dies at 68]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/keigo-higashino-best-selling-japanese-mystery-writer-dies-at-68/Tue, 28 Jul 2026 11:26:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/keigo-higashino-best-selling-japanese-mystery-writer-dies-at-68/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Liberation Summer,’ by Micki McElya]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-liberation-summer-by-micki-mcelya/Tue, 28 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-liberation-summer-by-micki-mcelya/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘All That’s Unseen,’ by Emilee Hackney]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-all-thats-unseen-by-emilee-hackney/Tue, 28 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-all-thats-unseen-by-emilee-hackney/<![CDATA[Xanadu, the "Home of Tomorrow" that promised automation as liberation, was run on a "house brain," another word for mother]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/xanadu-the-home-of-tomorrow-that-promised-automation-as-liberation-was-run-on-a-house-brain-another-word-for-mother/Tue, 28 Jul 2026 01:08:38 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/xanadu-the-home-of-tomorrow-that-promised-automation-as-liberation-was-run-on-a-house-brain-another-word-for-mother/<![CDATA[No wave of riveting AI writing has arrived — only the diminishment of the magic and excitement of human writing.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/no-wave-of-riveting-ai-writing-has-arrived-only-the-diminishment-of-the-magic-and-excitement-of-human-writing/Tue, 28 Jul 2026 01:08:38 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/no-wave-of-riveting-ai-writing-has-arrived-only-the-diminishment-of-the-magic-and-excitement-of-human-writing/<![CDATA[Christopher Marlowe: alienated skeptic, government spy, counterfeiter, dead at 29. Shakespeare's debt to the man was simply inestimable.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/christopher-marlowe-alienated-skeptic-government-spy-counterfeiter-dead-at-29-shakespeares-debt-to-the-man-was-simply-inestimable/Tue, 28 Jul 2026 01:08:38 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/christopher-marlowe-alienated-skeptic-government-spy-counterfeiter-dead-at-29-shakespeares-debt-to-the-man-was-simply-inestimable/<![CDATA[How Much Do You Know About the Bloomsbury Group?]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-much-do-you-know-about-the-bloomsbury-group/Mon, 27 Jul 2026 17:18:47 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-much-do-you-know-about-the-bloomsbury-group/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Biological War,’ by Annie Jacobsen]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-biological-war-by-annie-jacobsen/Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-biological-war-by-annie-jacobsen/<![CDATA[‘Why Isn’t Dad at Home?’: The Books Helping Ukrainian Children Process the War]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/why-isnt-dad-at-home-the-books-helping-ukrainian-children-process-the-war/Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:18:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/why-isnt-dad-at-home-the-books-helping-ukrainian-children-process-the-war/<![CDATA[How a Novelist of the American Past Recovered His Faith in Its Future]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-a-novelist-of-the-american-past-recovered-his-faith-in-its-future/Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:05:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-a-novelist-of-the-american-past-recovered-his-faith-in-its-future/<![CDATA[How to Keep a Travel Journal]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-to-keep-a-travel-journal/Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-to-keep-a-travel-journal/<![CDATA[“I’m not a provocateur,” insists Alex Byrne, the MIT philosopher who decided to grab hold of a third rail: youth gender medicine]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/im-not-a-provocateur-insists-alex-byrne-the-mit-philosopher-who-decided-to-grab-hold-of-a-third-rail-youth-gender-medicine/Sun, 26 Jul 2026 22:44:43 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/im-not-a-provocateur-insists-alex-byrne-the-mit-philosopher-who-decided-to-grab-hold-of-a-third-rail-youth-gender-medicine/<![CDATA[Comedy and Tragedy Are a Potent Mix in Alison Espach’s Hit Novels]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/comedy-and-tragedy-are-a-potent-mix-in-alison-espachs-hit-novels/Sun, 26 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/comedy-and-tragedy-are-a-potent-mix-in-alison-espachs-hit-novels/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Furious Violet,’ by Sarai Walker]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-furious-violet-by-sarai-walker/Sun, 26 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-furious-violet-by-sarai-walker/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Albert Sabin,’ by Karen Torghele]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-albert-sabin-by-karen-torghele/Sun, 26 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-albert-sabin-by-karen-torghele/<![CDATA[Charles Gaines, Whose ‘Pumping Iron’ Sparked Schwarzenegger’s Career, Dies at 84]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/charles-gaines-whose-pumping-iron-sparked-schwarzeneggers-career-dies-at-84/Sat, 25 Jul 2026 20:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/charles-gaines-whose-pumping-iron-sparked-schwarzeneggers-career-dies-at-84/<![CDATA[Vibrant New Historical Fiction]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/vibrant-new-historical-fiction/Sat, 25 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/vibrant-new-historical-fiction/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Renoir Girls,’ by Catherine Ostler]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-renoir-girls-by-catherine-ostler/Sat, 25 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-renoir-girls-by-catherine-ostler/<![CDATA[Listening with the Stars: Stellar Celebrity Memoirs Read by Their Authors]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/listening-with-the-stars-stellar-celebrity-memoirs-read-by-their-authors/Sat, 25 Jul 2026 02:22:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/listening-with-the-stars-stellar-celebrity-memoirs-read-by-their-authors/<![CDATA[Trenchant but sententious, John Berger could sound like Platonov one moment, the next like Alain de Botton]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/trenchant-but-sententious-john-berger-could-sound-like-platonov-one-moment-the-next-like-alain-de-botton/Fri, 24 Jul 2026 21:53:39 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/trenchant-but-sententious-john-berger-could-sound-like-platonov-one-moment-the-next-like-alain-de-botton/<![CDATA[Increasingly “ancient history” is not just Greco-Roman, but leads through such locales as Kerala, Tillya Tepe, and Guangzhou]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/increasingly-ancient-history-is-not-just-greco-roman-but-leads-through-such-locales-as-kerala-tillya-tepe-and-guangzhou/Fri, 24 Jul 2026 21:53:39 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/increasingly-ancient-history-is-not-just-greco-roman-but-leads-through-such-locales-as-kerala-tillya-tepe-and-guangzhou/<![CDATA[“I’m not a provocateur,” insists Alex Byrne, the MIT philosopher who helped author a report for the Trump administration on youth gender medicine]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/im-not-a-provocateur-insists-alex-byrne-the-mit-philosopher-who-helped-author-a-report-for-the-trump-administration-on-youth-gender-medicine/Fri, 24 Jul 2026 21:53:39 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/im-not-a-provocateur-insists-alex-byrne-the-mit-philosopher-who-helped-author-a-report-for-the-trump-administration-on-youth-gender-medicine/<![CDATA[Life of Alan Turing Emerges in Richer Detail From Short Story]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/life-of-alan-turing-emerges-in-richer-detail-from-short-story/Fri, 24 Jul 2026 16:46:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/life-of-alan-turing-emerges-in-richer-detail-from-short-story/<![CDATA[Let’s Talk About the Best Books of the Year (So Far)]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/lets-talk-about-the-best-books-of-the-year-so-far/Fri, 24 Jul 2026 11:05:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/lets-talk-about-the-best-books-of-the-year-so-far/<![CDATA[Children’s Picture Books About Boredom]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/childrens-picture-books-about-boredom/Fri, 24 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/childrens-picture-books-about-boredom/<![CDATA[Nose hairs tweezed just so, and set with Krazy Glue. Gently dappled liver spots. Their art is increasingly rare, but a few morticians are hanging on]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/nose-hairs-tweezed-just-so-and-set-with-krazy-glue-gently-dappled-liver-spots-their-art-is-increasingly-rare-but-a-few-morticians-are-hanging-on/Fri, 24 Jul 2026 01:37:22 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/nose-hairs-tweezed-just-so-and-set-with-krazy-glue-gently-dappled-liver-spots-their-art-is-increasingly-rare-but-a-few-morticians-are-hanging-on/<![CDATA[No, we are not post-literate. The reading panic is merely the result of histrionic op-eds that misdiagnose the erosion of literary culture]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/no-we-are-not-post-literate-the-reading-panic-is-merely-the-result-of-histrionic-op-eds-that-misdiagnose-the-erosion-of-literary-culture/Fri, 24 Jul 2026 01:37:22 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/no-we-are-not-post-literate-the-reading-panic-is-merely-the-result-of-histrionic-op-eds-that-misdiagnose-the-erosion-of-literary-culture/<![CDATA[Durkheim called it "collective effervescence." The rest of us call it getting gussied up to drink, dance, and have fun]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/durkheim-called-it-collective-effervescence-the-rest-of-us-call-it-getting-gussied-up-to-drink-dance-and-have-fun/Fri, 24 Jul 2026 01:37:22 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/durkheim-called-it-collective-effervescence-the-rest-of-us-call-it-getting-gussied-up-to-drink-dance-and-have-fun/<![CDATA[Salman Rushdie Recalls ‘Lake of Blood’ in Testimony Against His Attacker]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/salman-rushdie-recalls-lake-of-blood-in-testimony-against-his-attacker/Thu, 23 Jul 2026 23:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/salman-rushdie-recalls-lake-of-blood-in-testimony-against-his-attacker/<![CDATA[In 1994, Stanley Fish described deconstruction as dead in the same way that Freudianism is dead: "It is everywhere.” He had a point]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-1994-stanley-fish-described-deconstruction-as-dead-in-the-same-way-that-freudianism-is-dead-it-is-everywhererdquo-he-had-a-point-2/Thu, 23 Jul 2026 17:08:36 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-1994-stanley-fish-described-deconstruction-as-dead-in-the-same-way-that-freudianism-is-dead-it-is-everywhererdquo-he-had-a-point-2/<![CDATA[In Artwork Across the Ages, Odysseus’ Myth Keeps Entrancing Audiences]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-artwork-across-the-ages-odysseus-myth-keeps-entrancing-audiences/Thu, 23 Jul 2026 11:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-artwork-across-the-ages-odysseus-myth-keeps-entrancing-audiences/<![CDATA[Valeria Luiselli on Her Favorite Books and Her New Novel]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/valeria-luiselli-on-her-favorite-books-and-her-new-novel/Thu, 23 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/valeria-luiselli-on-her-favorite-books-and-her-new-novel/<![CDATA[Let These 11 Celebrities Read You Their Memoirs]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/let-these-11-celebrities-read-you-their-memoirs/Thu, 23 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/let-these-11-celebrities-read-you-their-memoirs/<![CDATA[In 1994, Stanley Fish described deconstruction as dead in the same way that Freudianism is dead. "It is everywhere.” He had a point]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-1994-stanley-fish-described-deconstruction-as-dead-in-the-same-way-that-freudianism-is-dead-it-is-everywhererdquo-he-had-a-point/Thu, 23 Jul 2026 02:55:32 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-1994-stanley-fish-described-deconstruction-as-dead-in-the-same-way-that-freudianism-is-dead-it-is-everywhererdquo-he-had-a-point/<![CDATA[For some conservatives, the Great Books are simply an anti-woke bulwark. But the case for them is much grander and more provocative ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/for-some-conservatives-the-great-books-are-simply-an-anti-woke-bulwark-but-the-case-for-them-is-much-grander-and-more-provocative/Thu, 23 Jul 2026 02:55:32 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/for-some-conservatives-the-great-books-are-simply-an-anti-woke-bulwark-but-the-case-for-them-is-much-grander-and-more-provocative/<![CDATA["Anonymity is what the aesthete fears above all," says Mark Lilla. One task of poetry is to assert the individual against the masses]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/anonymity-is-what-the-aesthete-fears-above-all-says-mark-lilla-one-task-of-poetry-is-to-assert-the-individual-against-the-masses/Thu, 23 Jul 2026 02:55:32 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/anonymity-is-what-the-aesthete-fears-above-all-says-mark-lilla-one-task-of-poetry-is-to-assert-the-individual-against-the-masses/<![CDATA[They Wrote a Picture Book to Encourage Bipartisanship]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/they-wrote-a-picture-book-to-encourage-bipartisanship/Wed, 22 Jul 2026 23:11:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/they-wrote-a-picture-book-to-encourage-bipartisanship/<![CDATA[Women Are Too Controlling, She Wrote. Her Message Still Resonates.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/women-are-too-controlling-she-wrote-her-message-still-resonates/Wed, 22 Jul 2026 19:46:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/women-are-too-controlling-she-wrote-her-message-still-resonates/<![CDATA[How Christopher Nolan Proved the ‘Odyssey’ Haters Wrong]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-christopher-nolan-proved-the-odyssey-haters-wrong/Wed, 22 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-christopher-nolan-proved-the-odyssey-haters-wrong/<![CDATA[The Enduring Popularity of ‘the Surrendered Wife’]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-enduring-popularity-of-the-surrendered-wife/Wed, 22 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-enduring-popularity-of-the-surrendered-wife/<![CDATA[New Science Fiction About Truth and Lies in an Age of War]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/new-science-fiction-about-truth-and-lies-in-an-age-of-war/Wed, 22 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/new-science-fiction-about-truth-and-lies-in-an-age-of-war/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Dad, Love, Me: A Memoir,’ by Matthew Quick]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-dad-love-me-a-memoir-by-matthew-quick/Wed, 22 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-dad-love-me-a-memoir-by-matthew-quick/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Country of Lords,’ by Kim Phillips-Fein]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-country-of-lords-by-kim-phillips-fein/Wed, 22 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-country-of-lords-by-kim-phillips-fein/<![CDATA[8 Books to Help You Navigate Divorce]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/8-books-to-help-you-navigate-divorce/Wed, 22 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/8-books-to-help-you-navigate-divorce/<![CDATA[AI distills “the most pedestrian, noncontroversial conventions of human expression.” That's why its output is, put simply, slop ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ai-distills-ldquothe-most-pedestrian-noncontroversial-conventions-of-human-expressionrdquo-thats-why-its-output-is-put-simply-slopnbsp/Wed, 22 Jul 2026 01:59:35 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ai-distills-ldquothe-most-pedestrian-noncontroversial-conventions-of-human-expressionrdquo-thats-why-its-output-is-put-simply-slopnbsp/<![CDATA[The Canadian poet Margaret Avison lived with such intense inwardness that Northrop Frye called her “a conscientious objector to life”]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-canadian-poet-margaret-avison-lived-with-such-intense-inwardness-that-northrop-frye-called-her-a-conscientious-objector-to-life/Wed, 22 Jul 2026 01:47:48 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-canadian-poet-margaret-avison-lived-with-such-intense-inwardness-that-northrop-frye-called-her-a-conscientious-objector-to-life/<![CDATA[At its American debut, half the audience walked out of Waiting for Godot. Now the whole world waits with it]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/at-its-american-debut-half-the-audience-walked-out-of-waiting-for-godot-now-the-whole-world-waits-with-it/Wed, 22 Jul 2026 01:47:48 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/at-its-american-debut-half-the-audience-walked-out-of-waiting-for-godot-now-the-whole-world-waits-with-it/<![CDATA[AI distills “the most pedestrian, noncontroversial conventions of human expression.” Its output is, put simply, slop ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ai-distills-the-most-pedestrian-noncontroversial-conventions-of-human-expression-its-output-is-put-simply-slop/Wed, 22 Jul 2026 01:47:48 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ai-distills-the-most-pedestrian-noncontroversial-conventions-of-human-expression-its-output-is-put-simply-slop/<![CDATA[“Joyce stands out among the great modernist writers for his belief in tolerance, equality, democracy, progress, and the preciousness of the everyday”]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/joyce-stands-out-among-the-great-modernist-writers-for-his-belief-in-tolerance-equality-democracy-progress-and-the-preciousness-of-the-everyday-2/Tue, 21 Jul 2026 17:26:40 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/joyce-stands-out-among-the-great-modernist-writers-for-his-belief-in-tolerance-equality-democracy-progress-and-the-preciousness-of-the-everyday-2/<![CDATA[What separates American architecture from European is a matter of scale, speed, and spectacle]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-separates-american-architecture-from-european-is-a-matter-of-scale-speed-and-spectacle/Tue, 21 Jul 2026 17:04:31 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-separates-american-architecture-from-european-is-a-matter-of-scale-speed-and-spectacle/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Unsayable,’ by Michael Cunningham]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-unsayable-by-michael-cunningham/Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:26:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-unsayable-by-michael-cunningham/<![CDATA[‘Les Misérables’ in Concert and More: A Show’s Never-Ending Life]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/les-misrables-in-concert-and-more-a-shows-never-ending-life/Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:51:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/les-misrables-in-concert-and-more-a-shows-never-ending-life/<![CDATA[The Never-Ending Life of ‘Les Misérables’]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-never-ending-life-of-les-misrables/Tue, 21 Jul 2026 11:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-never-ending-life-of-les-misrables/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Frenchmen,’ by Emily Eakin]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-frenchmen-by-emily-eakin/Tue, 21 Jul 2026 11:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-frenchmen-by-emily-eakin/<![CDATA[7 Other ‘Odyssey’ Movie Adaptations to Stream Now]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/7-other-odyssey-movie-adaptations-to-stream-now/Tue, 21 Jul 2026 11:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/7-other-odyssey-movie-adaptations-to-stream-now/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Mortons,’ by Justine Larbalestier and Scott Westerfeld]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-mortons-by-justine-larbalestier-and-scott-westerfeld/Tue, 21 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-mortons-by-justine-larbalestier-and-scott-westerfeld/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Bitchy!,’ by Roberta Gregory]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-bitchy-by-roberta-gregory/Tue, 21 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-bitchy-by-roberta-gregory/<![CDATA[What separates American architecture from Europe's is a matter of scale, speed, and spectacle]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-separates-american-architecture-from-europes-is-a-matter-of-scale-speed-and-spectacle/Tue, 21 Jul 2026 01:45:22 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-separates-american-architecture-from-europes-is-a-matter-of-scale-speed-and-spectacle/<![CDATA[“Joyce stands out? among the great modernist writers for his belief in tolerance, equality, democracy, progress, and the preciousness of the everyday”]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/joyce-stands-out-among-the-great-modernist-writers-for-his-belief-in-tolerance-equality-democracy-progress-and-the-preciousness-of-the-everyday/Tue, 21 Jul 2026 01:45:22 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/joyce-stands-out-among-the-great-modernist-writers-for-his-belief-in-tolerance-equality-democracy-progress-and-the-preciousness-of-the-everyday/<![CDATA[For Marco Roth, the cardinal sin of elegy writing “is to make it about oneself more than the deceased”]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/for-marco-roth-the-cardinal-sin-of-elegy-writing-is-to-make-it-about-oneself-more-than-the-deceased/Tue, 21 Jul 2026 01:45:22 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/for-marco-roth-the-cardinal-sin-of-elegy-writing-is-to-make-it-about-oneself-more-than-the-deceased/<![CDATA[Pope Leo Calls for Nuclear Disarmament in Latest Antiwar Message]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/pope-leo-calls-for-nuclear-disarmament-in-latest-antiwar-message/Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/pope-leo-calls-for-nuclear-disarmament-in-latest-antiwar-message/<![CDATA[Do You Know These American Literary Landmarks?]