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“Capital is really time, and if we heirs to the great essay fortune—that’s a joke—had more time, I think the work would be different.” —Hilton Als

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TOMORROW @Center4Fiction at 7 pm, join us for the release of THE JAMAICA KOLLECTION by Marcia Douglas. There will be special musical guest Keisha Martin, Jamaican snacks, and free ND totes with a surprise gift. 🎁 Can't wait to see you there... RSVP below centerforfiction.org/event/the-ce...

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The Reith Lectures - Wole Soyinka - Climate of Fear - The Changing Mask of Fear - BBC www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Ryan Coogler's new film "Sinners" builds on a rich tradition of Black Vampire narratives, including Jewelle Gomez's THE GILDA STORIES, published by City Lights. bit.ly/3YX2ZgX

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Aspect Ratios with Sinners Director Ryan Coogler: Experience Sinners only in theaters April 18. “Watch Ryan Coogler, the director of Black Panther and Creed, break down the range of ways to view Sinners on the big screen.” #Sinners #RyanCoogler #Kodak m.youtube.com/watch?v=78Ru...

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Our Bookshop of the Month is Bookbag, Exeter – an independent bookshop opened by Charlie and Malcolm Richards in December 2020, in between lockdowns. We spoke to Charlie, who told us a secret about Faber that even we didn’t know... faber.co.uk/journal/independent-bookshop-of-the-month-bookbag/

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‘There was work to be done in Britain itself: to establish better treatment of Black people in the face of racism and discrimination and to shape the nascent decolonial project.’ Gazelle Mba on the history of West African emigration to Britain since the 17th century: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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I am enormously moved to see that Fredric Jameson included me in what is a relatively short list. Quite astonished, really. And deeply moved. (And thank you, @madar.bsky.social , for bringing this to my attention).

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Join us at Rizzoli Bookstore this Thursday, April 10, from 6-8pm as Katrina Dodson discusses her translation of Clarice Lispector's Covert Joy with Merve Emre. RSVP here: www.rizzolibookstore.com/covert-joy

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BEHOLD! Fall ’25, featuring: Olga Ravn, Yoko Tawada, Alexis Wright, Susan Howe, Julio Cortázar, Jenny Erpenbeck, Caren Beilin, Ariana Harwicz, Solvej Balle, and F. Scott Fitzgerald. cdn.sanity.io/files/p34gzx...

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The Five Obstructions | Trailer: “The Five Obstructions is a 2003 Danish documentary film directed by Lars von Trier and Jørgen Leth. The film is conceived as a documentary, but incorporates lengthy sections of experimental films produced by the filmmakers.” m.youtube.com/watch?v=aKEV...

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“I’ve never made anything that can last forever.” — Carl Cheng Nature, technology, and impermanence on view in Cheng’s sixty-year retrospective at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia.

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#ClipOfTheDay: In this Poured Over: The Barnes & Noble Podcast episode hosted by Miwa Messer, author Laila Lalami talks about how a conversation with her husband about data privacy led her to write her novel The Dream Hotel (Pantheon). at.pw.org/DreamHotel

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Currently reading and regretting I didn't read this earlier. Clyde Woods, Development Arrested: The Blues and Plantation Power in the Mississippi Delta (2017 edition). @versobooks.bsky.social

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Submissions are open for "Possibilities in Folklore," a special issue of the Full Stop Quarterly to be edited by Full Stop Fellow Annalise Peters. Send your pitch for a book review, interview, essay, or visual art by April 22 for consideration: www.full-stop.net/2025/03/25/b...

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TONIGHT! An evening with the 2022 Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah discussing his extraordinary new novel THEFT. As always, the event is free and open to everyone. @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

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“On the cold night of November 24, 1997, before Shahid disappeared forever, I thought I was his closest friend, his only confidant.” We’ve unlocked “Derrida in Lahore” by Julien Columeau, translated by @sana_r_ch, who will both receive the 2025 Hunnewell prize.

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Power, privilege and philosophy in Africa, By Prof. Toyin Falola "Gender roles in many African societies deviated from the common assumptions of the time. In the Kingdom of Dahomey, the Amazons were a much-loved corps of female troops." Prof. Toyin Falola www.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/7824...

