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fromThe New Yorker
21 hours ago
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He Wrote a Book About Interviewing. Here's His Interview.

Ben Lerner's 'Transcription' explores memory, language, and technology through the lens of a writer's relationship with his mentor.
fromThe New Yorker
6 days ago
Writing

The Ample Rewards of Ben Lerner's Slender New Novel

An interview with Ben Lerner reveals complexities of memory and influence in art and literature.
Writing
fromThe New Yorker
21 hours ago

He Wrote a Book About Interviewing. Here's His Interview.

Ben Lerner's 'Transcription' explores memory, language, and technology through the lens of a writer's relationship with his mentor.
Writing
fromThe New Yorker
6 days ago

The Ample Rewards of Ben Lerner's Slender New Novel

An interview with Ben Lerner reveals complexities of memory and influence in art and literature.
#literature
fromThe Atlantic
2 days ago
Books

Unconventional Novels About Conventional People

Aging revolutionaries and conformists share parallel narratives of disillusionment and the loss of youthful dreams in recent literature.
Books
fromThe Atlantic
2 days ago

Unconventional Novels About Conventional People

Aging revolutionaries and conformists share parallel narratives of disillusionment and the loss of youthful dreams in recent literature.
#anime
Television
fromIndieWire
2 days ago

5 Anime Series to Check Out This Spring

The anime industry experiences a crowded debut season with numerous shows launching simultaneously, making it challenging to discern standout series.
Television
fromIndieWire
2 days ago

5 Anime Series to Check Out This Spring

The anime industry experiences a crowded debut season with numerous shows launching simultaneously, making it challenging to discern standout series.
Arts
fromColossal
3 days ago

Yamamoto Masao's Otherworldly Portraits Introduce Us to Expressive Owls

Yamamoto Masao's photographs evoke emotional connections between image and memory, focusing on owls and their diminishing habitats.
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Enough of this me me me': Blake Morrison on memoir in the age of oversharing

Memoirs have evolved to embrace candor and vulnerability, allowing anyone to share their personal stories of trauma and identity.
Independent films
fromInverse
1 week ago

Kiyoshi Kurosawa Just Released An Eerie Psychological Thriller Like No Other

Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Chime explores modern terrors through a ringing sound that incites violence, reflecting societal issues and psychological pressures.
Women in technology
fromDefector
1 week ago

'Imperfect Women' Is The Latest Entry In A Fittingly Flawed Genre | Defector

Imperfect Women critiques societal expectations of women through the lens of flawed characters and their narratives.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Daunting, inspiring, comforting, terrifying: the writers who can make silence as eloquent as words

A vision lay before him: Fleet Street blanketed with snow, silent, empty, pure white, and, at the end of it, the huge and majestic form of Saint Paul's Cathedral. It was a spellbinding moment: the great thoroughfare temporarily devoid of carts and carriages, the cathedral looming blurrily out of the still-falling snowflakes a real-life snow globe.
London
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days ago

The best recent poetry review roundup

The collection features unrhymed sonnets exploring the relationship between landscape, language, and human experience amidst themes of illness and trauma.
Skiing
fromHarper's Magazine
3 weeks ago

Tokyo Adrift, by Matthew Sherrill

Sumo wrestling represents profound Japanese cultural identity and nationalist sentiment, particularly as foreign dominance and anti-immigrant politics reshape contemporary Japan.
Books
fromThe New Yorker
4 days ago

The Sci-Fi Novelist Who Disappeared for Decades

Cameron Reed's science fiction explores cognitive estrangement, revealing alien worlds that reflect and challenge our own societal norms and moral dilemmas.
Women
fromThe New Yorker
3 weeks ago

The Feminist Visionary Who Lost the Plot

Elizabeth Cady Stanton's experience of discrimination at the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention catalyzed her feminist activism, though her sense of intellectual superiority later contributed to bigoted views.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

A young girl is knocked over at Tokyo crossing what's behind Japan's bumping' trend?

This was no accidental clash of shoulders in a crowded place, but one of the most visible examples of a spate of butsukari otoko bumping man shoving incidents in Japan that experts attribute to a combination of gender dynamics and the stresses of modern life.
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Books
fromInsideHook
4 days ago

What to Read Right Now, According to Cool Men

Men are encouraged to read a variety of fiction, including classics, memoirs, and trending novels, especially as summer approaches.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Scarlet review Mamoru Hosoda turns Hamlet into tale of prowling knights and deep nothingness'

Mamoru Hosoda's anime adaptation of Hamlet, Scarlet, features stunning visuals but suffers from incoherent storytelling, arbitrary world-building, and heavy-handed philosophical messaging that undermines its narrative impact.
fromThe New Yorker
3 weeks ago

