Treacle Walker, by Alan Garner (Scribner). The protagonist of this spare novel, drawn from British folklore and Northern English vernacular, is a boy who lives alone in an old house, reading comic... Read more »
Overview Many children go through periods of moodiness, but children with irritability experience severe symptoms that can lead to significant problems at home and school. The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)... Read more »
Would you read this book if a computer wrote it? Would you even know? And why would it matter? Today’s eerily impressive artificial intelligence writing tools present us with a crucial challenge:... Read more »
A Next Big Idea Club “Must Read” for December 2023 As all aspects of our social and informational lives increasingly migrate online, the line between what is “real” and what is digitally... Read more »
This is the latest installment of Public Streets, an urban observation series created by Ellis Avery and curated by Abigail Struhl. Confined to my small Brooklyn apartment, I often dream about Paris, about walking for hours... Read more »
A behind-the-scenes look at what Public Books editors and staff have been reading this month. The post On Our Nightstands: September 2021 appeared first on Public Books. Source link Read more »
The poems in Jason Sommer’s Portulans are charged with a muted tension, often relinquishing themselves into resigned tenderness and sighs that are less sighs of relief at the end of a journey... Read more »
“Weird fiction is unusual, too, in how the unknown may be both horrific and incredibly beautiful.” Our season of the weird starts off with a conversation between the writer the New Yorker called... Read more »
i found god in myself & i loved her/i loved her fiercely ―Ntozake Shange Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another. ―Toni Morrison Martha... Read more »