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/do-you-know-these-american-literary-landmarks/Mon, 20 Jul 2026 18:42:48 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/do-you-know-these-american-literary-landmarks/<![CDATA[To Sell Homer’s ‘Odyssey,’ Book Publishers Get Creative]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/to-sell-homers-odyssey-book-publishers-get-creative/Mon, 20 Jul 2026 18:32:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/to-sell-homers-odyssey-book-publishers-get-creative/<![CDATA[Here’s What Greeks Think of Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/heres-what-greeks-think-of-christopher-nolans-the-odyssey/Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:51:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/heres-what-greeks-think-of-christopher-nolans-the-odyssey/<![CDATA[Vienna's coffeehouses bred inward-looking modernists. 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Anthony Appiah on LLMs and morality]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ai-may-sharpen-what-we-do-but-what-manner-of-people-will-we-become-k-anthony-appiah-on-llms-and-morality/Fri, 17 Jul 2026 01:18:32 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ai-may-sharpen-what-we-do-but-what-manner-of-people-will-we-become-k-anthony-appiah-on-llms-and-morality/<![CDATA[Is This What a Post-Literate Era Looks Like?]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/is-this-what-a-post-literate-era-looks-like/Thu, 16 Jul 2026 23:03:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/is-this-what-a-post-literate-era-looks-like/<![CDATA[Someone Used A.I. to Write an Unauthorized Biography of Me. 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Agnes Callard explains]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/wondering-why-everything-feels-divided-and-why-it-sucks-constantly-blame-the-uni-context-agnes-callard-explains-2/Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:47:47 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/wondering-why-everything-feels-divided-and-why-it-sucks-constantly-blame-the-uni-context-agnes-callard-explains-2/<![CDATA[Is This Really the End of Reading?]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/is-this-really-the-end-of-reading/Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/is-this-really-the-end-of-reading/<![CDATA[The Only Thing Riskier Than Telling an Abortion Joke]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-only-thing-riskier-than-telling-an-abortion-joke/Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-only-thing-riskier-than-telling-an-abortion-joke/<![CDATA[Dazzling New Romance Novels]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/dazzling-new-romance-novels/Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/dazzling-new-romance-novels/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Journey to Nowhere,’ by Shiva Naipaul]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-journey-to-nowhere-by-shiva-naipaul/Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-journey-to-nowhere-by-shiva-naipaul/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘I Want You to Be Happy,’ by Jem Calder]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-i-want-you-to-be-happy-by-jem-calder/Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-i-want-you-to-be-happy-by-jem-calder/<![CDATA[Hong Kong Police Raid Independent Bookstores and Arrest 5 People]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/hong-kong-police-raid-independent-bookstores-and-arrest-5-people/Thu, 16 Jul 2026 08:07:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/hong-kong-police-raid-independent-bookstores-and-arrest-5-people/<![CDATA[Hong Kong Police Raid Independent Bookstores and Arrest 5]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/hong-kong-police-raid-independent-bookstores-and-arrest-5/Thu, 16 Jul 2026 07:54:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/hong-kong-police-raid-independent-bookstores-and-arrest-5/<![CDATA[Wondering why "everything feels divided and why it sucks constantly?" Blame the uni-context. Agnes Callard explains]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/wondering-why-everything-feels-divided-and-why-it-sucks-constantly-blame-the-uni-context-agnes-callard-explains/Thu, 16 Jul 2026 01:32:22 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/wondering-why-everything-feels-divided-and-why-it-sucks-constantly-blame-the-uni-context-agnes-callard-explains/<![CDATA[With their mad methods and aesthetic gimmicks, William S. 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But Barbara and I are bothered about the raunchy stuff—urine ... fist up rectum” ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/i-do-support-youdifficult-job-but-barbara-and-i-are-bothered-about-the-raunchy-stuffurine-fist-up-rectum/Mon, 13 Jul 2026 23:13:30 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/i-do-support-youdifficult-job-but-barbara-and-i-are-bothered-about-the-raunchy-stuffurine-fist-up-rectum/<![CDATA[Carolyn Rouse did an interview to rebut the charge that anthropology has too much politics and too little rigor. It didn't go well]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/carolyn-rouse-did-an-interview-to-rebut-the-charge-that-anthropology-has-too-much-politics-and-too-little-rigor-it-didnt-go-well/Mon, 13 Jul 2026 23:13:30 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/carolyn-rouse-did-an-interview-to-rebut-the-charge-that-anthropology-has-too-much-politics-and-too-little-rigor-it-didnt-go-well/<![CDATA[Madeline Miller and Emily Wilson Tell Us What Is Epic About the ‘Odyssey’]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/madeline-miller-and-emily-wilson-tell-us-what-is-epic-about-the-odyssey/Mon, 13 Jul 2026 17:29:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/madeline-miller-and-emily-wilson-tell-us-what-is-epic-about-the-odyssey/<![CDATA[Do You Know These Greek Plays and Poems That Were Turned Into Movies?]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/do-you-know-these-greek-plays-and-poems-that-were-turned-into-movies/Mon, 13 Jul 2026 17:05:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/do-you-know-these-greek-plays-and-poems-that-were-turned-into-movies/<![CDATA[Shahrnush Parsipur, Iranian Writer Imprisoned for Her Novels, Dies at 80]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/shahrnush-parsipur-iranian-writer-imprisoned-for-her-novels-dies-at-80/Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/shahrnush-parsipur-iranian-writer-imprisoned-for-her-novels-dies-at-80/<![CDATA[Search MIT Libraries: Discover more with a single search]]> Search MIT Libraries helps users discover books, articles, theses, archival materials, research guides, databases, geospatial data, and more from one search. Designed to support both exploratory and known-item searching, it brings together content from across the Libraries’ digital ecosystem and helps connect users with the resou]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/search-mit-libraries-discover-more-with-a-single-search/Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:15:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/search-mit-libraries-discover-more-with-a-single-search/<![CDATA[MIT Libraries: Resources and Services for Graduate Students]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/mit-libraries-resources-and-services-for-graduate-students/Mon, 13 Jul 2026 15:49:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/mit-libraries-resources-and-services-for-graduate-students/<![CDATA[Carpentries@MIT Introduction to Programming with Python]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/carpentriesmit-introduction-to-programming-with-python/Mon, 13 Jul 2026 15:48:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/carpentriesmit-introduction-to-programming-with-python/<![CDATA[Young J. G. Ballard and his family were imprisoned in a Japanese camp for a two and a half years — he called it the best time of his life]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/young-j-g-ballard-and-his-family-were-imprisoned-in-a-japanese-camp-for-a-two-and-a-half-years-he-called-it-the-best-time-of-his-life/Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:14:45 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/young-j-g-ballard-and-his-family-were-imprisoned-in-a-japanese-camp-for-a-two-and-a-half-years-he-called-it-the-best-time-of-his-life/<![CDATA[PEN America was founded in 1922 to protect free speech and defend writers. That creed has developed a blind spot]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/pen-america-was-founded-in-1922-to-protect-free-speech-and-defend-writers-that-creed-has-developed-a-blind-spot/Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:14:45 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/pen-america-was-founded-in-1922-to-protect-free-speech-and-defend-writers-that-creed-has-developed-a-blind-spot/<![CDATA[Michel Foucault, who warned against domination, became dominant himself. He'd have savored the irony ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/michel-foucault-who-warned-against-domination-became-dominant-himself-hed-have-savored-the-ironynbsp/Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:14:45 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/michel-foucault-who-warned-against-domination-became-dominant-himself-hed-have-savored-the-ironynbsp/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘It Will Come Back to You,’ by Sigrid Nunez]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-it-will-come-back-to-you-by-sigrid-nunez/Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-it-will-come-back-to-you-by-sigrid-nunez/<![CDATA[“The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire” Isn’t Saying What You Think It Is]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-decline-and-fall-of-the-roman-empire-isnt-saying-what-you-think-it-is/Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-decline-and-fall-of-the-roman-empire-isnt-saying-what-you-think-it-is/<![CDATA[Sizzling, Sexy Age-Gap Romance Novels]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/sizzling-sexy-age-gap-romance-novels/Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/sizzling-sexy-age-gap-romance-novels/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Catch the Devil,’ by Pamela Colloff]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-catch-the-devil-by-pamela-colloff/Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-catch-the-devil-by-pamela-colloff/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Aging Out,’ by Lucy Schiller]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-aging-out-by-lucy-schiller/Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-aging-out-by-lucy-schiller/<![CDATA[Seneca’s Solution to the Crisis of Attention]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/senecas-solution-to-the-crisis-of-attention/Sun, 12 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/senecas-solution-to-the-crisis-of-attention/<![CDATA[Fitness Influencers Are Not Making Men More Fit]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/fitness-influencers-are-not-making-men-more-fit/Sun, 12 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/fitness-influencers-are-not-making-men-more-fit/<![CDATA[Golden Age Mysteries: A Starter Pack]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/golden-age-mysteries-a-starter-pack/Sun, 12 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/golden-age-mysteries-a-starter-pack/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Every Inch a Lady,’ by Audrey Smaltz]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-every-inch-a-lady-by-audrey-smaltz/Sun, 12 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-every-inch-a-lady-by-audrey-smaltz/<![CDATA[Inside the Nantucket Home of Best-Selling Author Elin Hilderbrand]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/inside-the-nantucket-home-of-best-selling-author-elin-hilderbrand/Sat, 11 Jul 2026 11:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/inside-the-nantucket-home-of-best-selling-author-elin-hilderbrand/<![CDATA[Our Insatiable Appetite for Stories About Cannibalism]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/our-insatiable-appetite-for-stories-about-cannibalism/Sat, 11 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/our-insatiable-appetite-for-stories-about-cannibalism/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Fixer Chao,’ by Han Ong]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-fixer-chao-by-han-ong/Sat, 11 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-fixer-chao-by-han-ong/<![CDATA[Historian Kerri K. 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Why did it get so much worse?  ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/naomi-kanakia-has-two-questions-about-n1-how-did-it-used-to-publish-so-much-consistently-amazing-work-why-did-it-get-so-much-worse/Thu, 09 Jul 2026 01:01:32 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/naomi-kanakia-has-two-questions-about-n1-how-did-it-used-to-publish-so-much-consistently-amazing-work-why-did-it-get-so-much-worse/<![CDATA[Beekeeping, calligraphy, and glassblowing are flourishing as skill nostalgia grips our AI-terrified world]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/beekeeping-calligraphy-and-glassblowing-are-flourishing-as-skill-nostalgia-grips-our-ai-terrified-world/Thu, 09 Jul 2026 01:01:32 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/beekeeping-calligraphy-and-glassblowing-are-flourishing-as-skill-nostalgia-grips-our-ai-terrified-world/<![CDATA[A New ‘Little House’ Broadens and Updates the Prairie]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-new-little-house-broadens-and-updates-the-prairie/Wed, 08 Jul 2026 17:08:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-new-little-house-broadens-and-updates-the-prairie/<![CDATA[How ‘Little House’ Welcomes Native Neighbors]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-little-house-welcomes-native-neighbors/Wed, 08 Jul 2026 16:21:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-little-house-welcomes-native-neighbors/<![CDATA[Young John Berryman revered the elder generation of poets. 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How do you feel about exclamation points?]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/fowler-dismissed-them-as-the-mark-of-an-amateur-adorno-called-them-soundless-cymbal-crashing-how-do-you-feel-about-exclamation-points/Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:28:27 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/fowler-dismissed-them-as-the-mark-of-an-amateur-adorno-called-them-soundless-cymbal-crashing-how-do-you-feel-about-exclamation-points/<![CDATA[Hannibal, Mo. is a company town, and the local industry is Mark Twain. 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Check Out These Books.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/want-to-truly-understand-the-world-cup-check-out-these-books/Mon, 06 Jul 2026 22:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/want-to-truly-understand-the-world-cup-check-out-these-books/<![CDATA[New Books About the World Cup]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/new-books-about-the-world-cup/Mon, 06 Jul 2026 22:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/new-books-about-the-world-cup/<![CDATA[Understanding the World Cup in 3 Books]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/understanding-the-world-cup-in-3-books/Mon, 06 Jul 2026 19:11:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/understanding-the-world-cup-in-3-books/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Coast of Everything,’ by Guillermo Stitch]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-coast-of-everything-by-guillermo-stitch/Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:23:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-coast-of-everything-by-guillermo-stitch/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Men in Love,’ by Irvine Welsh]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-men-in-love-by-irvine-welsh/Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:21:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-men-in-love-by-irvine-welsh/<![CDATA[Try This Quiz on Literary Quotations About American Life]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/try-this-quiz-on-literary-quotations-about-american-life/Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/try-this-quiz-on-literary-quotations-about-american-life/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Simp,’ by Roshan Sethi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-simp-by-roshan-sethi/Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-simp-by-roshan-sethi/<![CDATA[We should lower the threshold for when to start treating AI systems as potentially conscious ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/we-should-lower-the-threshold-for-when-to-start-treating-ai-systems-as-potentially-conscious/Mon, 06 Jul 2026 01:23:41 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/we-should-lower-the-threshold-for-when-to-start-treating-ai-systems-as-potentially-conscious/<![CDATA[Religious rites, rock concerts, and other transcendent moments stem from directing our attention to “something more than human”]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/religious-rites-rock-concerts-and-other-transcendent-moments-stem-from-directing-our-attention-to-something-more-than-human/Mon, 06 Jul 2026 01:23:41 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/religious-rites-rock-concerts-and-other-transcendent-moments-stem-from-directing-our-attention-to-something-more-than-human/<![CDATA[Hannibal, Missouri is a company town, and the local industry is Mark Twain. "The perfume of manufactured nostalgia hangs heavy in the air"]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/hannibal-missouri-is-a-company-town-and-the-local-industry-is-mark-twain-the-perfume-of-manufactured-nostalgia-hangs-heavy-in-the-air/Mon, 06 Jul 2026 01:23:41 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/hannibal-missouri-is-a-company-town-and-the-local-industry-is-mark-twain-the-perfume-of-manufactured-nostalgia-hangs-heavy-in-the-air/<![CDATA[Mike Wallace, Who Wrote an Acclaimed History of New York, Dies at 83]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/mike-wallace-who-wrote-an-acclaimed-history-of-new-york-dies-at-83/Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:40:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/mike-wallace-who-wrote-an-acclaimed-history-of-new-york-dies-at-83/<![CDATA[The Most American Episode of the Daily, Ever.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-most-american-episode-of-the-daily-ever/Sun, 05 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-most-american-episode-of-the-daily-ever/<![CDATA[‘The Face,’ by Fay Bound-Alberti]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-face-by-fay-bound-alberti/Sun, 05 Jul 2026 11:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-face-by-fay-bound-alberti/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Country People,’ by Daniel Mason]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-country-people-by-daniel-mason/Sun, 05 Jul 2026 11:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-country-people-by-daniel-mason/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘American Trickster,’ by Ru Marshall]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-american-trickster-by-ru-marshall/Sat, 04 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-american-trickster-by-ru-marshall/<![CDATA[John Byrne, an ‘X-Men’ Artist, Returns to Rewrite the Story His Way]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/john-byrne-an-x-men-artist-returns-to-rewrite-the-story-his-way/Fri, 03 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/john-byrne-an-x-men-artist-returns-to-rewrite-the-story-his-way/<![CDATA[Children’s Picture Books on America at 250]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/childrens-picture-books-on-america-at-250/Fri, 03 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/childrens-picture-books-on-america-at-250/<![CDATA[A Poet for Everyone, Even Those Who Don’t Read Poetry]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-poet-for-everyone-even-those-who-dont-read-poetry/Fri, 03 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-poet-for-everyone-even-those-who-dont-read-poetry/<![CDATA[In These Thrillers, Vacations Go Very, Very Wrong]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-these-thrillers-vacations-go-very-very-wrong/Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-these-thrillers-vacations-go-very-very-wrong/<![CDATA[Vasily Grossman died believing that his masterpiece had been seized by the KGB and lost forever]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/vasily-grossman-died-believing-that-his-masterpiece-had-been-seized-by-the-kgb-and-lost-forever/Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:56:37 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/vasily-grossman-died-believing-that-his-masterpiece-had-been-seized-by-the-kgb-and-lost-forever/<![CDATA[Tiny honorariums, endless reading, and a bewildering amount of randomness — book prizes don’t work how you think]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/tiny-honorariums-endless-reading-and-a-bewildering-amount-of-randomness-book-prizes-dont-work-how-you-think/Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:56:37 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/tiny-honorariums-endless-reading-and-a-bewildering-amount-of-randomness-book-prizes-dont-work-how-you-think/<![CDATA[Afternoon naps, long walks, and five hours of work a day. 