Delhiwale: It’s all Farsi to me
Kader Abdolah, a Dutch-Iranian author, honors Farsi poet Mirza Ghalib in Delhi, reflecting on the language's journey and ...
From file notings to fine literature
The pen may be mightier than the sword, but why professional civil servants take to writing, especially after their ...
Jennifer Finney Boylan Doesn’t Speak for All Trans People. And With “Cleavage”, She’s Ready To Cede the Floor to New Voices
"You have to make sure that people know that you're just one person," the bestselling writer said at a book launch event on Feb. 4 ...
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The Poetry Fan Who Taught an LLM to Read and Write DNA
By treating DNA as a language, Brian Hie’s “ChatGPT for genomes” could pick up patterns that humans can’t see, accelerating ...
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William S. Burroughs: Rare and Unseen Artworks On Show in London
William S. Burroughs, the maverick writer, artist, and cultural provocateur whose work defied convention, reshaping the ...
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Ivory Coast Scholar Conducts Research on Prominent Author as Fulbright Visiting Scholar
Casimir Komenan, an associate professor at Felix Houphouet-Boigny University in the Ivory Coast, researched at the U of A from April to October for his project on acclaimed South African and Nobel ...
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Brattle Street Review Provides Outlet for Creative Writers at Harvard Extension School
The Harvard Extension School’s Brattle Street Review — a student-run bi-monthly publication of creative writing, nonfiction, ...
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Instead of banning AI, this UCLA literature class embraces it
A closed-loop system aims to empower, not replace, professors in subjects including literature and physics. And it appears to be improving student outcomes too.
What Are Book Blurbs, and How Much Do They Matter in Publishing?
An announcement from Simon & Schuster’s publisher left the literary community wondering whether blurbs, the little snippets ...
This is the best museum in Connecticut, according to new Condé Nast Traveler list
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Hartford-based Mark Twain House and Museum was recongnized in a list ...
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Hendrix Students Bring Home Awards from Southern Literary Festival
Hendrix Scholars Return with Accolades for Literary Journal and One Act Play  CONWAY, Ark. (February 4, 2025) – Hendrix College celebrates five students whose work earned awards in the Southern Litera ...
A Novelist Who Looks Into the Dark
Ali Smith scrambles plotlines, upends characters, and flouts chronology—while telling propulsively readable stories.