The Weight of the World Oh, how they blew like vast sails in the breeze,my mother’s wet sheets, pegged hard to the ropeof her washing line. There was always hopeof dry weather... Read more »
Cambridge University Library will soon be asked to return Scotland’s oldest surviving manuscript. SNP councillor Glen Reid plans to write to the university in the new year to “begin a dialogue” about... Read more »
When the writer Susie Boyt was twenty years old, her boyfriend died in a climbing accident. After the funeral, Boyt went through severe depression, struggling with a grief that she couldn’t readily... Read more »
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 »