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Vollmann may be dying, but he’s also just finished a 3,000 page opus]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/hit-by-a-car-beset-by-family-tragedy-diagnosed-with-cancer-william-t-vollmann-may-be-dying-but-hes-also-just-finished-a-3000-page-opus/Wed, 01 Jul 2026 02:03:25 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/hit-by-a-car-beset-by-family-tragedy-diagnosed-with-cancer-william-t-vollmann-may-be-dying-but-hes-also-just-finished-a-3000-page-opus/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Midnight Special,’ by Colin Asher]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-midnight-special-by-colin-asher/Tue, 30 Jun 2026 11:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-midnight-special-by-colin-asher/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep,’ by Paul Tremblay]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-dead-but-dreaming-of-electric-sheep-by-paul-tremblay/Tue, 30 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-dead-but-dreaming-of-electric-sheep-by-paul-tremblay/<![CDATA[“We should not start from good old things, but from bad new things.” Brecht’s motto is a guide for intellectuals]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/we-should-not-start-from-good-old-things-but-from-bad-new-things-brechts-motto-is-a-guide-for-intellectuals/Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:56:32 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/we-should-not-start-from-good-old-things-but-from-bad-new-things-brechts-motto-is-a-guide-for-intellectuals/<![CDATA[Oscar Wilde foresaw machines freeing humanity for beauty and leisure. Greed has other plans]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/oscar-wilde-foresaw-machines-freeing-humanity-for-beauty-and-leisure-greed-has-other-plans/Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:56:32 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/oscar-wilde-foresaw-machines-freeing-humanity-for-beauty-and-leisure-greed-has-other-plans/<![CDATA[Eric Hobsbawm made the 20th century intelligible. But he never could fully explain his own communism]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/eric-hobsbawm-made-the-20th-century-intelligible-but-he-never-could-fully-explain-his-own-communism/Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:56:32 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/eric-hobsbawm-made-the-20th-century-intelligible-but-he-never-could-fully-explain-his-own-communism/<![CDATA[America's foundational literary genre isn't the novel or the sermon. It is the captivity narrative]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/americas-foundational-literary-genre-isnt-the-novel-or-the-sermon-it-is-the-captivity-narrative/Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:56:32 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/americas-foundational-literary-genre-isnt-the-novel-or-the-sermon-it-is-the-captivity-narrative/<![CDATA[Liberals Are Preaching Moral Values. What Took Them So Long?]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/liberals-are-preaching-moral-values-what-took-them-so-long/Mon, 29 Jun 2026 18:48:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/liberals-are-preaching-moral-values-what-took-them-so-long/<![CDATA[Test Your Knowledge of New York’s Algonquin Round Table]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/test-your-knowledge-of-new-yorks-algonquin-round-table/Mon, 29 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/test-your-knowledge-of-new-yorks-algonquin-round-table/<![CDATA[22 New Books to Read in July: Colson Whitehead, Alice Oseman, Daniel Mason and More]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/22-new-books-to-read-in-july-colson-whitehead-alice-oseman-daniel-mason-and-more/Mon, 29 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/22-new-books-to-read-in-july-colson-whitehead-alice-oseman-daniel-mason-and-more/<![CDATA[L.G.B.T.Q. 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But the golden age looks golden only in hindsight]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/kael-tynan-sontag-once-critics-were-as-magnetic-as-artists-but-the-golden-age-looks-golden-only-in-hindsight/Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:19:49 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/kael-tynan-sontag-once-critics-were-as-magnetic-as-artists-but-the-golden-age-looks-golden-only-in-hindsight/<![CDATA[David Thomson spent 60 years celebrating cinema. Now he thinks movies may have ruined us]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/david-thomson-spent-60-years-celebrating-cinema-now-he-thinks-movies-may-have-ruined-us/Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:19:49 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/david-thomson-spent-60-years-celebrating-cinema-now-he-thinks-movies-may-have-ruined-us/<![CDATA[America's foundational literary genre wasn't the novel or the sermon. It was the captivity narrative]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/americas-foundational-literary-genre-wasnt-the-novel-or-the-sermon-it-was-the-captivity-narrative/Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:19:49 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/americas-foundational-literary-genre-wasnt-the-novel-or-the-sermon-it-was-the-captivity-narrative/<![CDATA[Bible Passages Will Be Required Reading in Texas Public Schools]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/bible-passages-will-be-required-reading-in-texas-public-schools/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 22:09:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/bible-passages-will-be-required-reading-in-texas-public-schools/<![CDATA[Vance Downplays Watergate and Compares Himself to Nixon]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/vance-downplays-watergate-and-compares-himself-to-nixon/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 20:34:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/vance-downplays-watergate-and-compares-himself-to-nixon/<![CDATA[John Bolton, Former Trump Adviser, Pleads Guilty in Classified Information Case]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/john-bolton-former-trump-adviser-pleads-guilty-in-classified-information-case/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 19:48:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/john-bolton-former-trump-adviser-pleads-guilty-in-classified-information-case/<![CDATA[Book Club: Let’s Talk About ‘Yesteryear’]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-club-lets-talk-about-yesteryear/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 16:35:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-club-lets-talk-about-yesteryear/<![CDATA[Summer 2026 recommended reading]]> Fiction and poetry
We (the People of the United States)(Penguin Books, 2026)By Joshua Bennett, the Distinguished Chair of the Humanities at MIT and professor of literature
Science and Engineering
Syntax: A Cognitive Approach(MIT Press, 2025)By Edward A. F. Gibson, professor of brain and cog]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/summer-2026-recommended-reading/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 16:08:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/summer-2026-recommended-reading/<![CDATA[Book Club: Read ‘John of John,’ by Douglas Stuart, With the Book Review]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-club-read-john-of-john-by-douglas-stuart-with-the-book-review/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 11:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-club-read-john-of-john-by-douglas-stuart-with-the-book-review/<![CDATA[Why are humanists so bad at defending the humanities? There is a more persuasive case, and it’s been ignored]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/why-are-humanists-so-bad-at-defending-the-humanities-there-is-a-more-persuasive-case-and-its-been-ignored/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 01:47:35 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/why-are-humanists-so-bad-at-defending-the-humanities-there-is-a-more-persuasive-case-and-its-been-ignored/<![CDATA[The Renaissance didn't begin in Florence. It began six thousand years ago in the Middle East. So argues a new book]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-renaissance-didnt-begin-in-florence-it-began-six-thousand-years-ago-in-the-middle-east-so-argues-a-new-book/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 01:47:35 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-renaissance-didnt-begin-in-florence-it-began-six-thousand-years-ago-in-the-middle-east-so-argues-a-new-book/<![CDATA[Paul Klee painted it. Walter Benjamin coveted it. And Morgan Meis spent a lifetime obsessing over it]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/paul-klee-painted-it-walter-benjamin-coveted-it-and-morgan-meis-spent-a-lifetime-obsessing-over-it/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 01:47:35 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/paul-klee-painted-it-walter-benjamin-coveted-it-and-morgan-meis-spent-a-lifetime-obsessing-over-it/<![CDATA[Utopian fiction is implicitly anti-utopian; things regularly go awry in these ideal societies]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/utopian-fiction-is-implicitly-anti-utopian-things-regularly-go-awry-in-these-ideal-societies/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:41:33 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/utopian-fiction-is-implicitly-anti-utopian-things-regularly-go-awry-in-these-ideal-societies/<![CDATA[The Odyssey has survived three millennia. Can it survive a $250-million movie adaptation?]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-odyssey-has-survived-three-millennia-can-it-survive-a-250-million-movie-adaptation-2/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:41:33 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-odyssey-has-survived-three-millennia-can-it-survive-a-250-million-movie-adaptation-2/<![CDATA[Astrophysicists have always built tools to see farther. Their new tools may make humans unnecessary]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/astrophysicists-have-always-built-tools-to-see-farther-their-new-tools-may-make-humans-unnecessary/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:41:33 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/astrophysicists-have-always-built-tools-to-see-farther-their-new-tools-may-make-humans-unnecessary/<![CDATA[John Stockwell, Who Wrote a Tell-All Book About the C.I.A., Dies at 88]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/john-stockwell-who-wrote-a-tell-all-book-about-the-cia-dies-at-88/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:08:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/john-stockwell-who-wrote-a-tell-all-book-about-the-cia-dies-at-88/<![CDATA[The New York Times Amends Lawsuit Against OpenAI and Microsoft]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-new-york-times-amends-lawsuit-against-openai-and-microsoft/Thu, 25 Jun 2026 23:15:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-new-york-times-amends-lawsuit-against-openai-and-microsoft/<![CDATA[Mara Brock Akil Finds a New ‘Muse’ in ‘The Revelation of Dionne Daphne’]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/mara-brock-akil-finds-a-new-muse-in-the-revelation-of-dionne-daphne/Thu, 25 Jun 2026 14:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/mara-brock-akil-finds-a-new-muse-in-the-revelation-of-dionne-daphne/<![CDATA[Newbery Medalist Kwame Alexander Starts an Imprint at Sourcebooks]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/newbery-medalist-kwame-alexander-starts-an-imprint-at-sourcebooks/Thu, 25 Jun 2026 11:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/newbery-medalist-kwame-alexander-starts-an-imprint-at-sourcebooks/<![CDATA[Bible Passages May Soon Be Required Reading in Texas Public Schools]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/bible-passages-may-soon-be-required-reading-in-texas-public-schools/Thu, 25 Jun 2026 11:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/bible-passages-may-soon-be-required-reading-in-texas-public-schools/<![CDATA[Best Sapphic Romance Books, According to Ashley Herring Blake]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/best-sapphic-romance-books-according-to-ashley-herring-blake/Thu, 25 Jun 2026 11:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/best-sapphic-romance-books-according-to-ashley-herring-blake/<![CDATA[Paul Rudnick on His Favorite Books and His New ‘Tuxedo Society’]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/paul-rudnick-on-his-favorite-books-and-his-new-tuxedo-society/Thu, 25 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/paul-rudnick-on-his-favorite-books-and-his-new-tuxedo-society/<![CDATA[Utopian fiction is implicitly anti-utopian; things regularly go awry in an ideal society]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/utopian-fiction-is-implicitly-anti-utopian-things-regularly-go-awry-in-an-ideal-society/Thu, 25 Jun 2026 03:42:32 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/utopian-fiction-is-implicitly-anti-utopian-things-regularly-go-awry-in-an-ideal-society/<![CDATA[The Odyssey has survived three millennia. Can it survive a $250 million movie adaptation?]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-odyssey-has-survived-three-millennia-can-it-survive-a-250-million-movie-adaptation/Thu, 25 Jun 2026 03:42:32 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-odyssey-has-survived-three-millennia-can-it-survive-a-250-million-movie-adaptation/<![CDATA[Astrophysicists have always built tools to see farther. The new tools may make the humans unnecessary]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/astrophysicists-have-always-built-tools-to-see-farther-the-new-tools-may-make-the-humans-unnecessary/Thu, 25 Jun 2026 03:42:32 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/astrophysicists-have-always-built-tools-to-see-farther-the-new-tools-may-make-the-humans-unnecessary/<![CDATA[‘“The Boy in the Striped Pajamas”: The Cost of Fictionalizing the Holocaust’: A Winning Student Open Letter]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-boy-in-the-striped-pajamas-the-cost-of-fictionalizing-the-holocaust-a-winning-student-open-letter/Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:26:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-boy-in-the-striped-pajamas-the-cost-of-fictionalizing-the-holocaust-a-winning-student-open-letter/<![CDATA[Wild, Haunting New Fantasy Novels]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/wild-haunting-new-fantasy-novels/Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/wild-haunting-new-fantasy-novels/<![CDATA[Thrilling Fantasy Novels to Take You on Wild Adventures]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/thrilling-fantasy-novels-to-take-you-on-wild-adventures/Wed, 24 Jun 2026 11:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/thrilling-fantasy-novels-to-take-you-on-wild-adventures/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Lifeguard,’ by Janet Fash with Clio Chang]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-lifeguard-by-janet-fash-with-clio-chang/Wed, 24 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-lifeguard-by-janet-fash-with-clio-chang/<![CDATA[Shirley Lord, Beauty Editor, Novelist and Society Fixture, Dies at 93]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/shirley-lord-beauty-editor-novelist-and-society-fixture-dies-at-93/Wed, 24 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/shirley-lord-beauty-editor-novelist-and-society-fixture-dies-at-93/<![CDATA[Future of Rotch Library begins to take shape]]> “Libraries are transformative spaces where community, inquiry, and discovery intersect,” says MIT Libraries Director Chris Bourg. “Together with Dean Sarkis and the task force, we are co-creating a dynamic future for Rotch that can meet the needs of scholars f]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/future-of-rotch-library-begins-to-take-shape/Wed, 24 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/future-of-rotch-library-begins-to-take-shape/<![CDATA[Darwin spent only five weeks in the Galápagos. He ate tortoise, rode tortoise, and drank tortoise urine]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/darwin-spent-only-five-weeks-in-the-galpagos-he-ate-tortoise-rode-tortoise-and-drank-tortoise-urine/Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:17:42 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/darwin-spent-only-five-weeks-in-the-galpagos-he-ate-tortoise-rode-tortoise-and-drank-tortoise-urine/<![CDATA[Oscar Wilde said there is only good art and bad art — the artist's morality is beside the point. But it's not that simple ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/oscar-wilde-said-there-is-only-good-art-and-bad-art-mdash-the-artists-morality-is-beside-the-point-but-its-not-that-simplenbsp/Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:01:49 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/oscar-wilde-said-there-is-only-good-art-and-bad-art-mdash-the-artists-morality-is-beside-the-point-but-its-not-that-simplenbsp/<![CDATA[Karl Popper is sometimes credited with coining "conspiracy theory." He didn't. The phrase is older and stranger ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/karl-popper-is-sometimes-credited-with-coining-conspiracy-theory-he-didnt-the-phrase-is-older-and-strangernbsp/Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:01:49 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/karl-popper-is-sometimes-credited-with-coining-conspiracy-theory-he-didnt-the-phrase-is-older-and-strangernbsp/<![CDATA[Would You Let an A.I. Michael Caine Read You the ‘Odyssey’?]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/would-you-let-an-ai-michael-caine-read-you-the-odyssey/Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:17:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/would-you-let-an-ai-michael-caine-read-you-the-odyssey/<![CDATA[A New ‘Odyssey’ Audiobook Puts the ‘A.I.’ in ‘Michael Caine’]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-new-odyssey-audiobook-puts-the-ai-in-michael-caine/Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:17:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-new-odyssey-audiobook-puts-the-ai-in-michael-caine/<![CDATA[When the blogosphere gave way to Substack, writers gained audiences but lost one another. 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Noah Smith explains]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/when-the-blogosphere-gave-way-to-substack-writers-gained-audiences-but-lost-each-other-noah-smith-explains/Tue, 23 Jun 2026 03:09:30 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/when-the-blogosphere-gave-way-to-substack-writers-gained-audiences-but-lost-each-other-noah-smith-explains/<![CDATA[People in the arts and culture resist AI most fiercely — and miss what is most interesting about it: the way it uses language]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/people-in-the-arts-and-culture-resist-ai-most-fiercely-and-miss-what-is-most-interesting-about-it-the-way-it-uses-language/Tue, 23 Jun 2026 03:09:30 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/people-in-the-arts-and-culture-resist-ai-most-fiercely-and-miss-what-is-most-interesting-about-it-the-way-it-uses-language/<![CDATA[Is there life after death? The psychiatrist Ian Stevenson spent his life collecting evidence. 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Who is the great poet of America?]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/england-has-shakespeare-spain-has-cervantes-italy-has-dante-who-is-the-great-poet-of-america/Mon, 22 Jun 2026 12:53:29 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/england-has-shakespeare-spain-has-cervantes-italy-has-dante-who-is-the-great-poet-of-america/<![CDATA[Dinosaurs, crocodilo-pythons, and other monsters populated the “lost world” novels that thrived between the 1880s and 1920s]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/dinosaurs-crocodilo-pythons-and-other-monsters-populated-the-lost-world-novels-that-thrived-between-the-1880s-and-1920s/Mon, 22 Jun 2026 12:53:29 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/dinosaurs-crocodilo-pythons-and-other-monsters-populated-the-lost-world-novels-that-thrived-between-the-1880s-and-1920s/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Emergency Playbook,’ by Amy Edelman and Chris Begley]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-emergency-playbook-by-amy-edelman-and-chris-begley/Mon, 22 Jun 2026 11:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-emergency-playbook-by-amy-edelman-and-chris-begley/<![CDATA[Mark Singer, Longtime Writer for The New Yorker, Dies at 75]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/mark-singer-longtime-writer-for-the-new-yorker-dies-at-75/Sun, 21 Jun 2026 22:47:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/mark-singer-longtime-writer-for-the-new-yorker-dies-at-75/<![CDATA[‘There Was Love, and Then There Was Suffering’: A Q&A With Christian Wiman]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/lsquothere-was-love-and-then-there-was-sufferingrsquo-a-qampa-with-christian-wiman-2/Sun, 21 Jun 2026 19:16:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/lsquothere-was-love-and-then-there-was-sufferingrsquo-a-qampa-with-christian-wiman-2/<![CDATA[Tom Junod Asks: Can a Bad Man Be a Good Father?]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/tom-junod-asks-can-a-bad-man-be-a-good-father/Sun, 21 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/tom-junod-asks-can-a-bad-man-be-a-good-father/<![CDATA[‘There Was Love and Then There Was Suffering’: A Q&A With Christian Wiman]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/lsquothere-was-love-and-then-there-was-sufferingrsquo-a-qampa-with-christian-wiman/Sun, 21 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/lsquothere-was-love-and-then-there-was-sufferingrsquo-a-qampa-with-christian-wiman/<![CDATA[With ‘Girls Like Girls,’ Hayley Kiyoko Turns Her Teenage Pain Into Art]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/with-girls-like-girls-hayley-kiyoko-turns-her-teenage-pain-into-art/Sun, 21 Jun 2026 11:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/with-girls-like-girls-hayley-kiyoko-turns-her-teenage-pain-into-art/<![CDATA[A Tenacious Lifeguard Still Swims Against the Tide]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-tenacious-lifeguard-still-swims-against-the-tide/Sun, 21 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-tenacious-lifeguard-still-swims-against-the-tide/<![CDATA[The Newsroom in D.C. Tries to Keep the Newsstand as a Shopping Destination]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-newsroom-in-dc-tries-to-keep-the-newsstand-as-a-shopping-destination/Sat, 20 Jun 2026 20:23:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-newsroom-in-dc-tries-to-keep-the-newsstand-as-a-shopping-destination/<![CDATA[‘A Deeply Anxious Personality’: 3 Opinion Writers on JD Vance’s New Book]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-deeply-anxious-personality-3-opinion-writers-on-jd-vances-new-book/Sat, 20 Jun 2026 20:15:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-deeply-anxious-personality-3-opinion-writers-on-jd-vances-new-book/<![CDATA[South Korean Author Cho Nam-Joo on Self-Cultivation and Collective Change]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/south-korean-author-cho-nam-joo-on-self-cultivation-and-collective-change/Sat, 20 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/south-korean-author-cho-nam-joo-on-self-cultivation-and-collective-change/<![CDATA[Danny McBride Thinks Men Learned All the Wrong Lessons From Movies]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/danny-mcbride-thinks-men-learned-all-the-wrong-lessons-from-movies/Sat, 20 Jun 2026 14:27:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/danny-mcbride-thinks-men-learned-all-the-wrong-lessons-from-movies/<![CDATA[Danny McBride Is Not Above a Little Violence (or a Lot of It)]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/danny-mcbride-is-not-above-a-little-violence-or-a-lot-of-it/Sat, 20 Jun 2026 11:15:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/danny-mcbride-is-not-above-a-little-violence-or-a-lot-of-it/<![CDATA[What Do Some of the Trendiest Books Have in Common? 