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DESIRE FEEDS THE FEAST
Morrell received a comprehensive education in food and drink from parents who ran a wine business. Moreover, her mother schooled her in social graces and an appreciation for beauty and knowledge, telling her, “Being erudite will only help you in life.” Morrell is erudite indeed, dropping $10 words (exuded, charlatan, unctuous) exactly where they fit. She’s also spectacularly unlucky throughout this memoir, from a terrible accident that ended her girlhood dream of being an equestrian to attaching herself to men who had “a tendency to fuck things up.” Her mother imparted “a restless sense of str
Kirkus · EN
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WTF IS A PODCAST WITH MARC MARON
Over its tenure from 2009 to 2025, WTF , Marc Maron’s interview podcast, became a meaningful model for the medium—a line late in the book succinctly states that in the podcast universe, “in terms of one-on-one interviews there was a lot of Maron in the primordial ooze.” He steadily honed his craft, connecting with guests by taking a page from his sobriety journey. Many of his first guests were friends from the comedy world, with whom Maron would reflect on their relationship “to see where he may have hurt them…and [get] their perspective on it.” This relational approach helped broaden WTF ’s a
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SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE CHRISTMAS MURDERS
Seeking a holiday gift for their landlady, Mrs. Hudson, Sherlock Holmes takes Dr. John Watson to Whiteley’s, where screams and blood alert them to a startling tableau: A man is dangling from the upper branches of the half-decorated Christmas tree adorning the emporium’s main floor. Inspector Darke, the Metropolitan Police officer called to the scene by officious owner William Whiteley, pronounces Albert Robinson’s death accidental even before his body has been taken down and identified, but Holmes quietly corrects him: The carotid artery of Whiteley’s jack-of-all-trades has been cut. The recip
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THE SILVER KINGDOM
Prince Zayd of Dakaria doesn’t have time to grieve his dying father or savor a hard-won battle before he’s thrust into assuming a throne he isn’t ready for. Between fending off silver-hungry pirates, trying to avoid an unwanted engagement, and concealing a wound from a deadly poisoned arrow that’s curable only by a rare antidote, Zayd, who has warm brown skin and dark hair, is stretched thinner than his depleted army. Seventeen-year-old, dark-haired, amber-eyed Princess Layla of Sawan arrives in Dakaria reeling from the loss of her father, the shock of her mother’s forcing her betrothal to a p
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Louise Kennedy, Tom Drury, Elizabeth McCracken, and more: 20 new books out today!
We welcome November with a wonderful crop of literary works: Louise Kennedy, Tom Drury, Elizabeth McCracken, Michelle Porter, and more, all contribute to our stunning pile of newly released fiction. On the nonfiction side, legendary historian Dan Jones, as well
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“Hyena Boys”
1 The hyena boys came to Bonaventure, which was serendipitous, because he was used to avoiding the world before the world spurned him. For one, his white albino skin flecked with dark spots made him a regular target of mockery.
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How Derek Walcott’s Postcolonial Epic Helped Me Write My Novel
It’s hard to understate the importance of the classical tradition to postcolonial literature. The Puerto Rican playwright Luis Rafael Sánchez recast Sophocles’ Antigone in La pasión según Antígona Pérez, set in the fictional Caribbean republic of Molina, to portray the
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Mary Beth Keane on Writing a Novel of the Irish Diaspora
I’ve always found reading about Ireland compelling, having family lineage that includes a paternal great great grandmother who immigrated from County Cork to Galveston in the nineteenth century. Mary Beth Keane’s Whale Harbor, her fifth novel, was a revelation. She
Literary Hub · EN
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On the Film NAZA and the Ethics of Documentary Art
When NAZA‘s chilling final frame turned black and the sound of moviegoers crying became audible, I experienced something I have never experienced in a movie theater in my life. Nobody in the sold-out screening got up. Not a single person.
Literary Hub · EN
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Why Immigration Agents Don’t Quit in Protest
How a culture of dehumanization and denial keeps ICE and Border Patrol personnel “at war with an enemy that does not fight back.”
The New Yorker · EN
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The MAGA Faithful Eye the Exits
With polls suggesting a bleak midterms for the G.O.P., Trumpworld in D.C. is girding itself for congressional subpoenas and preparing pardon requests.
The New Yorker · EN
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Watch Soviet Animations of Winnie the Pooh, Created by the Innovative Animator Fyodor Khitruk
In 1962, the animator Fyodor Khitruk made his directorial debut with Story of One Crime, a film that broke with a Soviet tendency to make imitations of Disney-style animations. The film, as The Guardian explained in its 2012 obituary for the animator, came as a shock. It was stylistically simple and dealt with themes that Disney films would never […]
Open Culture · EN
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SUN Web & API
Turn prompts and PDFs into audio, on the web or via API Discussion | Link
Product Hunt · EN
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Calendarly
Your calendar and tasks, right on your iPhone Lock Screen Discussion | Link
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ROCK.
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These Are the UK’s Most Photographed Fireworks Displays
Americans have the Fourth of July, but for Brits, fireworks are synonymous with November 5, also known as Guy Fawkes Night. [ Read More ]
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The Art of Advancing with Age: Bertrand Russell on What Makes a Fulfilling Life
"Make your interests gradually wider and more impersonal, until bit by bit the walls of the ego recede, and your life becomes increasingly merged in the universal life."
Brain Pickings · EN
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Polyvagal Theory and the Neurobiology of Connection: The Science of Rupture, Repair, and Reciprocity
"The mind narrates what the nervous system knows. Story follows state."
Brain Pickings · EN