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Tag: Books and Literature
Pedro Almodóvar, Master of Mystifying Films, Wrote a Book He Can’t Classify
In “The Last Dream,” the Spanish director offers insights into his complicated relationship with creativity and mortality.
War Fuels Poetry Boom in Ukraine
With verses that capture the raw emotions of the war and resonate deeply with the population, Ukrainian poets have emerged as some of the country’s most influential voices.
What I’m reading: A ‘Book of the Century’ I’d Somehow Missed
“The Last Samurai,” which has nothing to do with the Tom Cruise movie of the same name, is as good as everyone says.
What I’m Reading: Why Democracy Erodes From the Top
Three book recommendations from sunny London.
Talking Trump and Economics With Joseph Stiglitz in Sydney
His new book is about reimagining freedom for ‘progressive capitalism.’
Writing Helped Her Realize She Was a Woman. It Also Made Her Famous.
Camila Sosa Villada, an Argentine transgender author, first inhabited a female voice in stories she wrote as a child. Now her novels are translated in more than 20 languages and being adapted for the screen.
The Buried Book That Helped Ukraine’s Literary Revival
To keep it from Russian forces, a writer hid his last manuscript under a cherry tree. Its rediscovery became part of a flowering of interest in Ukrainian literature.
The Poet Who Commands a Rebel Army
“Revolution is the job of poets and artists,” says Ko Maung Saungkha, leader of a rebel militia fighting the Myanmar dictatorship. He is not the only poet commander in a country with a strong tradition of political verse.
From Exile in London, a Crime Novelist Works to Transform Russia
Boris Akunin, the creator of a hugely popular detective series, hopes that fomenting a vibrant Russian culture abroad might undermine President Vladimir V. Putin’s government at home.