1. Stay With Me by Hanne Ørstavik review – looking for love

   The Guardian » 1 day ago

   The acclaimed Norwegian author explores the impact of childhood trauma in this portrait of a life lived in fear Stay With Me is a brief novel, but the whole is overshadowed by fear. The narrator, a Norwegian novelist living in Milan, recalls her childhood in the book’s op...

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1. The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller review – light in the darkness

   The Guardian » 1 day ago

   Set during the Big Freeze of 1962-3, this story of two marriages brilliantly evokes the legacy of the second world warAndrew Miller is a master of nuance, expert at exploring the various chambers of the human heart. In his Impac-winning debut, 1997’s Ingenious Pa...

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1. Blackbird Singing at Dusk by Wendy Pratt review – the great smells of the north and nature

   The Guardian » 2 days ago

   Grief rubs shoulders with greasy chip pans in a humorous and heartfelt celebration of the coastal working classAn ode to fish and chips, corn dollies and driving Ringtons tea vans, Wendy Pratt’s seventh poetry collection is a greasy but glorious celebration of the coastal...

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1. Sandra Gilbert, co-author of The Madwoman in the Attic, dies aged 87

   The Guardian » 1 day ago

   The writer was also a renowned academic and poet as well as being one of the leading figures of second wave feminismSandra Gilbert, the American poet and literary critic who co-authored the landmark second wave feminist text The Madwoman in the Attic, has died aged 87.<...

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1. HarperCollins to allow tech firms to use its books to train AI models

   The Guardian » 1 day ago

   Some nonfiction backlist titles will be used to train artificial intelligence with authors’ permissionPublisher HarperCollins will allow some of its titles to be used to train AI models, with the permission of authors.The company “has reached an agreeme...

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1. Poem of the week: The Kurdish Musician by Mimi Khalvati

   The Guardian » 1 week ago

   An émigré player’s artistry sings through a London street, rising over many barriersThe Kurdish MusicianShe is swaddled in pink, sky-blue and veiled in a gold hejab that with every chime of her santoor ...

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1. ‘It gets more and more confused’: can AI replace translators?

   The Guardian » 1 week ago

   A Dutch publisher has announced that it will use AI to translate some of its books – but those in the industry are worried about the consequences if this becomes the norm As anyone who has tried pointing their phone’s camera at a menu in a foreign country lately will know...

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1. Poem of the week: My husband falling by Robert Hamberger

   The Guardian » 2 weeks ago

   A minor tumble in the street gives a small indication of the larger risks a couple face and the consolations of mutual supportMy husband fallingTime trips you like a pavement, says I’ll ...

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1. Tom Gauld on the great robbery – cartoon

   The Guardian » 1 week ago

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1. ‘Fascism comes not with goose-steps but dance moves’: European writers react to Trump’s win

   The Guardian » 1 week ago

   Turkish writer Ece Temelkuran offers a ‘friendly warning’ about authoritarianism, Joseph O’Connor predicts a cooling of Irish-American relations – and Ukrainian author Andrey Kurkov reports from a shocked KyivDear American friend, ...

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