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Silent Catastrophes by WG Sebald review – academic writing at its most sterile

A collection of professional leftovers that can only diminish the posthumous reputation of a master of high literature

The Guardian - UK · Feb 7, 2025

Three Books for Black History Month

February is Black History Month, and this year's this is "African Americans and Labor." Here are three books I recommend:… The post Three Books for Black History Month appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason · Feb 7, 2025

DC Comics pull Neil Gaiman title while Amazon Prime series set to go ahead

The Sandman spin-off Death: DC Compact Comics Edition was due to be released later this year

The Guardian - UK · Feb 6, 2025

Joan Lindsay by Brenda Niall review – a poignant biography of the Picnic at Hanging Rock author

Lindsay was 71 when her gothic classic was published. A new book unearths the winding, often thwarted creative endeavours of her life – and delights in her late success

The Guardian - AU · Feb 6, 2025

John Irving's 'Queen Esther' returns readers to setting of 'The Cider House Rules'

In John Irving’s next book, the author is returning to St_ Cloud’s, Maine, and to the orphanage made famous in his acclaimed “The Cider House Rules.”

The Independent UK · Feb 6, 2025

“The risk is that I never finish a piece - I want to push them further, to see how far they can be deformed without tearing”: How Aphex Twin fought the temptation to continually refine, and how we can learn from his example

It’s easy to carry on fiddling with our tracks, but as Richard D. James knows all too well, that urge to keep going can prove a problem

MusicRadar · Feb 6, 2025

I Want to Talk to You by Diana Evans review – sparkling essays

In this invigorating collection the novelist takes in Jean Rhys, James Baldwin, and how real life makes it into fiction

The Guardian - UK · Feb 6, 2025

We Do Not Part by Han Kang review – a masterpiece from the Nobel laureate

One woman’s quest, told through haunting, harrowing, dreamlike imagery, bears witness to Korea’s traumatic past

The Guardian - UK · Feb 6, 2025

“If I were you, I’d get a haircut and disappear”: When author William Burroughs gave Daevid Allen permission to call his band The Soft Machine

A key moment in the Canterbury band’s history came when the future Gong mastermind made contact with his former collaborator in 1966

Louder · Feb 6, 2025

Netflix adds Swedish thriller based on bestsellers that have sold over 10 million copies

The Åre Murders is aiming to match the success of The Breakthrough on Netflix

WhatToWatch · Feb 6, 2025