In late October, on the last day of Roy DeCarava’s photography exhibition, “Light Break,” at the David Zwirner gallery in Chelsea, Sherry Turner DeCarava, the…
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His Dark Materials: Philip Pullman on reason for changes from books – fans DON’T agree
Following The Golden Compass movie’s flop, His Dark Materials has finally received the screen adaptation it deserves. The whole trilogy is being made into a…
They came suited, booted and full of hope – and we betrayed them
They came suited, booted and full of hope — and we betrayed them: Fascinating history books reflect on the Commonwealth immigrants who arrived in Britain…
Revisiting Baldwin vs. Buckley
Subscribe: iTunes | Google Play Music | How to Listen In 1965, James Baldwin, by then internationally famous, faced off against William F. Buckley Jr.,…
A Book Version of ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ Is Even Darker Than the Movie
The great struggle for any artist — any great artist, anyway — is a philosophical skirmish in the context of a much larger war. Why…
No one is going to bail us out of climate crisis but ourselves – the case for a plant-based diet
If it comes to pass that the psychology of climate change becomes an established academic subject in its own right, then there is a chance…
Take it as read: Book festival to celebrate Irish authors
This year’s Dublin Book Festival promises to celebrate Irish published authors with a packed programme featuring more than 60 events. The annual festival was launched…
Beckett, Beauvoir and a Biographer’s Bumpy Takeoff
Biography, Oscar Wilde once wrote, “lends to death a new terror.” But it also carries special hazards for the living — and for the biographer…
New & Noteworthy, From Philosophy to New York Architecture
Recent releases of note: A HISTORY OF NEW YORK IN 27 BUILDINGS: The 400-Year Untold Story of an American Metropolis, by Sam Roberts. (Bloomsbury, $28.)…
Eight Irish novels among longlist for 2020 International Dublin Literary Award
Eight Irish novels are among the 156 longlisted for the prestigious 2020 International Dublin Literary Award. John Boyne’s A Ladder to the Sky, 2018 Milkman…