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+0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/james-bradley-co-author-of-flags-of-our-fathers-dies-at-72/<![CDATA[I Keep Telling People We’re Living in This Dystopian Novel]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/i-keep-telling-people-were-living-in-this-dystopian-novel/Fri, 19 Jun 2026 11:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/i-keep-telling-people-were-living-in-this-dystopian-novel/<![CDATA[Art, Outrage and How the Culture Wars Began]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/art-outrage-and-how-the-culture-wars-began/Fri, 19 Jun 2026 11:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/art-outrage-and-how-the-culture-wars-began/<![CDATA[David Thomson Loves the Movies but Not What They Have Done to America]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/david-thomson-loves-the-movies-but-not-what-they-have-done-to-america/Fri, 19 Jun 2026 11:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/david-thomson-loves-the-movies-but-not-what-they-have-done-to-america/<![CDATA[Jon Klassen on Ghosts in Children’s Stories]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/jon-klassen-on-ghosts-in-childrens-stories/Fri, 19 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/jon-klassen-on-ghosts-in-childrens-stories/<![CDATA[Jean Houston, ‘Midwife of Souls’ Who Advised Hillary Clinton, Dies at 89]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/jean-houston-midwife-of-souls-who-advised-hillary-clinton-dies-at-89/Thu, 18 Jun 2026 23:37:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/jean-houston-midwife-of-souls-who-advised-hillary-clinton-dies-at-89/<![CDATA[Rereading ‘The Road’ as a Dad]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/rereading-the-road-as-a-dad/Thu, 18 Jun 2026 22:25:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/rereading-the-road-as-a-dad/<![CDATA[3 Books to Read if You Loved ‘The Road’]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/3-books-to-read-if-you-loved-the-road/Thu, 18 Jun 2026 22:09:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/3-books-to-read-if-you-loved-the-road/<![CDATA[Danny Simmons, Painter and Activist From a Creative Family, Dies at 72]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/danny-simmons-painter-and-activist-from-a-creative-family-dies-at-72/Thu, 18 Jun 2026 21:17:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/danny-simmons-painter-and-activist-from-a-creative-family-dies-at-72/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Regime Change,’ by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-regime-change-by-maggie-haberman-and-jonathan-swan/Thu, 18 Jun 2026 20:07:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-regime-change-by-maggie-haberman-and-jonathan-swan/<![CDATA[Takeaways From ‘Regime Change,’ Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan’s Book on Trump’s White House]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/takeaways-from-regime-change-maggie-haberman-and-jonathan-swans-book-on-trumps-white-house/Thu, 18 Jun 2026 19:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/takeaways-from-regime-change-maggie-haberman-and-jonathan-swans-book-on-trumps-white-house/<![CDATA[Trump and Iran: Mission Not Accomplished]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/trump-and-iran-mission-not-accomplished/Thu, 18 Jun 2026 18:41:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/trump-and-iran-mission-not-accomplished/<![CDATA[Gary Shteyngart, a Russian-Born Author, Tours Thomas Jefferson’s Home With His Son]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/gary-shteyngart-a-russian-born-author-tours-thomas-jeffersons-home-with-his-son/Thu, 18 Jun 2026 18:21:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/gary-shteyngart-a-russian-born-author-tours-thomas-jeffersons-home-with-his-son/<![CDATA[A Father Who Immigrated From the Soviet Union Tours Thomas Jefferson’s Home With His Son]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-father-who-immigrated-from-the-soviet-union-tours-thomas-jeffersons-home-with-his-son/Thu, 18 Jun 2026 17:35:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-father-who-immigrated-from-the-soviet-union-tours-thomas-jeffersons-home-with-his-son/<![CDATA[McCarthy Aide’s Tell-All Book Recounts Trump’s Expletive-Filled Threats to G.O.P.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/mccarthy-aides-tell-all-book-recounts-trumps-expletive-filled-threats-to-gop/Thu, 18 Jun 2026 16:57:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/mccarthy-aides-tell-all-book-recounts-trumps-expletive-filled-threats-to-gop/<![CDATA[What killed the masquerade ball: the rise of Evangelical moral values or an increasing affordability, which rendered it less appealing to the aristocracy?]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-killed-the-masquerade-ball-the-rise-of-evangelical-moral-values-or-an-increasing-affordability-which-rendered-it-less-appealing-to-the-aristocracy/Thu, 18 Jun 2026 11:51:43 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-killed-the-masquerade-ball-the-rise-of-evangelical-moral-values-or-an-increasing-affordability-which-rendered-it-less-appealing-to-the-aristocracy/<![CDATA[Thirty-seven paintings, 15 children, 43 years, and almost no paper trail: Vermeer is known to us only through crumbs and scraps]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/thirty-seven-paintings-15-children-43-years-and-almost-no-paper-trail-vermeer-is-known-to-us-only-through-crumbs-and-scraps/Thu, 18 Jun 2026 11:51:43 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/thirty-seven-paintings-15-children-43-years-and-almost-no-paper-trail-vermeer-is-known-to-us-only-through-crumbs-and-scraps/<![CDATA[Swift, Pope, and Gay gathered at Twickenham in 1726. They shared a villa, and a witty contempt for their age]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/swift-pope-and-gay-gathered-at-twickenham-in-1726-they-shared-a-villa-and-a-witty-contempt-for-their-age/Thu, 18 Jun 2026 11:51:43 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/swift-pope-and-gay-gathered-at-twickenham-in-1726-they-shared-a-villa-and-a-witty-contempt-for-their-age/<![CDATA[Plagiarism: Nabokov called it unconscious. Bob Dylan told his accusers to rot in hell. Both had a point]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/plagiarism-nabokov-called-it-unconscious-bob-dylan-told-his-accusers-to-rot-in-hell-both-had-a-point/Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:38:50 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/plagiarism-nabokov-called-it-unconscious-bob-dylan-told-his-accusers-to-rot-in-hell-both-had-a-point/<![CDATA[Dwight Macdonald opposed U.S. entry into World War II, denounced the atom bomb, and never found an ideological home. Was he right?]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/dwight-macdonald-opposed-us-entry-into-world-war-ii-denounced-the-atom-bomb-and-never-found-an-ideological-home-was-he-right/Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:38:50 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/dwight-macdonald-opposed-us-entry-into-world-war-ii-denounced-the-atom-bomb-and-never-found-an-ideological-home-was-he-right/<![CDATA[Carlo Ginzburg, Who Told the History of the Obscure, Dies at 87]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/carlo-ginzburg-who-told-the-history-of-the-obscure-dies-at-87/Wed, 17 Jun 2026 18:46:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/carlo-ginzburg-who-told-the-history-of-the-obscure-dies-at-87/<![CDATA[Plagiarism: Nabokov called it unconscious. Dylan told his accusers to rot in hell. Both had a point]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/plagiarism-nabokov-called-it-unconscious-dylan-told-his-accusers-to-rot-in-hell-both-had-a-point/Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:58:36 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/plagiarism-nabokov-called-it-unconscious-dylan-told-his-accusers-to-rot-in-hell-both-had-a-point/<![CDATA[Dwight Macdonald opposed World War II, denounced the atom bomb, and never found an ideological home. Was he right?]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/dwight-macdonald-opposed-world-war-ii-denounced-the-atom-bomb-and-never-found-an-ideological-home-was-he-right/Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:58:36 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/dwight-macdonald-opposed-world-war-ii-denounced-the-atom-bomb-and-never-found-an-ideological-home-was-he-right/<![CDATA[Debate over whether David Foster Wallace was a virtuosic bully or a genius with a heart of gold has eclipsed consideration of his work]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/debate-over-whether-david-foster-wallace-was-a-virtuosic-bully-or-a-genius-with-a-heart-of-gold-has-eclipsed-consideration-of-his-work/Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:58:36 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/debate-over-whether-david-foster-wallace-was-a-virtuosic-bully-or-a-genius-with-a-heart-of-gold-has-eclipsed-consideration-of-his-work/<![CDATA[Vance Is Pressed on Epstein, Race and His Boss on ‘The View’]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/vance-is-pressed-on-epstein-race-and-his-boss-on-the-view/Tue, 16 Jun 2026 23:39:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/vance-is-pressed-on-epstein-race-and-his-boss-on-the-view/<![CDATA[Best-Selling Memoirist Sues Classmate Who Said She Used Her Story]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/best-selling-memoirist-sues-classmate-who-said-she-used-her-story/Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:14:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/best-selling-memoirist-sues-classmate-who-said-she-used-her-story/<![CDATA[Takeaways From JD Vance’s New Book ‘Communion,’ on Faith and His Political Ambitions]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/takeaways-from-jd-vances-new-book-communion-on-faith-and-his-political-ambitions/Tue, 16 Jun 2026 16:19:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/takeaways-from-jd-vances-new-book-communion-on-faith-and-his-political-ambitions/<![CDATA[Literary Travel Combines Travel and a Love of Books]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/literary-travel-combines-travel-and-a-love-of-books/Tue, 16 Jun 2026 16:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/literary-travel-combines-travel-and-a-love-of-books/<![CDATA[Call It a ‘Book-cation’ or a ‘Readaway,’ Literary Travel Is Having a Moment]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/call-it-a-book-cation-or-a-readaway-literary-travel-is-having-a-moment/Tue, 16 Jun 2026 16:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/call-it-a-book-cation-or-a-readaway-literary-travel-is-having-a-moment/<![CDATA[The ‘Paddington’ Musical Will Come to Broadway Next Spring]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-paddington-musical-will-come-to-broadway-next-spring/Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:47:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-paddington-musical-will-come-to-broadway-next-spring/<![CDATA[The Verdict on Biden Is In]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-verdict-on-biden-is-in/Tue, 16 Jun 2026 11:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-verdict-on-biden-is-in/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Frenzy,’ by Joyce Carol Oates]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-frenzy-by-joyce-carol-oates/Tue, 16 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-frenzy-by-joyce-carol-oates/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Presence: A Hidden History of the Female Body,’ by Erin Maglaque]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-presence-a-hidden-history-of-the-female-body-by-erin-maglaque/Tue, 16 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-presence-a-hidden-history-of-the-female-body-by-erin-maglaque/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Ghost-Eye,’ by Amitav Ghosh]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-ghost-eye-by-amitav-ghosh/Tue, 16 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-ghost-eye-by-amitav-ghosh/<![CDATA[Toni Morrison believed that racial blackness and whiteness and redness — potent though they may be — are just that: stories ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/toni-morrison-believed-that-racial-blackness-and-whiteness-and-redness-potent-though-they-may-be-are-just-that-stories/Mon, 15 Jun 2026 23:42:49 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/toni-morrison-believed-that-racial-blackness-and-whiteness-and-redness-potent-though-they-may-be-are-just-that-stories/<![CDATA[The Renaissance was a golden age invented by people who believed they were living through a dark one]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-renaissance-was-a-golden-age-invented-by-people-who-believed-they-were-living-through-a-dark-one/Mon, 15 Jun 2026 23:42:49 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-renaissance-was-a-golden-age-invented-by-people-who-believed-they-were-living-through-a-dark-one/<![CDATA[AI may be sycophantic, but that is just one expression of its structural bias toward familiarity and averageness ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ai-may-be-sycophantic-but-that-is-just-one-expression-of-its-structural-bias-toward-familiarity-and-averageness/Mon, 15 Jun 2026 23:42:49 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ai-may-be-sycophantic-but-that-is-just-one-expression-of-its-structural-bias-toward-familiarity-and-averageness/<![CDATA[Test Your Knowledge of Books That Inspired Popular Screen Adaptations]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/test-your-knowledge-of-books-that-inspired-popular-screen-adaptations/Mon, 15 Jun 2026 16:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/test-your-knowledge-of-books-that-inspired-popular-screen-adaptations/<![CDATA[MIT Libraries staff honored with 2026 Infinite Mile Awards]]> Awardees were nominated by their library colleagues in the categories listed below; individuals and team recipients are listed along with excerpts from the award presentations.
Bringing out the Best
De]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/mit-libraries-staff-honored-with-2026-infinite-mile-awards/Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:47:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/mit-libraries-staff-honored-with-2026-infinite-mile-awards/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Nord Stream Conspiracy,’ by Bojan Pancevski]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-nord-stream-conspiracy-by-bojan-pancevski/Mon, 15 Jun 2026 11:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-nord-stream-conspiracy-by-bojan-pancevski/<![CDATA[Jean Ziegler, Swiss Gadfly Who Provoked His Countrymen, Dies at 92]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/jean-ziegler-swiss-gadfly-who-provoked-his-countrymen-dies-at-92/Sun, 14 Jun 2026 22:31:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/jean-ziegler-swiss-gadfly-who-provoked-his-countrymen-dies-at-92/<![CDATA[Jane Yolen, Whose Books for Children Drew on Everyday Life, Dies at 87]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/jane-yolen-whose-books-for-children-drew-on-everyday-life-dies-at-87/Sun, 14 Jun 2026 18:44:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/jane-yolen-whose-books-for-children-drew-on-everyday-life-dies-at-87/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Empire of Ink,’ by Alex Wright]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-empire-of-ink-by-alex-wright/Sun, 14 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-empire-of-ink-by-alex-wright/<![CDATA[A Graphic Novelist Captures the Lives of Vermont Lesbians Ahead of Their Time]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-graphic-novelist-captures-the-lives-of-vermont-lesbians-ahead-of-their-time/Sun, 14 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-graphic-novelist-captures-the-lives-of-vermont-lesbians-ahead-of-their-time/<![CDATA[When Duchamp took New York: Europe spurned him, so he decamped to America, where he was met with exaltation and outrage]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/when-duchamp-took-new-york-europe-spurned-him-so-he-decamped-to-america-where-he-was-met-with-exaltation-and-outrage/Sun, 14 Jun 2026 03:04:42 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/when-duchamp-took-new-york-europe-spurned-him-so-he-decamped-to-america-where-he-was-met-with-exaltation-and-outrage/<![CDATA[Is a new academic report with a dry title a “diabolically evil” plot to undermine the humanities? Or will it save them?  ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/is-a-new-academic-report-with-a-dry-title-a-diabolically-evil-plot-to-undermine-the-humanities-or-will-it-save-them/Sun, 14 Jun 2026 03:04:42 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/is-a-new-academic-report-with-a-dry-title-a-diabolically-evil-plot-to-undermine-the-humanities-or-will-it-save-them/<![CDATA[Children’s literature used to get reviewed in serious outlets. That’s stopped — and has that turned the genre to “crud”?]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/childrens-literature-used-to-get-reviewed-in-serious-outlets-thats-stopped-and-has-that-turned-the-genre-to-crud/Sun, 14 Jun 2026 03:04:42 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/childrens-literature-used-to-get-reviewed-in-serious-outlets-thats-stopped-and-has-that-turned-the-genre-to-crud/<![CDATA[Jeffrey Epstein Haunts the White House]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/jeffrey-epstein-haunts-the-white-house/Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/jeffrey-epstein-haunts-the-white-house/<![CDATA[Madeline Cash Isn’t Playing Around. Or Is She?]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/madeline-cash-isnt-playing-around-or-is-she/Sat, 13 Jun 2026 11:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/madeline-cash-isnt-playing-around-or-is-she/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘They All Fall in Love at the End,’ by Haili Blassingame]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-they-all-fall-in-love-at-the-end-by-haili-blassingame/Sat, 13 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-they-all-fall-in-love-at-the-end-by-haili-blassingame/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Something We Said,’ by Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-something-we-said-by-elizabeth-stordeur-pryor/Sat, 13 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-something-we-said-by-elizabeth-stordeur-pryor/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Drayton and Mackenzie,’ by Alexander Starritt]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-drayton-and-mackenzie-by-alexander-starritt/Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:08:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-drayton-and-mackenzie-by-alexander-starritt/<![CDATA[The Books Times Readers Are Most Excited About This Summer]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-books-times-readers-are-most-excited-about-this-summer/Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-books-times-readers-are-most-excited-about-this-summer/<![CDATA[The Best Books of the 21st Century: Ryan Holiday on ‘The Road’]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-best-books-of-the-21st-century-ryan-holiday-on-the-road/Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-best-books-of-the-21st-century-ryan-holiday-on-the-road/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Rialto,’ by Kate Milford, and ‘Fatal Glitch: Camp Zero,’ by Erin Entrada Kelly and Eliot Schrefer]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-rialto-by-kate-milford-and-fatal-glitch-camp-zero-by-erin-entrada-kelly-and-eliot-schrefer/Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-rialto-by-kate-milford-and-fatal-glitch-camp-zero-by-erin-entrada-kelly-and-eliot-schrefer/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘As If,’ by Isabel Waidner]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-as-if-by-isabel-waidner/Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-as-if-by-isabel-waidner/<![CDATA[‘Operation Pushkin’: Paris Trial Puts Spotlight on Rare-Book Heists]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/operation-pushkin-paris-trial-puts-spotlight-on-rare-book-heists/Fri, 12 Jun 2026 06:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/operation-pushkin-paris-trial-puts-spotlight-on-rare-book-heists/<![CDATA[The great AI divide. All writing — novels, poems, screenplays, even love letters — will be judged according to which side it falls on]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-great-ai-divide-all-writing-novels-poems-screenplays-even-love-letters-will-be-judged-according-to-which-side-it-falls-on/Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:12:38 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-great-ai-divide-all-writing-novels-poems-screenplays-even-love-letters-will-be-judged-according-to-which-side-it-falls-on/<![CDATA[Being Auden's typist. 