Mitski Shares Her Cultural Essentials

I think, even though she's world famous with millions of fans, I still think she's underrated, because yes, she's the greatest singer in the world, but also, she doesn't get enough credit for her songwriting. She's written amazing songs over many years consistently and she's really innovated in recorded music and I don't know, I just think she's a genius and people don't realize that she is a genius.
Music
Travel
fromenglish.elpais.com
4 weeks ago

Jimbocho: Books, cafes and guitars in the coolest neighborhood in Tokyo (and the world)

Jimbocho, Tokyo's historic bookstore district with over 180 shops, combines literary heritage with contemporary appeal, attracting both trend-seekers and independent explorers through its diverse book culture and related businesses.
Television
fromInverse
3 weeks ago

A New Anime Adaptation Could Make Up For Netflix's Biggest Mistake

Live-action anime adaptations are improving through streaming platforms, though Shinichirō Watanabe's previous Cowboy Bebop adaptation failed to capture the original's essence despite his involvement.
#japanese-literature
Books
fromAnOther
1 week ago

Mieko Kawakami's New Novel Exposes the Tokyo Underworld of the 90s

Sisters in Yellow portrays a teenage girl's descent into the Japanese underworld after her mother disappears, exploring themes of loneliness and class struggle.
Books
fromAnOther
1 week ago

Mieko Kawakami's New Novel Exposes the Tokyo Underworld of the 90s

Sisters in Yellow portrays a teenage girl's descent into the Japanese underworld after her mother disappears, exploring themes of loneliness and class struggle.
fromThe Conversation
1 month ago

Today's obsession with authenticity isn't new - being true to yourself has troubled philosophers for centuries

All of us live in an age where we're bombarded by social media and artificial intelligence - when striving to be your authentic self becomes an increasingly difficult task. Yet, even if it has somehow become a common goal, it is unclear how many of us can truly define the "authenticity" that we say we are pursuing.
Philosophy
Writing
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Light and Thread by Han Kang review a tantalising book of reflections

Han Kang's Nobel Prize-winning work explores historical trauma and human fragility through poetic prose that balances outward examination of events like the Gwangju massacre with inward psychological portrayal, leaving interpretive gaps for readers.
Independent films
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 weeks ago

Which are more like life, novels or films?

Films display character thoughts primarily through facial expressions and actions, making them more mysterious and potentially more realistic than novels, which explicitly describe inner thoughts.
Books
fromPsychology Today
1 week ago

Fiction Is Indispensable to Life's Journey

Fiction is essential for emotional connection, learning, and social cognition, allowing us to escape reality and engage deeply with narratives.
fromDefector
1 month ago

Yoko Tawada Is A Genius In Any Language | Defector

The best argument I can make for why I like reading fiction in translation is because it facilitates the psychedelic experience of encountering someone else's subjectivity twice over. The translator must act as a prismatic filter, faithfully attempting the impossible task of replicating someone else's experiences and ideas. To read in translation is to read two stories in harmony with each other: The one the author wants to tell and the one the translator has brought into your linguistic world.
Writing
Arts
fromJuxtapoz
1 month ago

Juxtapoz Magazine - Takashi Murakami: Hark Back to Ukiyo-e: Tracing Superflat to Japonisme's Genesis @ Perrotin, Los Angeles

Takashi Murakami presents 24 new paintings tracing ukiyo-e's influence on Impressionism and exploring bijinga's global impact at Perrotin Los Angeles.
Music
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

Why music has become such a big part of the romance novel reading experience

Romance novel readers increasingly use pop music playlists to enhance their reading experiences, creating a community that bridges book fandom and music fandom, exemplified by Charli XCX's Wuthering Heights album.
Relationships
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

Mary Gaitskill on Damage and Defiance

Economic necessity, urban conditions, and contradictory cultural messages pushed many women into sex work, with choice constrained by coercion or gradual entrapment.
Books
fromThe New Yorker
2 weeks ago

Briefly Noted Book Reviews

Two literary works explore complex themes through innovative narrative techniques: Morrison's essays examine challenging craft elements in Toni Morrison's writing, while Nganang's memoir uses the scale as a metaphor connecting personal experience to colonial history.
Writing
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

Yiyun Li on Stories That Happen Twice

Retrospective narrative reveals how stories gain completeness through the knowledge of future events, transforming present moments into layered reflections on fate and identity.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Hooked by Asako Yuzuki review follow-up to global hit Butter

Both are 30, an age which in Yuzuki's telling spells disaster in Japan for unmarried women who are no longer girls. During her long office hours, Eriko becomes addicted to Shoko's pseudonymous, self-deprecating blog The Diary of Hallie B, the World's Worst Wife, and contrives to accidentally-on-purpose meet the blogger at a cafe Shoko mentions in one of her posts.
Books
fromVulture
1 month ago

