The War on Genius: Literature and Its Systems
What is a novel, or any work of art, but the product of its time, of commerce? What is it but another colorful consumer unit…
The Human Costs of the Research-Assessment Culture
Large-scale evaluation permeates the UK university system, but some countries are rejecting harsh judgements and emphasizing strategic development.
Tuesday Poem: Sparrow’s Flight
A breeze slowed sparrow’s flightday was saying goodbye. sparrow took refuge…night knelt behind the yews….
Zhou Enlai: Made By the Revolution
Historian Chen Jian has published a monumental biography of Zhou Enlai that makes him the pre-eminent scholar of the contemporary Chinese diaspora.
Monday Poem: Please
Please be kindHave patience with othersThey may not be like you Please listenTake time to…
Rasul Hamzatov’s Birthday
Habib Khan, Quetta: Some say that a translation is like the underside of a carpet,…
Sunday Poem: Six Steps to Becoming a Fossil
by Maddie Malone (age 14): through steam rising in the kitchen. Thank you. I mutter, swimming into a cloud of dew.
Till Death Do Us Part
by Mark Seal at Air Mail: It is a case that shocked the seemingly unshockable…
Army Public School Shaheed’s Letter From Heaven
Shared by Aftab Rizvi: ۱۶ دسمبر ۲۰۱۴ کو پشاور ارمی پبلک اسکول پر ایک دھشتگردی…
School Shootings: This is an Epidemic, Not a Series of Unique Tragedies
Sam Stein at The Bulwark: OF ALL THE REFLECTIONS offered by lawmakers on the school…
Saturday Poem: The End of Childhood is Not Maturity
“Here; just stick the end of this hose in yer muzzle—guzzlethe cold ones we’ll pour…
Two Gravity-Defying Performances Play With the Physics of Life on Earth
From Psyche Magazine: The French performance artist Bastien Dausse built the ‘contemporary circus company’ Compagnie…