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Entries could highlight any topic, whether it be infrastructure, public health, or ecological change. Entries were judged based on criteria including creativity of chosen topic; use of GIS in executing the project; data sel]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/geospatial-data-visualization-contest-winners-announced/Thu, 11 Jun 2026 15:31:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/geospatial-data-visualization-contest-winners-announced/<![CDATA[Ruth Ozeki on Her Favorite Books and Her New Collection, ‘The Typing Lady’]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ruth-ozeki-on-her-favorite-books-and-her-new-collection-the-typing-lady/Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ruth-ozeki-on-her-favorite-books-and-her-new-collection-the-typing-lady/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘This Dark Night: Emily Brontë, a Life,’ by Deborah Lutz]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-this-dark-night-emily-bront-a-life-by-deborah-lutz/Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-this-dark-night-emily-bront-a-life-by-deborah-lutz/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The American School of Spies,’ by Stephan Talty]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-american-school-of-spies-by-stephan-talty/Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-american-school-of-spies-by-stephan-talty/<![CDATA[Peter Hujar and Paul Thek shaped Manhattan's art scene. They died before anyone fully understood what they'd made]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/peter-hujar-and-paul-thek-shaped-manhattans-art-scene-they-died-before-anyone-fully-understood-what-theyd-made/Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:22:31 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/peter-hujar-and-paul-thek-shaped-manhattans-art-scene-they-died-before-anyone-fully-understood-what-theyd-made/<![CDATA[How the pursuit of mathematical understanding built the tools now poised to replace it]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-the-pursuit-of-mathematical-understanding-built-the-tools-now-poised-to-replace-it/Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:03:40 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-the-pursuit-of-mathematical-understanding-built-the-tools-now-poised-to-replace-it/<![CDATA[Are we really in “the least innovative, least transformative, least pioneering century for culture since the invention of the printing press”?]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/are-we-really-in-the-least-innovative-least-transformative-least-pioneering-century-for-culture-since-the-invention-of-the-printing-press/Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:03:40 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/are-we-really-in-the-least-innovative-least-transformative-least-pioneering-century-for-culture-since-the-invention-of-the-printing-press/<![CDATA[Inside Trump’s White House, the Epstein Files Caused a Freakout]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/inside-trumps-white-house-the-epstein-files-caused-a-freakout/Wed, 10 Jun 2026 20:46:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/inside-trumps-white-house-the-epstein-files-caused-a-freakout/<![CDATA[Cultivating a New Generation of Readers and a Love of Books]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/cultivating-a-new-generation-of-readers-and-a-love-of-books/Wed, 10 Jun 2026 18:35:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/cultivating-a-new-generation-of-readers-and-a-love-of-books/<![CDATA[How Laverne Cox Slayed Her Demons: With Grit and Glamour]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-laverne-cox-slayed-her-demons-with-grit-and-glamour/Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:12:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-laverne-cox-slayed-her-demons-with-grit-and-glamour/<![CDATA[The White House Panic Over the Epstein Files: Six Takeaways From the New York Times Investigation]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-white-house-panic-over-the-epstein-files-six-takeaways-from-the-new-york-times-investigation/Wed, 10 Jun 2026 11:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-white-house-panic-over-the-epstein-files-six-takeaways-from-the-new-york-times-investigation/<![CDATA[Modern Love Laverne Cox On Her Relationships]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/modern-love-laverne-cox-on-her-relationships/Wed, 10 Jun 2026 11:03:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/modern-love-laverne-cox-on-her-relationships/<![CDATA[In a New Memoir, Laverne Cox Takes on Her Demons]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-a-new-memoir-laverne-cox-takes-on-her-demons/Wed, 10 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-a-new-memoir-laverne-cox-takes-on-her-demons/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Cocked and Boozy,’ by Brooke Barbier]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-cocked-and-boozy-by-brooke-barbier/Wed, 10 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-cocked-and-boozy-by-brooke-barbier/<![CDATA[A.I. Loves the Em Dash. What’s a Human Writer to Do?]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ai-loves-the-em-dash-whats-a-human-writer-to-do/Wed, 10 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ai-loves-the-em-dash-whats-a-human-writer-to-do/<![CDATA[“I said I would do it before I die.” At 90, the esteemed American historian Gordon Wood turned to Proust]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/i-said-i-would-do-it-before-i-die-at-90-the-esteemed-american-historian-gordon-wood-turned-to-proust/Wed, 10 Jun 2026 01:30:30 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/i-said-i-would-do-it-before-i-die-at-90-the-esteemed-american-historian-gordon-wood-turned-to-proust/<![CDATA[Daniel Greco is a professor of philosophy at Yale. Why is he training an AI to replace him?]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/daniel-greco-is-a-professor-of-philosophy-at-yale-why-is-he-training-an-ai-to-replace-him/Wed, 10 Jun 2026 01:30:30 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/daniel-greco-is-a-professor-of-philosophy-at-yale-why-is-he-training-an-ai-to-replace-him/<![CDATA[A mediocre student, a crushing bore, a compulsive seducer. 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Why resort to delusional fantasies? ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/there-are-plenty-of-reasonable-grounds-on-which-to-criticize-the-frankfurt-school-why-resort-to-delusional-fantasies/Tue, 09 Jun 2026 02:14:43 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/there-are-plenty-of-reasonable-grounds-on-which-to-criticize-the-frankfurt-school-why-resort-to-delusional-fantasies/<![CDATA[Obstinate pedantry and an endless focus on commercialism — in the world of film critic A.S. Hamrah, one misrepresentation leads to another ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/obstinate-pedantry-and-an-endless-focus-on-commercialism-in-the-world-of-film-critic-as-hamrah-one-misrepresentation-leads-to-another/Tue, 09 Jun 2026 02:14:43 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/obstinate-pedantry-and-an-endless-focus-on-commercialism-in-the-world-of-film-critic-as-hamrah-one-misrepresentation-leads-to-another/<![CDATA[Gordon S. Wood, Pioneering Historian of Early America, Dies at 92]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/gordon-s-wood-pioneering-historian-of-early-america-dies-at-92/Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:54:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/gordon-s-wood-pioneering-historian-of-early-america-dies-at-92/<![CDATA[Do You Recognize These Lines From Popular Science Fiction?]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/do-you-recognize-these-lines-from-popular-science-fiction/Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/do-you-recognize-these-lines-from-popular-science-fiction/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Trash!: A Garbageman’s Story,’ by Simon Paré-Poupart]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-trash-a-garbagemans-story-by-simon-par-poupart/Mon, 08 Jun 2026 11:03:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-trash-a-garbagemans-story-by-simon-par-poupart/<![CDATA[What makes Great Books great? 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+0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/read-by-a-crowd-of-envious-para-intellectuals-the-drift-seems-like-its-written-first-and-foremost-to-avoid-the-possibility-of-critique/<![CDATA[In a classic case of therapeutic culture run amok, professors are refusing to punish their students for cheating with AI]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-a-classic-case-of-therapeutic-culture-run-amok-professors-are-refusing-to-punish-their-students-for-cheating-with-ai/Mon, 08 Jun 2026 01:16:41 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-a-classic-case-of-therapeutic-culture-run-amok-professors-are-refusing-to-punish-their-students-for-cheating-with-ai/<![CDATA[Robert Coles, Pulitzer-Winning Child Psychiatrist, Is Dead at 97]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/robert-coles-pulitzer-winning-child-psychiatrist-is-dead-at-97/Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/robert-coles-pulitzer-winning-child-psychiatrist-is-dead-at-97/<![CDATA[Touching Grass]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/touching-grass/Sun, 07 Jun 2026 14:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/touching-grass/<![CDATA[The Tony Awards Nominees Are Not Dangerous This Year]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-tony-awards-nominees-are-not-dangerous-this-year/Sun, 07 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-tony-awards-nominees-are-not-dangerous-this-year/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Contrapposto,’ by Dave Eggers]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-contrapposto-by-dave-eggers/Sun, 07 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-contrapposto-by-dave-eggers/<![CDATA[Alan Riding, Times Correspondent in Latin America and Paris, Dies at 82]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/alan-riding-times-correspondent-in-latin-america-and-paris-dies-at-82/Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:14:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/alan-riding-times-correspondent-in-latin-america-and-paris-dies-at-82/<![CDATA[An Edith Wharton Short Story Is Published About 100 Years Later]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/an-edith-wharton-short-story-is-published-about-100-years-later/Sat, 06 Jun 2026 20:50:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/an-edith-wharton-short-story-is-published-about-100-years-later/<![CDATA[The Bidens Return With New Book and South Dakota Speech Targeting Trump]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-bidens-return-with-new-book-and-south-dakota-speech-targeting-trump/Sat, 06 Jun 2026 17:20:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-bidens-return-with-new-book-and-south-dakota-speech-targeting-trump/<![CDATA[The Bidens Are Back, in Bookstores and a South Dakota Speech on Trump]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-bidens-are-back-in-bookstores-and-a-south-dakota-speech-on-trump/Sat, 06 Jun 2026 17:20:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-bidens-are-back-in-bookstores-and-a-south-dakota-speech-on-trump/<![CDATA[In ‘Waist Deep,’ Linea Maja Linea Explores Millennial Desire]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-waist-deep-linea-maja-linea-explores-millennial-desire/Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-waist-deep-linea-maja-linea-explores-millennial-desire/<![CDATA[In ‘Waist Deep,’ Linea Maja Ernst Explores Millennial Desire]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-waist-deep-linea-maja-ernst-explores-millennial-desire/Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-waist-deep-linea-maja-ernst-explores-millennial-desire/<![CDATA[Sizzling New Summer Thrillers]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/sizzling-new-summer-thrillers/Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/sizzling-new-summer-thrillers/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Earth 7,’ by Deb Olin Unferth]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-earth-7-by-deb-olin-unferth/Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-earth-7-by-deb-olin-unferth/<![CDATA["AIs like talking about sweetness, loudness, quiet, age and beauty. There is a lot of insisting," says Malin Hay, "as well as a lot of promising"]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ais-like-talking-about-sweetness-loudness-quiet-age-and-beauty-there-is-a-lot-of-insisting-says-malin-hay-as-well-as-a-lot-of-promising-2/Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:51:48 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ais-like-talking-about-sweetness-loudness-quiet-age-and-beauty-there-is-a-lot-of-insisting-says-malin-hay-as-well-as-a-lot-of-promising-2/<![CDATA[Marjane Satrapi, Artist and Author of ‘Persepolis,’ Dies at 56]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/marjane-satrapi-artist-and-author-of-persepolis-dies-at-56/Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:53:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/marjane-satrapi-artist-and-author-of-persepolis-dies-at-56/<![CDATA[11 Books That Capture the Swoonworthy Drama of Wedding Season]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/11-books-that-capture-the-swoonworthy-drama-of-wedding-season/Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:25:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/11-books-that-capture-the-swoonworthy-drama-of-wedding-season/<![CDATA[A Summer Book Recommendation Bonanza]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-summer-book-recommendation-bonanza/Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:03:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-summer-book-recommendation-bonanza/<![CDATA[‘The Story of Ferdinand,’ by Munro Leaf and Robert Lawson, Turns 90]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-story-of-ferdinand-by-munro-leaf-and-robert-lawson-turns-90/Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-story-of-ferdinand-by-munro-leaf-and-robert-lawson-turns-90/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Villa Coco,’ by Andrew Sean Greer]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-villa-coco-by-andrew-sean-greer/Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-villa-coco-by-andrew-sean-greer/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Man Who Stole the Gods,’ by Matthew Campbell]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-man-who-stole-the-gods-by-matthew-campbell/Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-man-who-stole-the-gods-by-matthew-campbell/<![CDATA[“To see like a dog in a work of art is to have moral perceptions about human beings”]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/to-see-like-a-dog-in-a-work-of-art-is-to-have-moral-perceptions-about-human-beings/Thu, 04 Jun 2026 23:09:45 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/to-see-like-a-dog-in-a-work-of-art-is-to-have-moral-perceptions-about-human-beings/<![CDATA[There are two types of anti-woke intellectuals. The first type criticizes ideas; the second is consumed by them]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/there-are-two-types-of-anti-woke-intellectuals-the-first-type-criticizes-ideas-the-second-is-consumed-by-them/Thu, 04 Jun 2026 23:09:45 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/there-are-two-types-of-anti-woke-intellectuals-the-first-type-criticizes-ideas-the-second-is-consumed-by-them/<![CDATA["AIs like talking about sweetness, loudness, quiet, age and beauty. There is a lot of insisting," says Malin Hay, " as well as a lot of promising"]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ais-like-talking-about-sweetness-loudness-quiet-age-and-beauty-there-is-a-lot-of-insisting-says-malin-hay-as-well-as-a-lot-of-promising/Thu, 04 Jun 2026 23:09:45 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ais-like-talking-about-sweetness-loudness-quiet-age-and-beauty-there-is-a-lot-of-insisting-says-malin-hay-as-well-as-a-lot-of-promising/<![CDATA[John Bolton, Ex-Trump Adviser, Reaches Deal to Plead Guilty Over Classified Information]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/john-bolton-ex-trump-adviser-reaches-deal-to-plead-guilty-over-classified-information/Thu, 04 Jun 2026 17:22:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/john-bolton-ex-trump-adviser-reaches-deal-to-plead-guilty-over-classified-information/<![CDATA[Marjane Satrapi, the Author of ‘Persepolis,’ Dies at 56]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/marjane-satrapi-the-author-of-persepolis-dies-at-56/Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:51:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/marjane-satrapi-the-author-of-persepolis-dies-at-56/<![CDATA[Alan Gribben, Twain Scholar Who Excised Slur From ‘Huck Finn,’ Dies at 84]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/alan-gribben-twain-scholar-who-excised-slur-from-huck-finn-dies-at-84/Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:05:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/alan-gribben-twain-scholar-who-excised-slur-from-huck-finn-dies-at-84/<![CDATA[Marjane Satrapi, Author of ‘Persepolis,’ Dies at 56]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/marjane-satrapi-author-of-persepolis-dies-at-56/Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:58:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/marjane-satrapi-author-of-persepolis-dies-at-56/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Checkmate,’ by Ben Mezrich]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-checkmate-by-ben-mezrich/Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-checkmate-by-ben-mezrich/<![CDATA[11 Books That Capture the Swoon-Worthy Drama of Wedding Season]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/11-books-that-capture-the-swoon-worthy-drama-of-wedding-season/Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/11-books-that-capture-the-swoon-worthy-drama-of-wedding-season/<![CDATA[Psilocybin is doing what decades of philosophy couldn't: turning committed materialists into reluctant mystics]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/psilocybin-is-doing-what-decades-of-philosophy-couldnt-turning-committed-materialists-into-reluctant-mystics/Thu, 04 Jun 2026 02:12:34 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/psilocybin-is-doing-what-decades-of-philosophy-couldnt-turning-committed-materialists-into-reluctant-mystics/<![CDATA[Harold Bloom, flatterer. 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How to explain the distance between life and art?]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/denis-johnsons-life-was-a-mess-his-prose-somehow-was-immaculate-how-to-explain-the-distance-between-life-and-art/Thu, 04 Jun 2026 02:12:34 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/denis-johnsons-life-was-a-mess-his-prose-somehow-was-immaculate-how-to-explain-the-distance-between-life-and-art/<![CDATA[Songwriter David Baerwald Shares an Unspeakable Family Secret in ‘The Fire Agent’]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/songwriter-david-baerwald-shares-an-unspeakable-family-secret-in-the-fire-agent/Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/songwriter-david-baerwald-shares-an-unspeakable-family-secret-in-the-fire-agent/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Traveler,’ by Andrea Wulf]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-traveler-by-andrea-wulf/Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-traveler-by-andrea-wulf/<![CDATA[The Best Audiobooks of 2026 (So Far)]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-best-audiobooks-of-2026-so-far/Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-best-audiobooks-of-2026-so-far/<![CDATA[How Poets Went From Describing Art to Personally Admiring It]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-poets-went-from-describing-art-to-personally-admiring-it/Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-poets-went-from-describing-art-to-personally-admiring-it/<![CDATA[Carley Fortune Keeps Writing Hit Romance Novels]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/carley-fortune-keeps-writing-hit-romance-novels/Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/carley-fortune-keeps-writing-hit-romance-novels/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Wreck of the Mentor,’ by Eric Jay Dolin]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-wreck-of-the-mentor-by-eric-jay-dolin/Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-wreck-of-the-mentor-by-eric-jay-dolin/<![CDATA[To anyone in love with the precious, fleeting things of this world, resistance to disappearance seems only natural and proper. And yet]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/to-anyone-in-love-with-the-precious-fleeting-things-of-this-world-resistance-to-disappearance-seems-only-natural-and-proper-and-yet/Wed, 03 Jun 2026 10:59:39 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/to-anyone-in-love-with-the-precious-fleeting-things-of-this-world-resistance-to-disappearance-seems-only-natural-and-proper-and-yet/<![CDATA[The publishing midlist isn't shrinking. It's growing faster than the pool of available readers]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-publishing-midlist-isnt-shrinking-its-growing-faster-than-the-pool-of-available-readers/Wed, 03 Jun 2026 10:59:39 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-publishing-midlist-isnt-shrinking-its-growing-faster-than-the-pool-of-available-readers/<![CDATA[The humanities spent decades decentering the human. Now Big Tech is doing it better]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-humanities-spent-decades-decentering-the-humannow-big-tech-is-doing-it-better/Wed, 03 Jun 2026 10:59:39 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-humanities-spent-decades-decentering-the-humannow-big-tech-is-doing-it-better/<![CDATA[The grand tour’s most enduring truth: Even the most miraculous work of art is born not just into history, but also out of it]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-grand-tours-most-enduring-truth-even-the-most-miraculous-work-of-art-is-born-not-just-into-history-but-also-out-of-it/Wed, 03 Jun 2026 10:59:39 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-grand-tours-most-enduring-truth-even-the-most-miraculous-work-of-art-is-born-not-just-into-history-but-also-out-of-it/<![CDATA[The dons of Oxbridge have traded the BBC for podcasts. 