The Guardian » 2 weeks ago
The follow-up to Detransition, Baby is a collection of short works ranging from dystopia to romance that delight in complicating identity politicsWhen ...
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The Guardian » 1 week ago
The author’s brilliant account of Lennon and McCartney’s songwriting relationship challenges myths, finds new meanings in their music, and even throws up a few surprisesIt is a strange and beguiling experience to find music you have had in your head since childhood reveal...
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LA Times » 1 week ago
Former Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter's memoir, 'When the Going Was Good,' chronicles the glamour, the power and the boldface names from the golden age of magazine publishing....
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The Guardian » 1 week ago
Awarded to writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama, 2025’s recipients include novelist Sigrid Nunez, playwright Roy Williams and poet Anthony V CapildeoThe Irish novelist ...
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The Guardian » 1 week ago
Fiona Larkin’s poem uses Finnish grammar to explore her feelings about her son’s move from the UK to BrisbaneA poem inspired by the writer’s experience missing her son after he moved from the UK to Australia has won this year’s £5,000 National Poetry Competition....
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The Guardian » 1 week ago
In attempting to contextualise the murky evolution of freedom of expression, the British historian has instead given encouragement to authoritarians of all stripesThe top blurb on Fara Dabhoiwala’s new book describes it as a “remarkable global history of free speech”. But...
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The Guardian » 1 week ago
A terrific second novel from the British author of Assembly examines what it means to be truthful – and who really benefits when facts come to lightMiriam Leonard, AKA Lenny, one of a tight core of characters at the heart of Natasha Brown’s terrific second novel, would pr...
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The Guardian » 1 week ago
Three characters stuck in the past are given access to the future in the former Observer/Faber prize winner’s mordant and misanthropic sci-fi graphic novelPeople who enjoy science fiction love to imagine the future: time travel, spaceships, something wobbly with a green f...
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The Guardian » 1 week ago
Behind many symbols of quintessentially British culture – from Picture Post to Pevsner’s guides – were refugees who fled Europe in the 1930s and 40sIn the early 1940s, the publisher Collins launched a series of books called Britain in Pictures – “brig...
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The Guardian » 1 week ago
Tensions sizzle alongside burgers in the hazy timelines and brisk prose of the French writer’s disorienting debutIn recent novels set in restaurants, the breakneck speed of the action hides darker elements at work. Stéphane Larue’s The Dishwasher foll...
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