The Fireflies of Torino by August West (Clipper Media)
NEW BOOK BY AUGUST WEST A collection of short stories and dialogues that explore the lives of people who consistently challenge the status
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Obituary: Hugh O’Shaughnessy – Acclaimed foreign correspondent (87) (2022)
The journalist reported for 30 years from Latin American countries where grave human rights abuses were being committed 17 March 2022 | James
Jack Kerouac’s hometown celebrates the centennial of his birth
Jemma Stewart of Somerset, England: ‘I’m spending my first day ever in America at the Jack Kerouac grave. I didn’t study him in
Making sense of Hannah Arendt
A new biography illuminates this most complex of political thinkers. 06 December 2021 | DANIEL BEN-AMI | Spiked For anyone interested in political
Obituary: Marie-Claire Blais – Author (82)
The Quebecois author was revolutionary in so many ways, she remained a nomad and a devoted advocate for the Francophonie. 30 November 2021
Review: ‘O Pioneers!’ by Willa Cather (1913)
In 1913, The Times declared Cather’s “novel without a hero” to be “American in the best sense of the word.” Credit:Lily Snowden-Fine Sept.
Watch: Anthony Burgess (documentary)
04 October 2021 | James Porteous | Clipper Media Fans of the work of Anthony Burgess have grown weary of pointing out that
Gertrude Stein’s memoir of the ‘lost generation’
Photo: Gertrude Stein, 1934. Photographer: Carl Van Vechten An interesting, if somewhat overly critical look at Gertrude Stein and her The Autobiography of
Sylvia Plath: Will the poet always be defined by her death?
(Image credit: Alamy) Since Sylvia Plath died in 1963, she’s been turned into a crudely tragic symbol. As she inspires more biographies, will we
Excerpt: The Vietnam War
Photo: Title: Anti-Vietnam War placards surround Toronto’s war memorial in 1969. Photographer: Reg. Innell Date: April 6, 1969 28 July 2021 | The
Obituary: William F. Nolan – Prolific SciFi Writer (Logan’s Run) (93)
Photo: William F. Nolan and Ray Bradbury The American author wrote hundreds of stories in the science fiction, fantasy, horror, and crime fiction genres as well as as