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Speak Up About Joe Biden]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-her-memoir-jill-biden-is-a-watchful-spouse-who-didnt-always-speak-up-about-joe-biden/Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:35:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-her-memoir-jill-biden-is-a-watchful-spouse-who-didnt-always-speak-up-about-joe-biden/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘What Came West,’ by Josh Weil]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-what-came-west-by-josh-weil/Tue, 02 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-what-came-west-by-josh-weil/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Fire Agent,’ by David Baerwald]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-fire-agent-by-david-baerwald/Tue, 02 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-fire-agent-by-david-baerwald/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Stolen Revolution,’ by Yeganeh Torbati and Bozorgmehr Sharafedin]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-stolen-revolution-by-yeganeh-torbati-and-bozorgmehr-sharafedin/Tue, 02 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-stolen-revolution-by-yeganeh-torbati-and-bozorgmehr-sharafedin/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Land,’ by Maggie O’Farrell]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-land-by-maggie-ofarrell/Tue, 02 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-land-by-maggie-ofarrell/<![CDATA[Trump’s Moves Illustrate How Much He Cares About the Midterms]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/trumps-moves-illustrate-how-much-he-cares-about-the-midterms/Mon, 01 Jun 2026 23:32:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/trumps-moves-illustrate-how-much-he-cares-about-the-midterms/<![CDATA[28 New Books to Read in June: Ann Patchett, Maggie O’Farrell, Daniel Kraus and 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Man Who Read Everything: The Literary Letters of Harold Bloom’]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-man-who-read-everything-the-literary-letters-of-harold-bloom/Mon, 01 Jun 2026 11:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-man-who-read-everything-the-literary-letters-of-harold-bloom/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Danger to Be Sane,’ by Rosa Montero]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-danger-to-be-sane-by-rosa-montero/Sat, 23 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-danger-to-be-sane-by-rosa-montero/<![CDATA[What to Read This Summer: NYT Reading Bucket List]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-to-read-this-summer-nyt-reading-bucket-list/Fri, 22 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-to-read-this-summer-nyt-reading-bucket-list/<![CDATA[New Picture Book Biographies of Marcel Marceau, Pablo Casals and John Cage]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/new-picture-book-biographies-of-marcel-marceau-pablo-casals-and-john-cage/Fri, 22 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/new-picture-book-biographies-of-marcel-marceau-pablo-casals-and-john-cage/<![CDATA[Mac Barnett Faces Blowback for His Criticism of Children’s Books]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/mac-barnett-faces-blowback-for-his-criticism-of-childrens-books/Fri, 22 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/mac-barnett-faces-blowback-for-his-criticism-of-childrens-books/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Land and Its People,’ by David Sedaris]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-land-and-its-people-by-david-sedaris/Fri, 22 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-land-and-its-people-by-david-sedaris/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Dekonstructing the Kardashians,’ by MJ Corey]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-dekonstructing-the-kardashians-by-mj-corey/Fri, 22 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-dekonstructing-the-kardashians-by-mj-corey/<![CDATA[Is criticism a moral good? In 1968, the question was unavoidable. Now we've forgotten to ask.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/is-criticism-a-moral-good-in-1968-the-question-was-unavoidable-now-weve-forgotten-to-ask/Fri, 22 May 2026 02:08:25 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/is-criticism-a-moral-good-in-1968-the-question-was-unavoidable-now-weve-forgotten-to-ask/<![CDATA[Gramsci, Marcuse, Adorno: How recondite mid-century thinkers became villains in America's culture wars]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/gramsci-marcuse-adorno-how-recondite-mid-century-thinkers-became-villains-in-americas-culture-wars/Fri, 22 May 2026 02:08:25 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/gramsci-marcuse-adorno-how-recondite-mid-century-thinkers-became-villains-in-americas-culture-wars/<![CDATA[Em dashes, bad metaphors, and not-X-but-Y sentence constructions. Did Granta award a prize to an entirely AI-written short story?]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/em-dashes-bad-metaphors-and-not-x-but-y-sentence-constructions-did-granta-award-a-prize-to-an-entirely-ai-written-short-story/Fri, 22 May 2026 02:08:25 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/em-dashes-bad-metaphors-and-not-x-but-y-sentence-constructions-did-granta-award-a-prize-to-an-entirely-ai-written-short-story/<![CDATA[Submit Your Summer Reading Bucket List]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/submit-your-summer-reading-bucket-list/Thu, 21 May 2026 21:08:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/submit-your-summer-reading-bucket-list/<![CDATA[The Brothers Who Made Virginia Woolf the Talk of Cannes]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-brothers-who-made-virginia-woolf-the-talk-of-cannes/Thu, 21 May 2026 11:05:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-brothers-who-made-virginia-woolf-the-talk-of-cannes/<![CDATA[A Defense of a Liberal Arts Education in the Age of A.I.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-defense-of-a-liberal-arts-education-in-the-age-of-ai/Thu, 21 May 2026 11:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-defense-of-a-liberal-arts-education-in-the-age-of-ai/<![CDATA[Gay Talese and His Shirt Cardboards]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/gay-talese-and-his-shirt-cardboards/Thu, 21 May 2026 11:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/gay-talese-and-his-shirt-cardboards/<![CDATA[Gothic Fantasy Novels Filled With Dark Magic]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/gothic-fantasy-novels-filled-with-dark-magic/Thu, 21 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/gothic-fantasy-novels-filled-with-dark-magic/<![CDATA[The A.I. threat to audiobooks]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-ai-threat-to-audiobooks/Thu, 21 May 2026 03:38:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-ai-threat-to-audiobooks/<![CDATA[The naturalist John Cade studied things like snakes’ tails and the kookaburra’s cry. Then he started giving lithium to manic-depressives]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-naturalist-john-cade-studied-things-like-snakes-tails-and-the-kookaburras-cry-then-he-started-giving-lithium-to-manic-depressives/Thu, 21 May 2026 02:18:29 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-naturalist-john-cade-studied-things-like-snakes-tails-and-the-kookaburras-cry-then-he-started-giving-lithium-to-manic-depressives/<![CDATA["Show don't tell." "Kill your darlings." Writers love rules, even when rules can't solve their problems]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/show-dont-tell-kill-your-darlings-writers-love-rules-even-when-rules-cant-solve-their-problems/Thu, 21 May 2026 02:18:29 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/show-dont-tell-kill-your-darlings-writers-love-rules-even-when-rules-cant-solve-their-problems/<![CDATA[Homer and the mummy. Why was a fragment of the Iliad buried with a body more than 2,000 years ago?]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/homer-and-the-mummy-why-was-a-fragment-of-the-iliad-buried-with-a-body-more-than-2000-years-ago/Thu, 21 May 2026 02:18:29 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/homer-and-the-mummy-why-was-a-fragment-of-the-iliad-buried-with-a-body-more-than-2000-years-ago/<![CDATA[Was a Story That Just Won a Literary Prize A.I.-Generated?]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/was-a-story-that-just-won-a-literary-prize-ai-generated/Thu, 21 May 2026 00:44:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/was-a-story-that-just-won-a-literary-prize-ai-generated/<![CDATA[What Silicon Valley Is Coming for Next]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-silicon-valley-is-coming-for-next/Wed, 20 May 2026 18:20:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-silicon-valley-is-coming-for-next/<![CDATA[Dewey Library to Close June 12]]> As of Monday, June 15:Dewey collections will be available by request, with several pickup and delivery options available, inclu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/dewey-library-to-close-june-12/Wed, 20 May 2026 17:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/dewey-library-to-close-june-12/<![CDATA[2026 Women@MIT Fellows Announced]]> “This year’s Wo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/2026-womenmit-fellows-announced/Wed, 20 May 2026 17:08:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/2026-womenmit-fellows-announced/<![CDATA[Which Has Better Taste: A.I. or Humans?]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/which-has-better-taste-ai-or-humans/Wed, 20 May 2026 11:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/which-has-better-taste-ai-or-humans/<![CDATA[Luminous New Historical Fiction]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/luminous-new-historical-fiction/Wed, 20 May 2026 11:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/luminous-new-historical-fiction/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Glyph,’ by Ali Smith]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-glyph-by-ali-smith/Wed, 20 May 2026 11:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-glyph-by-ali-smith/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Dog Days,’ by Emily LaBarge]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-dog-days-by-emily-labarge/Wed, 20 May 2026 11:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-dog-days-by-emily-labarge/<![CDATA[Children of Radicals Write to Understand Their Legacies]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/children-of-radicals-write-to-understand-their-legacies/Wed, 20 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/children-of-radicals-write-to-understand-their-legacies/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Keeper of My Kin,’ by Ada Ferrer]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-keeper-of-my-kin-by-ada-ferrer/Wed, 20 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-keeper-of-my-kin-by-ada-ferrer/<![CDATA[He was imprisoned by the Nazis; she was sent to a sanitorium. 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Hamrah's film criticism elides the distinction between comic prose-poetry and reflexive contrarianism]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/as-hamrahs-film-criticism-elides-the-distinction-between-comic-prose-poetry-and-reflexive-contrarianism/Wed, 20 May 2026 01:55:22 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/as-hamrahs-film-criticism-elides-the-distinction-between-comic-prose-poetry-and-reflexive-contrarianism/<![CDATA[International Booker Prize 2026: ‘Taiwan Travelogue’ is First Winner Originally Written in Mandarin]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/international-booker-prize-2026-taiwan-travelogue-is-first-winner-originally-written-in-mandarin/Tue, 19 May 2026 23:13:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/international-booker-prize-2026-taiwan-travelogue-is-first-winner-originally-written-in-mandarin/<![CDATA[‘Strangers’ Author Belle Burden Doesn’t Want Eggs Outside Breakfast]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/strangers-author-belle-burden-doesnt-want-eggs-outside-breakfast/Tue, 19 May 2026 21:50:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/strangers-author-belle-burden-doesnt-want-eggs-outside-breakfast/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Dangerous, Dirty, Violent, and Young,’ by Zayd Ayers Dohrn]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-dangerous-dirty-violent-and-young-by-zayd-ayers-dohrn-2/Tue, 19 May 2026 20:14:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-dangerous-dirty-violent-and-young-by-zayd-ayers-dohrn-2/<![CDATA[‘The Future of Truth’ Contains Quotes Made Up by A.I.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-future-of-truth-contains-quotes-made-up-by-ai/Tue, 19 May 2026 16:12:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-future-of-truth-contains-quotes-made-up-by-ai/<![CDATA[Do You Even Thinketh, Bro?]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/do-you-even-thinketh-bro/Tue, 19 May 2026 11:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/do-you-even-thinketh-bro/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘An Inconvenient Widow,’ by Lois Romano]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-an-inconvenient-widow-by-lois-romano/Tue, 19 May 2026 11:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-an-inconvenient-widow-by-lois-romano/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Talking Classics,’ by Mary Beard]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-talking-classics-by-mary-beard/Tue, 19 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-talking-classics-by-mary-beard/<![CDATA[∫Book Review: ‘Dangerous, Dirty, Violent, and Young,’ by Zayd Ayers Dohrn]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-dangerous-dirty-violent-and-young-by-zayd-ayers-dohrn/Tue, 19 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-dangerous-dirty-violent-and-young-by-zayd-ayers-dohrn/<![CDATA[The canine gaze. Dogs in Western art are surrogate viewers and compositional anchors]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-canine-gaze-dogs-in-western-art-are-surrogate-viewers-and-compositional-anchors/Tue, 19 May 2026 01:49:40 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-canine-gaze-dogs-in-western-art-are-surrogate-viewers-and-compositional-anchors/<![CDATA[That presidential biography, narrative of a shipwreck, or forgotten war story? “The days when dad books reigned supreme are gone” ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/that-presidential-biography-narrative-of-a-shipwreck-or-forgotten-war-story-the-days-when-dad-books-reigned-supreme-are-gone/Tue, 19 May 2026 01:49:40 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/that-presidential-biography-narrative-of-a-shipwreck-or-forgotten-war-story-the-days-when-dad-books-reigned-supreme-are-gone/<![CDATA[On Substack, young “writers” jockey for status, but virtually none are writing about anything other than the world of writers itself]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/on-substack-young-writers-jockey-for-status-but-virtually-none-are-writing-about-anything-other-than-the-world-of-writers-itself/Tue, 19 May 2026 01:49:40 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/on-substack-young-writers-jockey-for-status-but-virtually-none-are-writing-about-anything-other-than-the-world-of-writers-itself/<![CDATA[How Many of These Books and Their Screen Versions Do You Know?]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-many-of-these-books-and-their-screen-versions-do-you-know/Mon, 18 May 2026 17:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-many-of-these-books-and-their-screen-versions-do-you-know/<![CDATA[The Creator of ‘Shrek!’ Never Got to See the Memes]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-creator-of-shrek-never-got-to-see-the-memes/Mon, 18 May 2026 14:34:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-creator-of-shrek-never-got-to-see-the-memes/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘On Witness and Respair,’ by Jesmyn Ward]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-on-witness-and-respair-by-jesmyn-ward/Mon, 18 May 2026 11:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-on-witness-and-respair-by-jesmyn-ward/<![CDATA[We’ve Become Too Savage for ‘Lord of the Flies’]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/weve-become-too-savage-for-lord-of-the-flies/Mon, 18 May 2026 11:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/weve-become-too-savage-for-lord-of-the-flies/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Theater,’ by James Verini]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-theater-by-james-verini/Mon, 18 May 2026 11:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-theater-by-james-verini/<![CDATA[Actually, Democracy Dies in H.R.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/actually-democracy-dies-in-hr/Mon, 18 May 2026 11:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/actually-democracy-dies-in-hr/<![CDATA[Kennedy Ryan on ‘Score,’ Her TV Deal, and Finding Purpose]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/kennedy-ryan-on-score-her-tv-deal-and-finding-purpose/Mon, 18 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/kennedy-ryan-on-score-her-tv-deal-and-finding-purpose/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘How to Rule the World,’ by Theo Baker]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-how-to-rule-the-world-by-theo-baker/Mon, 18 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-how-to-rule-the-world-by-theo-baker/<![CDATA[Best Enemies-to-Lovers Romance Books, According to Emily Henry]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/best-enemies-to-lovers-romance-books-according-to-emily-henry/Mon, 18 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/best-enemies-to-lovers-romance-books-according-to-emily-henry/<![CDATA[Universities preach AI literacy. On campus, the reality looks more like cognitive surrender]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/universities-preach-ai-literacy-on-campus-the-reality-looks-more-like-cognitive-surrender/Mon, 18 May 2026 02:47:49 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/universities-preach-ai-literacy-on-campus-the-reality-looks-more-like-cognitive-surrender/<![CDATA[Translating Kafka. Borges found freedom in his labyrinths. For Primo Levi, it was like recovering from an illness]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/translating-kafka-borges-found-freedom-in-his-labyrinths-for-primo-levi-it-was-like-recovering-from-an-illness/Mon, 18 May 2026 02:47:49 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/translating-kafka-borges-found-freedom-in-his-labyrinths-for-primo-levi-it-was-like-recovering-from-an-illness/<![CDATA[Marilyn Monroe was the world's most photographed woman, and among its loneliest. 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Is Conscious]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/why-we-keep-tricking-ourselves-into-thinking-ai-is-conscious/Fri, 15 May 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/why-we-keep-tricking-ourselves-into-thinking-ai-is-conscious/<![CDATA[This Is Why I Find Pema Chödrön So Essential]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/this-is-why-i-find-pema-chdrn-so-essential/Fri, 15 May 2026 11:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/this-is-why-i-find-pema-chdrn-so-essential/<![CDATA[Archaeologists Find Egyptian Mummy Buried With the ‘Iliad’]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/archaeologists-find-egyptian-mummy-buried-with-the-iliad/Fri, 15 May 2026 11:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/archaeologists-find-egyptian-mummy-buried-with-the-iliad/<![CDATA[The Author of the InvestiGators Graphic Novel Series Shares His Favorite Animal Comics]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-author-of-the-investigators-graphic-novel-series-shares-his-favorite-animal-comics/Fri, 15 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-author-of-the-investigators-graphic-novel-series-shares-his-favorite-animal-comics/<![CDATA[Speculative Fiction Books Full of Real Horrors]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/speculative-fiction-books-full-of-real-horrors/Fri, 15 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/speculative-fiction-books-full-of-real-horrors/<![CDATA[Matt Haig on ‘The Midnight Library,’ Mental Illness and Winnie-the-Pooh]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/matt-haig-on-the-midnight-library-mental-illness-and-winnie-the-pooh/Fri, 15 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/matt-haig-on-the-midnight-library-mental-illness-and-winnie-the-pooh/<![CDATA[T.M. Scanlon’s 1982 essay “Contractualism and Utilitarianism” heralded the emergence of a new ethical theory]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/tm-scanlons-1982-essay-contractualism-and-utilitarianism-heralded-the-emergence-of-a-new-ethical-theory/Thu, 14 May 2026 23:01:39 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/tm-scanlons-1982-essay-contractualism-and-utilitarianism-heralded-the-emergence-of-a-new-ethical-theory/<![CDATA[Loud, naïve, ham fisted, needy. The American tourist used to be regarded as the most obnoxious creature in the world]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/loud-nave-ham-fisted-needy-the-american-tourist-used-to-be-regarded-as-the-most-obnoxious-creature-in-the-world/Thu, 14 May 2026 23:01:39 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/loud-nave-ham-fisted-needy-the-american-tourist-used-to-be-regarded-as-the-most-obnoxious-creature-in-the-world/<![CDATA[He was a spy, a Zen priest, a fisherman, and a Bigfoot obsessive: Peter Matthiessen never had just one life]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/he-was-a-spy-a-zen-priest-a-fisherman-and-a-bigfoot-obsessive-peter-matthiessen-never-had-just-one-life/Thu, 14 May 2026 23:01:39 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/he-was-a-spy-a-zen-priest-a-fisherman-and-a-bigfoot-obsessive-peter-matthiessen-never-had-just-one-life/<![CDATA[Why I Give: Leslye Miller Fraser SB ’78, SM ’80]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/why-i-give-leslye-miller-fraser-sb-78-sm-80/Thu, 14 May 2026 20:07:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/why-i-give-leslye-miller-fraser-sb-78-sm-80/<![CDATA[Judith Barnard, of Best-Selling ‘Judith Michael’ Fame, Dies at 94]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/judith-barnard-of-best-selling-judith-michael-fame-dies-at-94/Thu, 14 May 2026 16:33:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/judith-barnard-of-best-selling-judith-michael-fame-dies-at-94/<![CDATA[Koji Suzuki, Whose Horror Novels Inspired ‘Ring’ Movies, Dies at 68]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/koji-suzuki-whose-horror-novels-inspired-ring-movies-dies-at-68/Thu, 14 May 2026 16:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/koji-suzuki-whose-horror-novels-inspired-ring-movies-dies-at-68/<![CDATA[How an Image of Washington at Prayer Became a Touchstone for the Right]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-an-image-of-washington-at-prayer-became-a-touchstone-for-the-right/Thu, 14 May 2026 11:03:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-an-image-of-washington-at-prayer-became-a-touchstone-for-the-right/<![CDATA[Ishmael Reed Is Writing a Play About Elon Musk]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ishmael-reed-is-writing-a-play-about-elon-musk/Thu, 14 May 2026 11:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ishmael-reed-is-writing-a-play-about-elon-musk/<![CDATA[An Essential Reading List on the History of Buddhism in Asia]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/an-essential-reading-list-on-the-history-of-buddhism-in-asia/Thu, 14 May 2026 11:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/an-essential-reading-list-on-the-history-of-buddhism-in-asia/<![CDATA[Ellen Burstyn on Her Favorite Books and Her Love of Poetry]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ellen-burstyn-on-her-favorite-books-and-her-love-of-poetry/Thu, 14 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ellen-burstyn-on-her-favorite-books-and-her-love-of-poetry/<![CDATA[Nicholas Christakis was at the center of Yale's Halloween controversy. He wants to move on. The culture war has other ideas]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/nicholas-christakis-was-at-the-center-of-yales-halloween-controversy-he-wants-to-move-on-the-culture-war-has-other-ideas/Wed, 13 May 2026 23:32:49 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/nicholas-christakis-was-at-the-center-of-yales-halloween-controversy-he-wants-to-move-on-the-culture-war-has-other-ideas/<![CDATA[Living in Berlin during World War II was like dancing on a volcano — full of raucous parties between the bombing raids]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/living-in-berlin-during-world-war-ii-was-like-dancing-on-a-volcano-full-of-raucous-parties-between-the-bombing-raids/Wed, 13 May 2026 23:32:49 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/living-in-berlin-during-world-war-ii-was-like-dancing-on-a-volcano-full-of-raucous-parties-between-the-bombing-raids/<![CDATA[Liberal democracy and liberal education fell together. To save the first, we must resurrect the second]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/liberal-democracy-and-liberal-education-fell-together-to-save-the-first-we-must-resurrect-the-second/Wed, 13 May 2026 23:32:49 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/liberal-democracy-and-liberal-education-fell-together-to-save-the-first-we-must-resurrect-the-second/<![CDATA[Koji Suzuki, Sometimes Called the Stephen King of Japan, Dies at 68]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/koji-suzuki-sometimes-called-the-stephen-king-of-japan-dies-at-68/Wed, 13 May 2026 22:52:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/koji-suzuki-sometimes-called-the-stephen-king-of-japan-dies-at-68/<![CDATA[A Physicist Who Thinks in Poetry from the Cosmic Edge]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-physicist-who-thinks-in-poetry-from-the-cosmic-edge/Wed, 13 May 2026 16:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-physicist-who-thinks-in-poetry-from-the-cosmic-edge/<![CDATA[Reshaping Scholarly Communications]]> In March 2026, MIT’s Graduate Student Council (GSC) passed a Resolution on Scientific Publishing and MIT Libraries, a wide-ranging document that calls upon the MIT community, as well as federal funding agencies, to help remedy longstanding issues in scholarly publishing — from exorbitantly expensive open access charges for articles, to the monopoly of “hyper-prestige” journals, to promotion and tenure incentives that are &ldquo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/reshaping-scholarly-communications/Wed, 13 May 2026 15:28:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/reshaping-scholarly-communications/<![CDATA[Want to See the Epstein Files in Print? 