14.6.26

Open to interpretation

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The International Booker prize for translated fiction went to Taiwan Travelogue, written by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ and translated from Mandarin Ch...
7.6.26

The 100 best novels

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Our list includes any book published in English, but originally written in any language . It is still partial – all lists are. Neither can ...
31.5.26

Nuclear Fiction

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W hen Leslie Schover ’74 was a girl, she remembers, her father returned from a business trip with a lump of green glass—sand melted by an ...
26.5.26

Un ricordo di Sonny Rollins

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      Sonny Rollins nello strepitoso bis al concerto a Milano del 2 novembre 2009 al Dal Verme. Grandissimo! 
24.5.26

In love with the hotel

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The second winner of the Women’s prize for nonfiction will be unveiled next month. Alongside books of memoir, science and biography, this ...
17.5.26

Eclipse of Peace

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On May 28, 585 B.C., a rare celestial event turned a battlefield into a place of peace. As the armies of King Alyattes II of Lydia and King...
10.5.26

The Life and Death of the Book Review

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Book reviewing , it would seem, has been in crisis from the start . [...]  The rise of Amazon reviews has reinforced a larger pattern of po...
3.5.26

Gin and Secrets

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It may be thought that the notorious Cambridge spies – the majority of them members of the Apostles, that university’s secretive, elitist ...
26.4.26

Who Gets Guggenheims?

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In recent years, the number of awards has stabilized to roughly 170 to 200 fellowships per year. The Guggenheim awards fellowships that fal...
19.4.26

Thinking in the Margins

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During our time together, I never saw Oliver annotating a book, and he never spoke about the habit; I don’t think he gave it a second thou...