Vergissmeinnicht Three weeks gone and the combatants gonereturning over the nightmare groundwe found the place again, and foundthe soldier sprawling in the sun. The frowning barrel of his gunovershadowing. As we came... Read more »
“Actually, place the spoils at the feet of my adult children. I’m trying to look less corrupt.” Source link Read more »
In her landmark 1985 work, The Body in Pain, American essayist Elaine Scarry makes a case for the “unsharability” of pain and its resistance to language. “Physical pain,” she writes, “does not simply... Read more »
Less than half of parents find it fun to read aloud to their children, new research shows. Only 40% of parents with children aged 0 to 13 agreed that “reading books to... Read more »
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He’s got knobbly knees, turned-out toes, a poisonous wart at the end of his nose … and he’s back, for the first time in more than 20 years: Julia Donaldson and Axel... Read more »
“Quick! Somebody get Chuck Schumer to write a strongly worded letter!” Source link Read more »
Midden Witch by Fiona Benson (Jonathan Cape, £13)In her fourth collection Benson turns her fierce attention to the individuals hounded as witches. Her language is rich with “a broth of sweat” that... Read more »
Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha wins Pulitzer prize for commentary | Pulitzer prize