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By Heather Green on Tristan Tzara: Survival and “Speaking Alone” at Poetry Foundation: “Speaking Alone” is a translation of the title poem from Tristan Tzara’s French poetry collection, Parler seul,
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Sam Kinchin-Smith in the LRB Blog: The coincidence of the centenary of Kafka’s death, on 3 June, and the publication of the first complete, uncensored English translation of his diaries a month
Katherine Livingstone at The Conversation: Vegan and vegetarian diets are plant-based diets. Both include plant foods, such as fruits, vegetables, legumes and whole grains. But there are important differences, and
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Xi Chen at Aeon: Today, unlike in the 1990s, it is well established that conditions like IBS (irritable bowel syndrome), collectively known as disorders of gut-brain interaction (DGBIs), are real
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By Gita Bhatt at the IMF Blog: Our biggest challenges—from global warming to demographic and technological transformations—cannot be resolved by countries acting alone. Yet just when we need greater international
Lynne Cooke at The Burlington Magazine: Visionaries are fundamental to the avant-gardes that appeared in Europe in the inter-war years. Few, however, were as prescient, pragmatic and tactical as Sonia
Continue readingHow Sonia Delaunay Paved the Way for Wearable Art as We Know it
by Erik Rittenberry at Poetic Outlaws: It’s quiet here in the early morning and no one’s around—just the way I like it. I’m sitting on a bench, sipping black coffee
Continue readingErik Rittenberry: You’re Painfully Alive in a Drugged and Dying Culture
By Shelly Fan at Singularity Hub: We humans are highly visual creatures, but our skin has a sophisticated built-in system that lets us grab a cup of coffee, peel an
Continue readingHuman-Like ‘Bio-Skin’ Gives Robots a Much More Nuanced Sense of Touch
Roger Luckhurst at Aeon: In 2016, Elon Musk launched Neuralink with the aim of manufacturing an electronic implant in the brain that could link it directly to the computer network.
Samuel Kimbriel at Wisdom of Crowds: This week, I’ve been re-reading Better Never to Have Been, a book by the South African Philosopher, David Benatar.The book begins with the following
Jo Lauder at ABC News (of Australia): Whether you drive an electric car or are considering making the switch, you’ve probably been drawn into a discussion about whether they are
“They may not be evidence of UFOs, ancient spirits or secret weapons, but there is something magical in their allure–they do act as magnets for mystical tourism”, says The Smithsonian.