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Sometimes, in our listening room, we see slants of light moving. #ArtIs @yalebooks.bsky.social

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‘Art is a portal through which one enters the uncanny. It can bring havoc, or it can bring bliss.’ Ange Mlinko on the novels of László Krasznahorkai: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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#FILM #REVIEW Brief History of Family 'a sense the characters in Lin Jianjie’s film are under observation by a third party who is developing plans for their future' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ thereviewshub.com/brief-histor...

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Kristen Arnett’s Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One, Clay Risen’s Red Scare, and Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Theft all feature among the best reviewed books of the week.

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Jessye Norman - O Divine Redeemer {Repentir (Charles Gounod)} Ms. Jessye Norman ❤️ "Ah! Turn me not away, Receive me tho' unworthy; Hear Thou my cry, Behold, Lord, my distress! Answer me from thy throne Haste Thee, Lord to mine aid" O Divine Redeemer! Redeemer! www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF0t...

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Loved talking to the lovely Jacqueline Woodson about staying sane into 2025, over @literaryhub.bsky.social this mawnin! lithub.com/jacqueline-w...

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wrote a wee tribute to David Ruggles, the Black radical bookstore owner, for @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/remembering-...

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Our own @britt-kathryn.bsky.social shares what she’s been reading!

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'A carefully considered, collective approach to repositioning these women who for too long have been sidelined as silent muses . . . [A] brilliantly insightful and well-written book.’ Times Hidden Portraits: The Untold Stories of Six Women Who Loved Picasso by Sue Roe is out on 27 March.

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"These women are more than capable of saving themselves." Miriam Balanescu on how THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG subverts the “Save the Girl” trope

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Get ready to celebrate Lawrence Ferlinghetti on his birthday, Monday, March 24, 2025 www.3rdst.art/ferlinghetti...

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"The acts of translation throughout TAIWAN TRAVELOGUE show how language hides our blind spots and how caring deeply for others might help to reveal them." Amber Ruth Paulen reviews Yáng Shuāng-Zǐ's novel, translated by Lin King (@graywolfpress.bsky.social): www.full-stop.net/2025/02/19/r...

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Submissions are now open for "Contradictions of Looking," a special issue of the Full Stop Quarterly, edited by Full Stop Fellow Keely Shinners. Send a pitch by March 28 for consideration: www.full-stop.net/2025/03/18/b....

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"Ernaux and Marie venture into a new form of documentation, of record keeping, of making real the ephemeral." @vikamujumdar.bsky.social reviews THE USE OF PHOTOGRAPHY by Annie Ernaux and Marc Marie, translated by Alison Strayer (@sevenstories.bsky.social): www.full-stop.net/2025/03/19/r....

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Introducing The Big Payback by @lennyhenryofficial.bsky.social and Marcus Ryder. This is the eye-opening case for reparations for slavery and how they would work, featuring leading experts, economists and campaigners. Pre-order now: linktr.ee/the_big_payback Cover features work by Aaron Douglas.

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Natasha Brown sat down with Waterstones to discuss writing without constraints, perceptions of reality and her new novel, Universality.

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Natasha Brown introduces us to Lenny, the terrifying and compelling anti-hero of her new novel, Universality. universalitybook.com

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‘[Brown] has a sharp, unrelenting eye for the tangled dynamics that simmer underneath the surface of social interactions.’ Natasha Brown speaks to Katie Rosseinsky for the Independent. independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/natasha-brown-universality-assembly-b2711076.html

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“Every time we utter or write a word, we are making a claim on language, but I often fear I’m claiming a bit too much from language by writing fiction.” A conversation between Adania Shibli and Max Weiss, online now.

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Tonight at City Lights! Can't attend? Sign up to view the livestream! citylights.com/events/john-...

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@hm-nde.bsky.social recommends books for understanding African folklore by Isidore Okpewho, Ruth Finnegan, Ibrahim Al-Koni, and more.

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#ClipOfTheDay: In this interview, Nobel Prize laureate Han Kang talks about her writing process and how she draws inspiration from being present in everyday life. “Reading books, and especially reading literature, enables you to enter the depths of another human.” at.pw.org/KangInterview

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