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What went wrong?]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/its-been-over-a-decade-and-scholars-of-the-new-history-of-capitalism-have-no-more-sense-of-a-system-now-than-when-they-began-what-went-wrong/Wed, 13 May 2026 01:27:36 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/its-been-over-a-decade-and-scholars-of-the-new-history-of-capitalism-have-no-more-sense-of-a-system-now-than-when-they-began-what-went-wrong/<![CDATA[“If you’re in a household where the currency is stories, it’s an environment which is conducive to learning those tricks”]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/if-youre-in-a-household-where-the-currency-is-stories-its-an-environment-which-is-conducive-to-learning-those-tricks/Wed, 13 May 2026 01:27:36 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/if-youre-in-a-household-where-the-currency-is-stories-its-an-environment-which-is-conducive-to-learning-those-tricks/<![CDATA[Amor Towles Shares Insights on His Own Rare Book Collection]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/amor-towles-shares-insights-on-his-own-rare-book-collection/Tue, 12 May 2026 20:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/amor-towles-shares-insights-on-his-own-rare-book-collection/<![CDATA[Revolution is the Theme at the Firsts London Book Fair]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/revolution-is-the-theme-at-the-firsts-london-book-fair/Tue, 12 May 2026 19:54:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/revolution-is-the-theme-at-the-firsts-london-book-fair/<![CDATA[How to See Rare Books in London]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-to-see-rare-books-in-london/Tue, 12 May 2026 19:47:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-to-see-rare-books-in-london/<![CDATA[The Rolling Stones, Very Early and Very Late]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-rolling-stones-very-early-and-very-late/Tue, 12 May 2026 19:44:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-rolling-stones-very-early-and-very-late/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Seek the Traitor’s Son,’ by Veronica Roth]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-seek-the-traitors-son-by-veronica-roth/Tue, 12 May 2026 11:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-seek-the-traitors-son-by-veronica-roth/<![CDATA[On Broadway Stages, a New Kind of Fake News]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/on-broadway-stages-a-new-kind-of-fake-news/Tue, 12 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/on-broadway-stages-a-new-kind-of-fake-news/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Nerve Damage,’ by Annakeara Stinson]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-nerve-damage-by-annakeara-stinson/Tue, 12 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-nerve-damage-by-annakeara-stinson/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘AI for Good,’ by Josh Tyrangiel]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-ai-for-good-by-josh-tyrangiel/Tue, 12 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-ai-for-good-by-josh-tyrangiel/<![CDATA[The problem with a literary culture of images is that images have an exceptionally short shelf life. People soon grow bored with them]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-problem-with-a-literary-culture-of-images-is-that-images-have-an-exceptionally-short-shelf-life-people-soon-grow-bored-with-them/Tue, 12 May 2026 01:10:45 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-problem-with-a-literary-culture-of-images-is-that-images-have-an-exceptionally-short-shelf-life-people-soon-grow-bored-with-them/<![CDATA[The caricature of Camus as an absurdist and existentialist is a convenient fiction. But fiction nonetheless]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-caricature-of-camus-as-an-absurdist-and-existentialist-is-a-convenient-fiction-but-fiction-nonetheless/Tue, 12 May 2026 01:10:45 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-caricature-of-camus-as-an-absurdist-and-existentialist-is-a-convenient-fiction-but-fiction-nonetheless/<![CDATA["Cultural Marxism" means whatever you need it to mean. Which is why it never goes away. ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/cultural-marxism-means-whatever-you-need-it-to-mean-which-is-why-it-never-goes-awaynbsp/Tue, 12 May 2026 01:10:45 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/cultural-marxism-means-whatever-you-need-it-to-mean-which-is-why-it-never-goes-awaynbsp/<![CDATA[Gisèle Pelicot’s Memoir Said Something Original and Taboo About Victimhood]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/gisle-pelicots-memoir-said-something-original-and-taboo-about-victimhood/Mon, 11 May 2026 20:43:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/gisle-pelicots-memoir-said-something-original-and-taboo-about-victimhood/<![CDATA[Do You Recognize These Snappy Lines From Popular Crime Novels?]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/do-you-recognize-these-snappy-lines-from-popular-crime-novels/Mon, 11 May 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/do-you-recognize-these-snappy-lines-from-popular-crime-novels/<![CDATA[He Created the Odeon. 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We Didn’t Listen.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/gisle-pelicots-memoir-said-something-taboo-about-victimhood-we-didnt-listen/Mon, 11 May 2026 11:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/gisle-pelicots-memoir-said-something-taboo-about-victimhood-we-didnt-listen/<![CDATA[Amitav Ghosh Brings the Main Character of ‘Ghost Eye’ to Life, With the Help of a Sketch Artist]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/amitav-ghosh-brings-the-main-character-of-ghost-eye-to-life-with-the-help-of-a-sketch-artist/Mon, 11 May 2026 11:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/amitav-ghosh-brings-the-main-character-of-ghost-eye-to-life-with-the-help-of-a-sketch-artist/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘When the Forest Breathes,’ by Suzanne Simard]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-when-the-forest-breathes-by-suzanne-simard/Mon, 11 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-when-the-forest-breathes-by-suzanne-simard/<![CDATA[New Books Provide Divergent Views of the Art Market]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/new-books-provide-divergent-views-of-the-art-market/Sun, 10 May 2026 19:37:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/new-books-provide-divergent-views-of-the-art-market/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Look What You Made Me Do,’ by John Lanchester]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-look-what-you-made-me-do-by-john-lanchester/Sun, 10 May 2026 11:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-look-what-you-made-me-do-by-john-lanchester/<![CDATA[5 New Books for Jewelry Lovers]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/5-new-books-for-jewelry-lovers/Sun, 10 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/5-new-books-for-jewelry-lovers/<![CDATA[Molly Jong-Fast on Her Mother, Erica Jong, on Mother’s Day]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/molly-jong-fast-on-her-mother-erica-jong-on-mothers-day/Sun, 10 May 2026 07:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/molly-jong-fast-on-her-mother-erica-jong-on-mothers-day/<![CDATA[This Is What Happened After We Gutted U.S.A.I.D.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/this-is-what-happened-after-we-gutted-usaid/Sat, 09 May 2026 20:07:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/this-is-what-happened-after-we-gutted-usaid/<![CDATA[The Best Books to Read on American Empire]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-best-books-to-read-on-american-empire/Sat, 09 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-best-books-to-read-on-american-empire/<![CDATA[Poetry Review: ‘Wellwater,’ by Karen Solie]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/poetry-review-wellwater-by-karen-solie/Sat, 09 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/poetry-review-wellwater-by-karen-solie/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Selling Opportunity,’ by Mary Lisa Gavenas]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-selling-opportunity-by-mary-lisa-gavenas/Sat, 09 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-selling-opportunity-by-mary-lisa-gavenas/<![CDATA[A Traveling Bookstore Keeps on Rolling]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-traveling-bookstore-keeps-on-rolling/Sat, 09 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/a-traveling-bookstore-keeps-on-rolling/<![CDATA[Zoom out and it becomes clear that the defenders of humanistic liberalism have been decisively losing the battle over ideals]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/zoom-out-and-it-becomes-clear-that-the-defenders-of-humanistic-liberalism-have-been-decisively-losing-the-battle-over-ideals/Sat, 09 May 2026 00:22:20 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/zoom-out-and-it-becomes-clear-that-the-defenders-of-humanistic-liberalism-have-been-decisively-losing-the-battle-over-ideals/<![CDATA[He warned against idleness, then stopped doing anything at all. The compelling contradictions of Samuel Johnson]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/he-warned-against-idleness-then-stopped-doing-anything-at-all-the-compelling-contradictions-of-samuel-johnson/Sat, 09 May 2026 00:22:20 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/he-warned-against-idleness-then-stopped-doing-anything-at-all-the-compelling-contradictions-of-samuel-johnson/<![CDATA[Narrative history moves us., which is exactly the problem. We mistake emotion for understanding]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/narrative-history-moves-us-which-is-exactly-the-problem-we-mistake-emotion-for-understanding/Sat, 09 May 2026 00:02:29 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/narrative-history-moves-us-which-is-exactly-the-problem-we-mistake-emotion-for-understanding/<![CDATA[Why Is Everyone Obsessed With Bogs?]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/why-is-everyone-obsessed-with-bogs/Fri, 08 May 2026 22:27:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/why-is-everyone-obsessed-with-bogs/<![CDATA[J.H. Prynne, Erudite and Elusive British Poet, Dies at 89]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/jh-prynne-erudite-and-elusive-british-poet-dies-at-89/Fri, 08 May 2026 21:19:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/jh-prynne-erudite-and-elusive-british-poet-dies-at-89/<![CDATA[Xia De-hong, 94, Dies; Persecuted in China, She Starred in Daughter’s Memoir]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/xia-de-hong-94-dies-persecuted-in-china-she-starred-in-daughters-memoir/Fri, 08 May 2026 20:46:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/xia-de-hong-94-dies-persecuted-in-china-she-starred-in-daughters-memoir/<![CDATA[James Schuyler, the most neglected poet of the New York school, may now be its most necessary]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/james-schuyler-the-most-neglected-poet-of-the-new-york-school-may-now-be-its-most-necessary/Fri, 08 May 2026 16:03:46 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/james-schuyler-the-most-neglected-poet-of-the-new-york-school-may-now-be-its-most-necessary/<![CDATA["In the current climate where poet is activist (or vice versa), the poems also start to look a lot like cant"]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-the-current-climate-where-poet-is-activist-or-vice-versa-the-poems-also-start-to-look-a-lot-like-cant-2/Fri, 08 May 2026 16:03:46 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-the-current-climate-where-poet-is-activist-or-vice-versa-the-poems-also-start-to-look-a-lot-like-cant-2/<![CDATA[David Chalmers was wrong. There is no “hard problem” of consciousness, and the supposed “explanatory gap” is nonsensical]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/david-chalmers-was-wrong-there-is-no-hard-problem-of-consciousness-and-the-supposed-explanatory-gap-is-nonsensical/Fri, 08 May 2026 16:03:46 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/david-chalmers-was-wrong-there-is-no-hard-problem-of-consciousness-and-the-supposed-explanatory-gap-is-nonsensical/<![CDATA[Pulitzer Winner Says Don't Kill Your Darlings]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/pulitzer-winner-says-dont-kill-your-darlings/Fri, 08 May 2026 13:21:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/pulitzer-winner-says-dont-kill-your-darlings/<![CDATA[Patricia Cornwell on Her Dark Childhood and Best-Selling Novels]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/patricia-cornwell-on-her-dark-childhood-and-best-selling-novels/Fri, 08 May 2026 11:03:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/patricia-cornwell-on-her-dark-childhood-and-best-selling-novels/<![CDATA[How ‘The Sheep Detectives’ Brought its Ovine Sleuths to Life]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-the-sheep-detectives-brought-its-ovine-sleuths-to-life/Fri, 08 May 2026 11:03:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-the-sheep-detectives-brought-its-ovine-sleuths-to-life/<![CDATA[In ‘All the Cameras in My Room,’ Michael DeForge Doesn’t Shy Away From an Absurd Premise]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-all-the-cameras-in-my-room-michael-deforge-doesnt-shy-away-from-an-absurd-premise/Fri, 08 May 2026 11:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-all-the-cameras-in-my-room-michael-deforge-doesnt-shy-away-from-an-absurd-premise/<![CDATA[How Children’s Picture Books Comfort Harried Parents]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-childrens-picture-books-comfort-harried-parents/Fri, 08 May 2026 11:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-childrens-picture-books-comfort-harried-parents/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘One Leg on Earth,’ by ‘Pemi Aguda]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-one-leg-on-earth-by-pemi-aguda/Fri, 08 May 2026 11:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-one-leg-on-earth-by-pemi-aguda/<![CDATA[Karen Tei Yamashita Writes About Japanese American Internment in Her New Novel]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/karen-tei-yamashita-writes-about-japanese-american-internment-in-her-new-novel/Fri, 08 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/karen-tei-yamashita-writes-about-japanese-american-internment-in-her-new-novel/<![CDATA[Historical Fiction Books That Illustrate the Bonds Between Mother and Child]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/historical-fiction-books-that-illustrate-the-bonds-between-mother-and-child/Fri, 08 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/historical-fiction-books-that-illustrate-the-bonds-between-mother-and-child/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Screen People,’ by Megan Garber]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-screen-people-by-megan-garber/Fri, 08 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-screen-people-by-megan-garber/<![CDATA[Philip Caputo, Who Wrote Blistering Vietnam War Memoir, Dies at 84]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/philip-caputo-who-wrote-blistering-vietnam-war-memoir-dies-at-84/Fri, 08 May 2026 08:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/philip-caputo-who-wrote-blistering-vietnam-war-memoir-dies-at-84/<![CDATA[This Pulitzer-Winning Novel Traps You in One Sentence Forever]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/this-pulitzer-winning-novel-traps-you-in-one-sentence-forever/Fri, 08 May 2026 04:07:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/this-pulitzer-winning-novel-traps-you-in-one-sentence-forever/<![CDATA[James Schuyler, the New York school's most neglected poet, may now be its most necessary]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/james-schuyler-the-new-york-schools-most-neglected-poet-may-now-be-its-most-necessary/Fri, 08 May 2026 02:53:20 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/james-schuyler-the-new-york-schools-most-neglected-poet-may-now-be-its-most-necessary/<![CDATA["In the current climate where poet is activist (or vice-versa), the poems also start to look a lot like cant"]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-the-current-climate-where-poet-is-activist-or-vice-versa-the-poems-also-start-to-look-a-lot-like-cant/Fri, 08 May 2026 02:53:20 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-the-current-climate-where-poet-is-activist-or-vice-versa-the-poems-also-start-to-look-a-lot-like-cant/<![CDATA[David Chalmers was wrong. There is no “hard problem” of consciousness, and the supposed “explanatory gap” it treats is nonsensical]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/david-chalmers-was-wrong-there-is-no-hard-problem-of-consciousness-and-the-supposed-explanatory-gap-it-treats-is-nonsensical/Fri, 08 May 2026 02:53:20 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/david-chalmers-was-wrong-there-is-no-hard-problem-of-consciousness-and-the-supposed-explanatory-gap-it-treats-is-nonsensical/<![CDATA[Despite his reputation as a conservative ogre, Harvey Mansfield’s latest book is immensely clever, subtle, and thought-provoking]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/despite-his-reputation-as-a-conservative-ogre-harvey-mansfields-latest-book-is-immensely-clever-subtle-and-thought-provoking/Thu, 07 May 2026 17:56:31 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/despite-his-reputation-as-a-conservative-ogre-harvey-mansfields-latest-book-is-immensely-clever-subtle-and-thought-provoking/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Last Contract of Isako,’ by Fonda Lee]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-last-contract-of-isako-by-fonda-lee/Thu, 07 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-last-contract-of-isako-by-fonda-lee/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Revenge for the Sixties,’ by Peter S. Canellos; ‘Alito,’ by Mollie Hemingway]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-revenge-for-the-sixties-by-peter-s-canellos-alito-by-mollie-hemingway/Thu, 07 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-revenge-for-the-sixties-by-peter-s-canellos-alito-by-mollie-hemingway/<![CDATA[Jack Bass, Dean of South Carolina Political Journalism, Dies at 91]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/jack-bass-dean-of-south-carolina-political-journalism-dies-at-91/Wed, 06 May 2026 22:25:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/jack-bass-dean-of-south-carolina-political-journalism-dies-at-91/<![CDATA[Jonathan Swift’s last joke. His epitaph is, it turns out, an elaborate way of haunting an enemy from the grave]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/jonathan-swifts-last-jokehis-epitaph-is-it-turns-out-an-elaborate-way-of-haunting-an-enemy-from-the-grave/Wed, 06 May 2026 21:22:42 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/jonathan-swifts-last-jokehis-epitaph-is-it-turns-out-an-elaborate-way-of-haunting-an-enemy-from-the-grave/<![CDATA[Ibram X. Kendi’s “Great Replacement” theory encompasses so many disparate examples that it loses its explanatory power]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ibram-x-kendis-great-replacement-theory-encompasses-so-many-disparate-examples-that-it-loses-its-explanatory-power/Wed, 06 May 2026 21:22:42 