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‘Adults think with their mouths open’: five modern aphorisms to help us make sense of 2025

In his new book The World in a Phrase, author James Geary shares aphorisms from David Byrne, James Baldwin and more that speak to the modern day

The Guardian - US

Dead and Alive by Zadie Smith review – essays for an age of anxiety

From cultural appropriation to gender, Smith nails the politics of creativity. But on actual politics, she is less assured

The Guardian - UK

Photographer Coreen Simpson’s illustrious career capturing Toni Morrison and Muhammad Ali: ‘I’ve never gotten bored’

Star-studded work from Simpson, whose instincts also led to success in jewelry design, is assembled in a new photo book

The Guardian - US

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20 Life-Changing Books That Will Inspire You and Transform Your Perspective

From classics by Joan Didion and Toni Morrison to recent best-sellers.

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Fact vs Fiction: Godfather of Harlem season 4 episode 9 — Did Joe Bonanno not like Joe Colombo?

Godfather of Harlem season 4 episode 9 sees Joe Bonanno plot against his rival, Joe Colombo. Plus, James Baldwin and Truman Capote go at it. What happened?

WhatToWatch

Godfather of Harlem’s Elvis Nolasco and Erik LaRay Harvey on season 5 hopes — and how their characters have evolved

Godfather of Harlem’s Elvis Nolasco and Erik LaRay Harvey share their takes on characters, Nat and Chance. Plus, their visions for a possible season 5.

WhatToWatch

Why are people so triggered by the Mexican flag at the LA protests?

The flag serves as a reminder of a fundamental truth about Mexican Americans: we are from here; we are also from there

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Fact vs Fiction: Godfather of Harlem season 4 episode 3 — did James Baldwin know Bumpy Johnson?

Godfather of Harlem season 4 episode 3 sees Bumpy and James Baldwin cross paths, and Frank Lucas go to Colombo. However, what really happened?

WhatToWatch

Novelist Kiley Reid: ‘Consumption cannot fix racism’

The American author on the follow-up to her bestselling debut Such a Fun Age, why she loves characters you want to shake, and reading 160 novels for the Booker prize

The Guardian - UK

5 best Pedro Pascal movies, ranked —and where to stream them

Pedro Pascal is a TV superstar, but he's been in some great big-screen projects, too—here's what to add to your watchlist

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5 best Pedro Pascal movies, ranked —and where to stream them

Pedro Pascal is a TV superstar, but he's been in some great big-screen projects, too—here's what to add to your watchlist

Tom’s Guide

Basquiat to Delaney: inside the exhibition honouring 50 years of art in Black Paris

The vast show at the Pompidou highlights how the French capital became a haven for creatives from across the diaspora

The Guardian - UK

Why decolonise Shakespeare when all the world’s a stage for his ideas on injustice?

The trend for cultural reappraisal could risk upholding the very ideas it aims to dismantle

The Guardian - UK

Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project review – electric film about radical thinker and poet

Featuring interviews and archive footage of the brilliant civil rights activist, the readings of her poems will have the hairs on the back of your neck standing up

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Inside Giovanni’s Room review – pulsing dance retelling of James Baldwin novel

Phoenix Dance Theatre’s artistic director Marcus Jarrell Willis brings an urgency and groove to a tale of hunger, tenderness and sexual identity

The Guardian - UK

Jimmy review – lyrical and impressionistic vision of James Baldwin in 1940s Paris

The celebrated Black American author’s arrival in the City of Light is reimagined in this freewheeling feature, which prioritises images over the spoken word

The Guardian - UK

Nicola Dinan: ‘Ottessa Moshfegh helped me find my voice’

The author on the short stories that taught her about grief, being inspired by Jennifer Egan, and rereading James Baldwin

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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

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Caryl Phillips: ‘It was Britain that made me a writer’

The New York-based Kittitian-British author on why he set his new novel in the immigrant community of 1960s Notting Hill, the pitfalls of celebrity, and how he never misses a Leeds United match

The Conversation

The Gilded Age novel that helps explain our fascination with Luigi Mangione

A good-looking young man with a mysterious past carries a loaded gun, ready to kill, on the streets of the world’s financial capital.

The Conversation

What Shakespeare revealed about the chaotic reign of Richard III – and why the play still resonates in the age of Donald Trump

Written around 1592, William Shakespeare’s play “Richard III” follows the reign of England’s infamous monarch and charts the path of a charismatic, cunning figure.

The Guardian - US

A life in quotes: Nikki Giovanni

The poet, who died at 81 on Monday, was a leading figure of the Black Arts movement, writing at the intersection of love, creativity, gender, race and more

The Guardian - UK

Nikki Giovanni’s poetry was a platform for truth-telling

There was a directness and urgency in her spoken and written voice but she could be mischievous and funny too

The Guardian - AU

Nikki Giovanni, acclaimed poet of the Black Arts Movement, dies aged 81

The award-winning US poet and author of works like Black Feeling, Black Talk and Those Who Ride the Night Winds has died after a third cancer diagnosis

The Guardian - UK

The Long Wave: How Brazil is celebrating its Black heritage

Afro-Brazilians marked Black Consciousness Day as a national holiday for the first time, but the celebrations are facing resistance. Plus, a fertility ‘miracle’ rattles Nigeria and Kendrick Lamar’s surprise drop

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