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Leo Robson in Sidecar: It has not materialised in any formal sense, and the term is not in use. As a mode of classification, the idea of succession, one cohort
Continue readingIs there a ‘Seventh Generation’ of Chinese film-makers?
Fernando Rugitsky in Phenomenal World: on Agribusiness and the green transition in Brazil … Continue readingThe World’s Stockyard
by Eleni Petrakou at 3 Quarks Daily: During this Chinese New Year celebrations, this columnist was very surprised to realize that what dragons were is not really common knowledge. Are
Griffin Oleynick and Anthony Domestico at Commonweal: We’re publishing these exchanges just about every two weeks—a compressed timeline that somehow seems like an eternity amid this summer’s news cycles. Thankfully,
By Erik Rittenberry at Poetic Outlaws: I march on. The soil is soft and sandy beneath my feet. I walk along beneath the ancient oaks that stand with dignity as
Continue readingMonday Poetic Expression: A Night Alone in the Wilderness
Irshad Salim: Yesterday, I visited a Foundation in Karachi which had started a drug addict rehabilitation program a year ago. One of the addicts I had inducted –impressed by his
Tina Jordan at The New York Times Book Review: The sketch above appears in a recent book I find particularly fascinating: Jane Rosenberg’s DRAWN TESTIMONY: My Four Decades as a
The Consummation of Empire, and The Andes of Ecuador are all considered examples of great American art, but there was little appreciation… … Continue readingHow Renaissance Art Found Its Way to American Museums
“The Killers” is a short story by Charles Bukowski in his 1973 collection, South of No North. Bukowski, greatly influenced by Hemingway… … Continue readingA Passage From “The Killers”
Central to the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union was a rivalry to develop the technologies of the future. … Continue readingManaging the Sino-American AI Race
Nothing to do but work, Nothing to eat but food, Nothing to wear but clothes to keep one from going nude. Nothing to breathe but air…
… Continue readingTuesday Poem: The Sum of Life
Michael Gilson in Aeon Magazine: The Smiths had arrived on the Downham Estate, one of eventually 13 ‘cottage estates’ built by the London County Council in the interwar years as