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ibram-x-kendis-great-replacement-theory-encompasses-so-many-disparate-examples-that-it-loses-its-explanatory-power/<![CDATA[Despite his reputation as a as a conservative ogre, Harvey Mans?field’s latest book is immensely clever, subtle, and thought-provoking]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/despite-his-reputation-as-a-as-a-conservative-ogre-harvey-mansfields-latest-book-is-immensely-clever-subtle-and-thought-provoking/Wed, 06 May 2026 21:22:42 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/despite-his-reputation-as-a-as-a-conservative-ogre-harvey-mansfields-latest-book-is-immensely-clever-subtle-and-thought-provoking/<![CDATA[Justice Neil Gorsuch on the ‘Miracle’ of Agreement on the Court]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/justice-neil-gorsuch-on-the-miracle-of-agreement-on-the-court/Wed, 06 May 2026 14:41:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/justice-neil-gorsuch-on-the-miracle-of-agreement-on-the-court/<![CDATA[‘Not a Perfect Union’: Neil Gorsuch on America at 250]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/not-a-perfect-union-neil-gorsuch-on-america-at-250/Wed, 06 May 2026 11:03:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/not-a-perfect-union-neil-gorsuch-on-america-at-250/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘From Life Itself,’ by Suzy Hansen]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-from-life-itself-by-suzy-hansen/Wed, 06 May 2026 11:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-from-life-itself-by-suzy-hansen/<![CDATA[Sizzling Summer Thrillers]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/sizzling-summer-thrillers/Wed, 06 May 2026 11:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/sizzling-summer-thrillers/<![CDATA[Reclaiming the Name of the Black Hero Who Inspired ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/reclaiming-the-name-of-the-black-hero-who-inspired-uncle-toms-cabin/Wed, 06 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/reclaiming-the-name-of-the-black-hero-who-inspired-uncle-toms-cabin/<![CDATA[In Her New Memoir, Siri Hustvedt Captures Life With, And Without, Paul Auster]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-her-new-memoir-siri-hustvedt-captures-life-with-and-without-paul-auster/Wed, 06 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/in-her-new-memoir-siri-hustvedt-captures-life-with-and-without-paul-auster/<![CDATA[Epic Fantasy and Sci-Fi Books for Adults]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/epic-fantasy-and-sci-fi-books-for-adults/Wed, 06 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/epic-fantasy-and-sci-fi-books-for-adults/<![CDATA[What happens when a Catholic, Oxford-trained mind intersects with a jaunty midcentury American voice? Wilfrid Sheed]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-happens-when-a-catholic-oxford-trained-mind-intersects-with-a-jaunty-midcentury-american-voice-wilfrid-sheed/Tue, 05 May 2026 23:43:47 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-happens-when-a-catholic-oxford-trained-mind-intersects-with-a-jaunty-midcentury-american-voice-wilfrid-sheed/<![CDATA[To get through World War II, the novelist Wolfgang Koeppen faked his own death, hid out in a hotel, and accumulated experience]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/to-get-through-world-war-ii-the-novelist-wolfgang-koeppen-faked-his-own-death-hid-out-in-a-hotel-and-accumulated-experience/Tue, 05 May 2026 23:43:47 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/to-get-through-world-war-ii-the-novelist-wolfgang-koeppen-faked-his-own-death-hid-out-in-a-hotel-and-accumulated-experience/<![CDATA[“Of all the defects of American gerontocracy today, one of the worst is our failure to face mortality and embrace old age”]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/of-all-the-defects-of-american-gerontocracy-today-one-of-the-worst-is-our-failure-to-face-mortality-and-embrace-old-age/Tue, 05 May 2026 23:43:47 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/of-all-the-defects-of-american-gerontocracy-today-one-of-the-worst-is-our-failure-to-face-mortality-and-embrace-old-age/<![CDATA[Dissidence is not a political stance, career, or personality type. It occurs when the distance between beliefs and actions becomes intolerable]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/dissidence-is-not-a-political-stance-career-or-personality-type-it-occurs-when-the-distance-between-beliefs-and-actions-becomes-intolerable/Tue, 05 May 2026 23:43:47 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/dissidence-is-not-a-political-stance-career-or-personality-type-it-occurs-when-the-distance-between-beliefs-and-actions-becomes-intolerable/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Hill,’ by Harriet Clark]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-hill-by-harriet-clark/Tue, 05 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-hill-by-harriet-clark/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Family Man,’ by James Lasdun]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-family-man-by-james-lasdun/Tue, 05 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-family-man-by-james-lasdun/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Riverwork,’ by Lisa Robertson]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-riverwork-by-lisa-robertson/Tue, 05 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-riverwork-by-lisa-robertson/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Prestige Drama,’ by Seamas O’Reilly]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-prestige-drama-by-seamas-oreilly/Tue, 05 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-prestige-drama-by-seamas-oreilly/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘List of All Possible Desires,’ by Dylan Landis]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-list-of-all-possible-desires-by-dylan-landis/Tue, 05 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-list-of-all-possible-desires-by-dylan-landis/<![CDATA[The get through World War II, the novelist Wolfgang Koeppen faked his own death, hoarded tinned fish, and accumulated experience]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-get-through-world-war-ii-the-novelist-wolfgang-koeppen-faked-his-own-death-hoarded-tinned-fish-and-accumulated-experience/Tue, 05 May 2026 01:02:26 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-get-through-world-war-ii-the-novelist-wolfgang-koeppen-faked-his-own-death-hoarded-tinned-fish-and-accumulated-experience/<![CDATA[Kimberlé Crenshaw, coiner of “intersectionality” and “critical race theory,” is genuinely puzzled by the controversy her ideas have aroused]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/kimberl-crenshaw-coiner-of-intersectionality-and-critical-race-theory-is-genuinely-puzzled-by-the-controversy-her-ideas-have-aroused/Tue, 05 May 2026 01:02:26 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/kimberl-crenshaw-coiner-of-intersectionality-and-critical-race-theory-is-genuinely-puzzled-by-the-controversy-her-ideas-have-aroused/<![CDATA[Adapting Messiah for the screen is an odd midlife crisis. For Jack Kevorkian it made sense]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/adapting-messiah-for-the-screen-is-an-odd-midlife-crisis-for-jack-kevorkian-it-made-sense/Tue, 05 May 2026 01:02:26 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/adapting-messiah-for-the-screen-is-an-odd-midlife-crisis-for-jack-kevorkian-it-made-sense/<![CDATA[The Books That Won the 2026 Pulitzer Prizes]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-books-that-won-the-2026-pulitzer-prizes/Mon, 04 May 2026 23:53:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-books-that-won-the-2026-pulitzer-prizes/<![CDATA[Pulitzer Prizes: 2026 Winners List]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/pulitzer-prizes-2026-winners-list/Mon, 04 May 2026 23:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/pulitzer-prizes-2026-winners-list/<![CDATA[New York Times Wins 3 Pulitzer Prizes]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/new-york-times-wins-3-pulitzer-prizes/Mon, 04 May 2026 22:32:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/new-york-times-wins-3-pulitzer-prizes/<![CDATA[Pulitzer Prizes 2026: A Guide to the Winning Books and Finalists]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/pulitzer-prizes-2026-a-guide-to-the-winning-books-and-finalists/Mon, 04 May 2026 21:38:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/pulitzer-prizes-2026-a-guide-to-the-winning-books-and-finalists/<![CDATA[Open access downloads: April 2026]]> Each month we highlight the month’s download numbers and a few of the most-downloaded articles in the collection, and we feature stats and comments from a particular country.
Due to an increase in harvesting from DSpace, including traffic from AI scraper bots used to train large language models, monthl]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/open-access-downloads-april-2026/Mon, 04 May 2026 20:56:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/open-access-downloads-april-2026/<![CDATA[Can You Match Up These Novels With the Writers Who Died Before They Could Finish Them?]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/can-you-match-up-these-novels-with-the-writers-who-died-before-they-could-finish-them/Mon, 04 May 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/can-you-match-up-these-novels-with-the-writers-who-died-before-they-could-finish-them/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Ghost Stories,’ by Siri Hustvedt]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-ghost-stories-by-siri-hustvedt/Mon, 04 May 2026 11:03:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-ghost-stories-by-siri-hustvedt/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Things We Never Say,’ by Elizabeth Strout]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-things-we-never-say-by-elizabeth-strout/Mon, 04 May 2026 11:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-things-we-never-say-by-elizabeth-strout/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘John of John,’ by Douglas Stuart]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-john-of-john-by-douglas-stuart/Mon, 04 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-john-of-john-by-douglas-stuart/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘True Crime,’ by Patricia Cornwell]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-true-crime-by-patricia-cornwell/Sun, 03 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-true-crime-by-patricia-cornwell/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Calamity Club,’ by Kathryn Stockett]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-calamity-club-by-kathryn-stockett/Sun, 03 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-calamity-club-by-kathryn-stockett/<![CDATA[Kathryn Stockett Has Finally Followed Up ‘The Help’]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/kathryn-stockett-has-finally-followed-up-the-help/Sun, 03 May 2026 06:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/kathryn-stockett-has-finally-followed-up-the-help/<![CDATA[The Americans Who Could Be in Trump’s ‘Garden of Heroes’ Statue Park in D.C.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-americans-who-could-be-in-trumps-garden-of-heroes-statue-park-in-dc/Sat, 02 May 2026 18:55:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-americans-who-could-be-in-trumps-garden-of-heroes-statue-park-in-dc/<![CDATA[Everyone Who Could Be in Trump’s ‘Garden of Heroes’]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/everyone-who-could-be-in-trumps-garden-of-heroes/Sat, 02 May 2026 17:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/everyone-who-could-be-in-trumps-garden-of-heroes/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Successor,’ by Mikhail Fishman]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-successor-by-mikhail-fishman/Sat, 02 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-successor-by-mikhail-fishman/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Backtalker,’ by Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-backtalker-by-kimberl-williams-crenshaw/Sat, 02 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-backtalker-by-kimberl-williams-crenshaw/<![CDATA[You've seen crows picking at roadkill. Disgusting? Those birds are doing us a favor]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/youve-seen-crows-picking-at-roadkill-disgusting-those-birds-are-doing-us-a-favor/Sat, 02 May 2026 00:20:22 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/youve-seen-crows-picking-at-roadkill-disgusting-those-birds-are-doing-us-a-favor/<![CDATA[Harvey Mansfield, Harvard's "annoying Socratic gadfly," spent decades championing lost causes. At 94, he's suddenly winning]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/harvey-mansfield-harvards-annoying-socratic-gadfly-spent-decades-championing-lost-causes-at-94-hes-suddenly-winning/Sat, 02 May 2026 00:20:22 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/harvey-mansfield-harvards-annoying-socratic-gadfly-spent-decades-championing-lost-causes-at-94-hes-suddenly-winning/<![CDATA[AI anxiety predates AI. The fear that machine writing will replace human writing has a long history]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ai-anxiety-predates-ai-the-fear-that-machine-writing-will-replace-human-writing-has-a-long-history/Sat, 02 May 2026 00:20:22 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/ai-anxiety-predates-ai-the-fear-that-machine-writing-will-replace-human-writing-has-a-long-history/<![CDATA[This Is What’s Behind Trump’s Relentlessness]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/this-is-whats-behind-trumps-relentlessness/Fri, 01 May 2026 18:12:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/this-is-whats-behind-trumps-relentlessness/<![CDATA[The ‘Book Review’ Podcast Turns 20]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-book-review-podcast-turns-20/Fri, 01 May 2026 11:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-book-review-podcast-turns-20/<![CDATA[Our Favorite Books for a Mother’s Day Gift]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/our-favorite-books-for-a-mothers-day-gift/Fri, 01 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/our-favorite-books-for-a-mothers-day-gift/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Chernobyl, Life, and Other Disasters,’ by Yevgenia Nayberg]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-chernobyl-life-and-other-disasters-by-yevgenia-nayberg/Fri, 01 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-chernobyl-life-and-other-disasters-by-yevgenia-nayberg/<![CDATA[Wittgenstein finished the Tractatus certain all philosophical problems were solved. Then spent his life disagreeing.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/wittgenstein-finished-the-tractatus-certain-all-philosophical-problems-were-solved-then-spent-his-life-disagreeing/Fri, 01 May 2026 01:38:46 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/wittgenstein-finished-the-tractatus-certain-all-philosophical-problems-were-solved-then-spent-his-life-disagreeing/<![CDATA[Will human-written fiction become artisanal cheese, a luxury for the wealthy few while others eat Velveeta?]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/will-human-written-fiction-become-artisanal-cheese-a-luxury-for-the-wealthy-few-while-others-eat-velveeta/Fri, 01 May 2026 01:38:46 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/will-human-written-fiction-become-artisanal-cheese-a-luxury-for-the-wealthy-few-while-others-eat-velveeta/<![CDATA[How two filmmakers, a borrowed camera, and a Judas Priest concert led to an immortal documentary]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-two-filmmakers-a-borrowed-camera-and-a-judas-priest-concert-led-to-an-immortal-documentary/Fri, 01 May 2026 01:38:46 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/how-two-filmmakers-a-borrowed-camera-and-a-judas-priest-concert-led-to-an-immortal-documentary/<![CDATA[The music critic Michael Steinberg, finding his profession “an irritant and a depressant,” went to work for orchestras]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-music-critic-michael-steinberg-findinghis-profession-an-irritant-and-a-depressant-went-to-work-for-orchestras/Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:44:22 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-music-critic-michael-steinberg-findinghis-profession-an-irritant-and-a-depressant-went-to-work-for-orchestras/<![CDATA[Two of Picasso’s lovers committed suicide; another had a psychological breakdown. But the worst thing he ever did to women was paint them]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/two-ofpicassos-lovers-committed-suicide-another-had-a-psychological-breakdown-but-the-worst-thing-he-ever-did-to-women-was-paint-them/Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:14:29 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/two-ofpicassos-lovers-committed-suicide-another-had-a-psychological-breakdown-but-the-worst-thing-he-ever-did-to-women-was-paint-them/<![CDATA[The Best New Romance Books]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-best-new-romance-books/Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-best-new-romance-books/<![CDATA[Interview: Xochitl Gonzalez on ‘Last Night in Brooklyn’ and Her Favorite Books]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/interview-xochitl-gonzalez-on-last-night-in-brooklyn-and-her-favorite-books/Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/interview-xochitl-gonzalez-on-last-night-in-brooklyn-and-her-favorite-books/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Cave Mountain,’ by Benjamin Hale]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-cave-mountain-by-benjamin-hale/Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-cave-mountain-by-benjamin-hale/<![CDATA[British Royals Crisscross Manhattan in Brief Visit Packed With Photo Ops]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/british-royals-crisscross-manhattan-in-brief-visit-packed-with-photo-ops/Thu, 30 Apr 2026 03:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/british-royals-crisscross-manhattan-in-brief-visit-packed-with-photo-ops/<![CDATA[Queen Camilla Unites Winnie-the-Pooh with a Long-Lost Friend]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/queen-camilla-unites-winnie-the-pooh-with-a-long-lost-friend/Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:22:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/queen-camilla-unites-winnie-the-pooh-with-a-long-lost-friend/<![CDATA[The music critic Michael Steinberg thought his profession “an irritant and a depressant,” and so he went to work for orchestras]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-music-critic-michael-steinberg-thought-his-profession-an-irritant-and-a-depressant-and-so-he-went-to-work-for-orchestras/Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:17:22 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-music-critic-michael-steinberg-thought-his-profession-an-irritant-and-a-depressant-and-so-he-went-to-work-for-orchestras/<![CDATA[Kierkegaard vs. Copenhagen's tabloid press. "Twenty-five signatures make the most frightful stupidity into an opinion"]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/kierkegaard-vs-copenhagens-tabloid-press-twenty-five-signatures-make-the-most-frightful-stupidity-into-an-opinion/Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:17:22 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/kierkegaard-vs-copenhagens-tabloid-press-twenty-five-signatures-make-the-most-frightful-stupidity-into-an-opinion/<![CDATA[From Bacon's "sound houses" to the Star Wars cantina: Why does science fiction sound like that?]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/from-bacons-sound-houses-to-the-star-wars-cantina-why-does-science-fiction-sound-like-that/Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:17:22 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/from-bacons-sound-houses-to-the-star-wars-cantina-why-does-science-fiction-sound-like-that/<![CDATA[What Worries Me Most About ‘Abundance’]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-worries-me-most-about-abundance/Wed, 29 Apr 2026 23:37:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/what-worries-me-most-about-abundance/<![CDATA[Two of his Picasso’s lovers committed suicide; another had a psychological breakdown. But the worst thing he ever did to women was paint them]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/two-of-his-picassos-lovers-committed-suicide-another-had-a-psychological-breakdown-but-the-worst-thing-he-ever-did-to-women-was-paint-them-2/Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:38:44 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/two-of-his-picassos-lovers-committed-suicide-another-had-a-psychological-breakdown-but-the-worst-thing-he-ever-did-to-women-was-paint-them-2/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Aside From My Heart, All Is Well,’ by Héctor Abad]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-aside-from-my-heart-all-is-well-by-hctor-abad/Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:19:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-aside-from-my-heart-all-is-well-by-hctor-abad/<![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Prophecy,’ by Carissa Véliz]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-prophecy-by-carissa-vliz/Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-prophecy-by-carissa-vliz/<![CDATA[26 New Books to Read in May: Matt Haig, Carley Fortune, David Sedaris and More]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/26-new-books-to-read-in-may-matt-haig-carley-fortune-david-sedaris-and-more/Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/26-new-books-to-read-in-may-matt-haig-carley-fortune-david-sedaris-and-more/<![CDATA[Book Review: “Japanese Gothic,” by Kylie Lee Baker]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-japanese-gothic-by-kylie-lee-baker/Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-japanese-gothic-by-kylie-lee-baker/<![CDATA[Your sous vide wand. Your car. Your search results. All enshittified, all on purpose, all at once. Cory Doctorow explains]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/your-sous-vide-wand-your-car-your-search-results-all-enshittified-all-on-purpose-all-at-once-cory-doctorow-explains/Wed, 29 Apr 2026 01:08:38 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/your-sous-vide-wand-your-car-your-search-results-all-enshittified-all-on-purpose-all-at-once-cory-doctorow-explains/<![CDATA[Two of his Picasso’s lovers committed suicide, another had a psychological breakdown. 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