Piercing the Veil: Laura Makabresku’s Mystical Testimony, by Yahia Lababidi

Artist Self-Portrait Whereas conflict, injustice, and religious fatigue proceed to poison the air, Yahia Lababidi finds a beauty-infused resistance within the surreal work of Polish photographer Laura Makabresku. I’ve lengthy admired the surreal, sacral artwork of Polish photographer Laura Makabresku (born Kamila Kansy). However in current instances, amid escalating political noise and dispiriting violence, her serene […]



The Guts of the Russian Brontosaurus-Cow: A Dialog with Vladimir Sorokin

Vladimir Sorokin. {Photograph} by Maria Sorokina. My issues began a lot sooner than the evening earlier than deadline—they began in my childhood, after I utterly didn’t study Russian, and although an incapacity to perform in a author’s authentic language has by no means stopped me and shouldn’t cease anybody from announcing upon a translation, I […]


Milena Palminteri conquista il premio Bancarella 2025

Si è chiusa con la vittoria di Come l’arancio amaro di Milena Palminteri (Bompiani) la 73esima edizione del Premio Bancarella, uno dei più longevi e popolari premi letterari italiani. L’opera, pubblicata da Bompiani, è stata selezionata come vincitrice da una giuria composta da librai e libraie indipendenti, in continuità con la tradizione del riconoscimento nato nel 1953. […]


Social Media = Social Engineering: A Few Reflections on the Approach of Issues

The second was simply forgotten, of the sort that elicits a disapproving look or a clumsy pause in dialog earlier than fading into reminiscence. Nevertheless, I selected to retain it as a warning. As soon as, within the midst of a tv interview, David Rockefeller sneered proudly and acknowledged that we have been poised to […]




These Carson McCullers Tales Are Haunted By Moms Who Can’t Be Their Genuine Selves

Snow fell exterior the lodge convention room, and my breasts grew heavy with milk. I sat in a cushioned, straight-back chair amongst a dozen different college students from my artistic writing graduate program. On my lap was a printout with a variety from a Carson McCullers brief story referred to as “The Haunted Boy.” When […]


Hyperlinks of Curiosity: July 16, 2025

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Preserving Reminiscence: A Dialog with Julie Masis, by Susan Blumberg-Kason

Julie Masis is the editor and writer of the Russian Boston Gazette, a newspaper for Russian-speaking immigrants in Boston. She can also be a contract journalist who has written extensively about Jewish historical past. Her tales have been printed within the Occasions of Israel, Jerusalem Submit, Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor, Montreal Gazette, Globe and Mail, […]