A look at women who inspired great art and literature and what might have been.
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What I’m Reading: Wives and Muses Edition
A look at women who inspired great art and literature and what might have been.
Coloring History’s Gray Areas, With Strong Moral Outrage
Éric Vuillard writes short historical narratives known for their irony. His latest, “An Honorable Exit,” delves into France’s defeat in the First Indochina War.
Books You Can Read to Understand What’s Going on in Sudan
For a deeper understanding of what’s going on, here’s what to read.
‘The Tale of Genji’ Is More Than 1,000 Years Old. What Explains Its Lasting Appeal?
The book is often described as the world’s first novel and a touchstone of Japanese literature. But some of its themes, including its take on gender and power, have echoed over centuries.
Read Your Way Through Kerala
A strip of lush land at the tip of India where spices grow wild, Kerala has long drawn the gaze of outsiders. Here’s Abraham Verghese’s guide to its literature, which nods at these influences but is very much its own.
How a Tiny Literary Magazine Became a Springboard for Great Irish Writing
The Stinging Fly has helped launch several of Ireland’s most promising writers. How has a publication with 1,000 subscribers carved a niche in the Irish canon?
Your Tuesday Briefing: Ukraine Prepares a Counteroffensive
Also, Trump returns to New York to surrender and North Koreans remain in “state-sponsored slavery” abroad.
What I’m Reading: The Rise of Fascism Edition
A comic novel from the 1930s opens a window on days when what would become a dangerous political movement was seen as a silly hobby.
Who Was Leonardo’s Mother? A Novelist Has Evidence She Was Enslaved.
An author has a theory that the artist’s mother, Caterina, was kidnapped as a girl in the Caucasus area of Central Asia.