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The Epiphany in the Ordinary: A Conversation With Teju Cole For Teju Cole, prose, poetry, and photography tug against and bleed into one another. At the tenth anniversary of Amherst College’s LitFest, on March 1, 2025, Cole spoke with The Common’s Editor in…

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‘It was the greatest mass revolt in Europe before the French Revolution; some 100,000 people died.’

@malcolmgaskill.bsky.social reviews Lyndal Roper’s re-evaluation of the German Peasants’ War of 1524-25, winner of this year’s Cundill History Prize.

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Fiona Green · Chi Chi Trillip Trillip: Jorie Graham looks ahead For Jorie Graham, the teeming possibilities of lyric – tense and mood, syntax and sound crossed with layout and...

‘“It’s incredibly hard,” Jorie Graham has said, “to calibrate how to grieve the small death of your father, your friends – to face the small but important event of your own death – and simultaneously grieve the huge death of whole species.”’

Fiona Green on ‘To 2040’.

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Philip Pullman’s The Rose Field: a manifesto for how to b... The epic conclusion to The Book of Dust is a powerful critique of capitalism from a storyteller of exceptional power

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YouTube video by José Luis Lafuente The Pogues - Haunted (1986) - 'Sid & Nancy' Original Soundtrack

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Day 27
Haunted

'Haunted'
The Pogues
From the film 'Sid & Nancy

These manuscripts brought the fantastic beasts of the Middle Ages to life Among the most popular books of the time, bestiaries were filled with real and mythical animals and their lore, the protagonists of intriguing stories symbolizing human virtues and faults.

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Robert Reich From Robber Barons to Bezos: Is History Repeating Itself? | Robert Reich

Folks, we're living in a Second Gilded Age.

It can be easy to feel discouraged, but the First Gilded Age teaches us lessons on how we can fight back. Watch. https://youtu.be/Nmq7QqqY4vo?si=-_IyB5RX1IeFYjHW

The Outsize Influence of Wales on Fantasy, Music, and Movies Wales is a country with a population of 3.1 million. It’s about 8,000 square miles, which means it could fit inside Texas roughly 26 times. People like to debate whether Wales even counts as a coun…

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The Heroine of ‘His Dark Materials’ Is Back. Here’s What You Need to Know.

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The maps of Ursula K Le Guin reveal a fascinating insight into world-building in fantasy fiction This fascinating show offers visitors a deeper sense of Le Guin’s maps as world-making and storytelling devices.

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NEW: Pope Leo Set To Break Up Opus Dei If Pope Leo does indeed approves a plan that effectively dissolves Opus Dei’s structure, it would be the most significant internal action of his short pontificate to date.

BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV is set to effectively disband Opus Dei in the coming weeks.

This would be the most sweeping internal reform of his pontificate — and a dramatic continuation of Pope Francis’s legacy.

Good Morning, News: Pentagon Spokesperson Hates Netflix, John Bolton Under Investigation Since Biden, and Are There Plainclothes Police at Portland's ICE Protests? Suzette Smith

• Police informants at Portland's ICE protests
• John Bolton says he's being persecuted by Trump, but he's been under investigation since the Biden administration
• A Pentagon spokesperson seems to really hate Netlfix!
It's Good Morning, News!

Oscar Wilde's British Library card reissued 130 years after being revoked over gay conviction The celebrated Irish writer had his pass revoked in 1895 after being imprisoned for a gay relationship.

The British Library has honoured late Irish writer Oscar Wilde by reissuing a reader's card in his name, 130 years after his original was revoked following his conviction for "gross indecency".
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1746 in Colour: Westminster and Lambeth Colouring in a map of Georgian London.

We've coloured in another John Rocque map panel from 1746. For the first time ever, see Georgian Westminster and Lambeth mapped in colour. londonist.substack.com/p/1746-in-co...

‘Americans are democracy’s equivalent of second-generation wealth’: a Chinese journalist on the US under Trump The long read: Once a stalwart of Hong Kong’s journalism scene, Wang Jian has found a new audience on YouTube, dissecting global politics and US-China relations since the pandemic. To his fans, he’s p...

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Go Birds! Go Vote! As Philly D.A. Larry Krasner says, you've only got until October 20th to register for this crucial November 4th election that will decide the PA Supreme Court and our rights. Not to mention, you want to vote in next year's Midterms too.

David Trotter · Unconditional Looking: Mrs Dalloway’s Demons Woolf admired Austen above all for her ability to grasp the exceptional moment – ‘in which all the happiness of life...

‘Austen said of Emma that she had chosen “a heroine whom no one but myself will much like”. Woolf, too, takes the considerable risk of adopting the point of view of a protagonist whose sense of entitlement makes her hard to warm to.’

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The 76 2025: The most vital restaurants in the Philly area In our annual guide to the Philly dining scene, 40 new restaurants nab spots.

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New documentary "ORWELL: 2+2=5" brings George Orwell's warnings into the modern age "I'm not going after anybody. I'm just explaining that two plus two equals four," director Raoul Peck says.

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Pfft. Birds aren't real!

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YouTube video by Netflix A Message From Dr. Jane Goodall | Famous Last Words | Netflix

"Every single day you live, you make a difference in the world, and you get to choose the difference that you make...
Even today, where the planet is dark, there still is hope." -
Dr. Jane Goodall, March 2025
Choose well, my friends.

It has begun. No flesh shall be spared. Also, I’m in Milwaukee, Hammond and Flint this week! Go to pattonoswalt.com for tix!

Big City, Big Street Food Seattle is growing. We are becoming big. And with a big city, comes big, delicious food tents.

In our Food Issue, @mudede.bsky.social writes about Seattle's street-food scene, and talks to local vendors about some of the hurdles they face as authorities shut down more unpermitted food vendors every year.⁠

Live fast, die young, inspire Shakespeare — Harvard Gazette In "Dark Renaissance," Stephen Greenblatt finds a tragic strain in the life and work of Christopher Marlowe.

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This is blame I'm happy to accept. Authors, check to see if you're eligible to receive compensation in the Anthropic Settlement and if you are, file that claim.

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'Reading Rainbow' Is Coming Back After Nearly 20 Years With Beloved Librarian As Host—And Fans Are Pumped

The best news! ❤️

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