Girls Who Love Boys Who Love Boys

We can now look back on November 28, 2025, as the start of a mass-psychosis event. In an era of neo-puritanical television slop, a fresh, horny breeze swept in from Canada: Heated Rivalry, a six-episode series about two professional hockey rivals turned lovers, Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov, stirred something deep in the American psyche. Ordinary taxpaying adult women, many of them my friends, suddenly lost control of their faculties over "the gay hockey show."
Television
fromdesignyoutrust.com
1 month ago

This Artist Creates Superhero and Comic Watercolors With Traditional Japanese Motifs

Justin Bieber for Calvin Klein Spring 2015 Ad Campaign In A Parallel Universe: Artist Exposes Sexism By Switching Up Gender Roles In Old-School Ads Russian Blogger Makes Parodies Out Of Celebrity Photos, And More Than 20,000 Followers On Instagram Approve 10 Famous Movie Titles Written Using Negative Space The World of Modern Graphic Design & Typography by Kyle Kemink Chinese Tech Companies Hiring 'Pretty' Girls to Motivate Male Employees by Chatting, Playing Ping Pong and Buying them Breakfast
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Europe politics
fromThe New Yorker
2 months ago

The Country That Made Its Own Canon

Sweden released a national culture canon, sparking controversy over national identity as immigration rises and the nationalist Sweden Democrats gain political influence.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 month ago

The Japanese concept that explains why chasing happiness makes you miserable - Silicon Canals

Ikigai emphasizes purpose-driven living over pursuing fleeting happiness, reducing anxiety by focusing on meaningful daily activity rather than constant pleasure-seeking.
LGBT
fromIndieWire
2 months ago

The Answer to That 'Heated Rivalry' Question Everyone Keeps Asking? It's Decades-Old

Women, especially anime/manga fans, drive interest in gay male romance through the women-created Boys' Love tradition, shaping works like Heated Rivalry.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Sham review Takashi Miike revisits infamous murder teacher' trial in unflinching courtroom drama

Takashi Miike's Sham adapts a 2003 Fukuoka child-abuse case into a courtroom drama that ultimately vindicates the accused teacher while employing sensationalist, horror-tinged tropes.
#book-recommendations
fromAeon
1 month ago

The Japanese ethics of 'ningen' dethrones the Western self | Aeon Essays

In Rinrigaku, Watsuji argues that ethics is the study of what it means for us to be human. How we think about the nature of human existence, he says, dictates the ways in which we understand our ethical values. Hence, he criticises Western philosophical conceptions of the modern subject, arguing that the Western rendering of subjectivity is both problematic and foreign
Philosophy
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

People ought to know': Blue Boy Trial brings Japan's trans history up to date

The original legal case concerned a doctor who was prosecuted for performing gender reassignment surgery on transgender women, amid law enforcement frustrations that female-presenting transgender sex workers could not be prosecuted for their profession due to their being legally male. The doctor was found guilty of violating Japan's eugenics laws, which prohibited surgeries resulting in sterilisation if they were deemed inessential.
LGBT
Film
fromIndieWire
2 months ago

'Scarlet' Tells a Classical Revenge Story - Just Don't Call It a Shakespeare Adaptation

Scarlet reimagines Hamlet as a gender-swapped revenge tale that becomes a purgatorial journey questioning whether cycles of vengeance are worth perpetuating.
fromFuncheap
2 months ago

Atomic vs Satori

Come join us for the clash (more like a love-fest) of two beloved San Jose staple nights! Satori and Atomic have been putting on memorable dance parties in San Jose full of new and classic Goth, Darkwave, New Wave, Electro, Indie and Industrial for decades. For one night only, we unite to play all the bangers until you just can't dance anymore!
Music
Arts
fromThe New Yorker
2 months ago

Adrian Tomine's "Post-Vacation"

A winter subway scene features a suntanned rider back from a beach getaway, provoking envy, perceived gloating, and a wry, apologetic recognition.
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

Briefly Noted Book Reviews

Dilara, the protagonist of this début novel, is consumed by the absence of a stable home in her life. She and her family flee Turkey, where she is from, after a failed coup in 2016. When they end up in Italy, something inexplicable happens: Dilara's bathroom transforms into a cell in an infamous prison on the outskirts of Istanbul.
Books
Film
fromThe New Yorker
2 months ago

"Dead Man's Wire" Is a Tangle of Loose Threads

A DJ's improvised on-air intervention and a TV reporter's determination highlight media influence and legal, law-enforcement complexities, though broader ambitions remain underdeveloped.
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

Yiyun Li Reads "Calm Sea and Hard Faring"

Yiyun Li reads her story 'Calm Sea and Hard Faring,' from the March 9, 2026, issue of the magazine. Li is the author of eight books of fiction, including the novels 'Must I Go' and 'The Book of Goose,' and the story collection 'Wednesday's Child,' which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2024.
Books
Television
fromThe New Yorker
2 months ago

