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(In the United States; a partial, curated list) Into the Garden: Private Sanctuaries Around the World (Buy from Phaidon / from Amazon / from Bookshop) — “Into the Garden features more than 40 private green spaces normally inaccessible to the public, inviting readers to…
The author of Dead White says paint color is a matter of ‘life and death’ and admits she has ‘a genuine and visceral dislike of white paint.’ The prestigious National Book Awards have many famous and acclaimed past winners, from…
Monstrous Bitch: A History of Terrifying Women by Eleanor Johnson. Princeton University Press, 2026. 344 pages.Buy on Bookshop.org In other words, women who demanded equal rights were monsters. Robertson and Limbaugh’s murderous, man-hating, baby-killing feminazi was nothing new. In fact,…
Book review—Real Men on Top: How Patriarchy Shapes Our Reality
'A Sobering Reminder' is the winning submission for Epigram's Give it a Go writing task By Katie Jones, MA English Literature This article is satire. It is intended for entertainment, and any resemblance to factual events is purely coincidental. 'A…
Angayarkanni, the chief handmaiden of the princess, dashed through the marble corridors of the palace, her anklets chiming softly as she hurried toward the princess’s chamber. Her voice rang out, urgent yet familiar. At the sound of her handmaiden’s voice,…
My relationship with writing was always a rocky path. For me, putting words on paper was never just about making money and finding work. It was about printing my feelings onto said paper so they did not get projected elsewhere.
In a 2006 letter to an NYC high school class, Vonnegut urged them to make “any art.” Twenty years ago, an English teacher at Xavier High in New York City challenged her students to write a persuasive letter to one of…
Literature, Culture & Arts | Estd. 2022 DD: I like my books to smell like the rotten flowers on the graves of my enemies. That or lavender. Would you rather your protagonists sue you for emotional distress and gross negligence or be sentenced to…
So, which version did you like best? My original, or one of the AI versions? And what do you think of the poetic abilities of AI? I’d like to read your comments. Here is the last AI version in this…