Public Books and the Sydney Review of Books have partnered to exchange a series of articles with international concerns. Today’s article, “Sublime Neutrality,” by Ursula Robinson-Shaw, was originally published by the SRB on July 10,... Read more »
When I first met Professor Sarah Derbew, we bonded over our mutual love of music. Coincidentally, we had both spent our mornings looping “Boogie Wonderland” to get in the right headspace for... Read more »
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 »