Discovering Where Your Interests Lie

Many professed interests are performative: people prefer outcomes or appearances while avoiding the work, commitment, or discomfort that genuine interest requires.
Film
fromVulture
2 months ago

With Zi, Kogonada Strikes Back

Kogonada returns to formalist filmmaking with Zi, a delicate Hong Kong travelogue about a violinist's disorientation, visions, and tenuous personal connections.
Books
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

How to Put Sex in a Novel

Contemporary literary fiction increasingly avoids depicting heterosexual intimacy while queer novelists freely explore sex's complexities, as exemplified by Jan Saenz's unconventional novel about selling experimental orgasm-inducing pills.
Writing
fromThe New Yorker
2 months ago

The Brilliance and the Badness of "The Sun Also Rises"

A narrative that outwardly endorses bravery, nature, and grace is fundamentally held together by hatred.
Books
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

When Did Literature Get Less Dirty?

Philip Roth's Zuckerman Unbound functioned as a response to the controversial reception of Portnoy's Complaint, with Roth's protagonist expressing regret over writing sexually explicit material that drew accusations of anti-Semitism and misogyny.
Film
fromCN Traveller
2 months ago

On Location: Chasing Marty Supreme from the Lower East Side to Tokyo and back again

Timothée Chalamet stars as Marty, a 1950s Lower Manhattan table tennis hustler who travels worldwide pursuing fame, inspired loosely by real player Marty Reisman.
Writing
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

Literary Theory

Words carry multiple meanings; 'swallow' embodies both bird and ingestion, showing language's power to alter perception and emotional states.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

As If by Isabel Waidner review surreal doppelganger story

As the trophy takes the form of an elusive UFO, Corey Fah an outsider unfamiliar with the baffling inner workings of the system is unable to collect or even confirm the award. Waidner has said that the novel was partly inspired by the experience of winning the Goldsmiths prize for their previous work Sterling Karat Gold, and by the ephemeral nature of success, with its unfamiliar contexts of social power and opportunity.
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fromThe New Yorker
2 months ago

A Debut Novel About the Quest for Eternal Youth

The boundary between responsible adult and dependent child has frayed as caregivers flail through midlife while youth confront a crumbling, dishonest world.
Books
fromThe New Yorker
2 months ago

How Do You Write About the Inexplicable?

Rational skepticism coexists with a persistent tendency to personify evil and read coincidences as omens.
#infinite-jest
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror review roundup

Subsequently, runaway children turned the valley into a fortress, surviving on food they could catch or grow, with occasional forays into the towns below. Riley has heard the rumours, but it is only when she sees a green-clad boy or is it a girl? hovering outside her bedroom window offering directions on how to find Nowhere that she realises this might be her chance to escape and save her little brother from their sadistic guardian.
Books
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

A Biography Without 'The Boring Bits'

Sophia Stewart poses a choice that many biographers struggle with: "what to do with the boring bits."
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Books
fromThe New Yorker
2 months ago

Reading for the New Year: Part Three

Muriel Spark's The Bachelors showcases dark British comic fiction with dry London dialogue, ingeniously malignant plotting, and mordant social observation.
Books
fromThe Walrus
2 months ago

"It's Not Something I'm Squeamish About": Heated Rivalry Author on Writing Explicit Sex Scenes | The Walrus

Rachel Reid experienced a rapid surge in visibility, sales, and professional opportunities after the TV adaptation of Heated Rivalry, creating both excitement and overwhelm.
Books
fromScary Mommy
1 month ago

People On Reddit Are Sharing The Book That Turned Them Into "Readers"

Childhood favorites, household libraries, and life events like parenthood often spark or revive lifelong reading habits.
Books
fromInsideHook
1 month ago

What to Read Right Now, According to Cool Men

Men continue to read fiction; male readers recommend a diverse set of books, including literary fiction, nonfiction, and widely endorsed titles.
Books
fromEngadget
1 month ago

What to read this weekend: The unsettling new horror novel, Persona

A trans woman uncovers non-consensual pornography of herself and is drawn into escalating horrors involving identity, exploitation, internet influence, and economic precarity.
fromThe New Yorker
2 months ago

Reading for the New Year: Part Four

We meet him as a Gumby-like figure, asleep on a dirt floor, with only a jug of water and a toy horse. He has no idea how he got there. When he's around seventeen years old, Kaspar meets his captor, rendered in the book as a shadowy, hatch-marked father: "The Man in Black." The man teaches him to write his name; he teaches him to take a few fumbling goose steps outside.
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fromThe Nation
2 months ago

Ishmael Reed on His Diverse Inspirations

A 1960s artist navigated and bridged Black cultural nationalism and the white counterculture while collaborating with multicultural avant-garde artists.
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