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The best new novels for autumn 2024, from Sally Rooney to Jonathan Coe and Haruki Murakami theguardian.com/books/article/…

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If women really could ‘fuck their way to the top’, there’d be a hell of a lot more of us up there

James Joyce rebutting critics who called Finnegans Wake an assault on the English language, circa 1939:

Don’t want to beat the gender drum but if a nation of men were stripped of their basic human rights I’m pretty sure there’d be a louder chorus of disapproval. We can’t abandon Afghan women. No talking in the street: how the Taliban silenced women like me thetimes.com/article/85c5b3…

In 2007, the UK had higher GDP per capita ($50K) than the US ($48K). Now (2022) ours is $76K and theirs is $46K! (Source: World Bank) Their economy has actually shrunk on a per-head basis. And stuff like this is going to make the gap bigger: marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolu…

DO NOT tell the poets

Big poetry tip: make a private anthology. Look for poems you want to learn from, ones that do things you'd like to be able to do yourself but can't yet. Re-read each phrase as you're typing or writing, then again afterwards. Make notes on the effects of techniques you might try.

Edward Hopper's sketchbook.

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I woke up seeing 60+ people are dead, thinking Valencia will be a turning point, will dominate the news, wake everybody up to climate change. It’s not though is it. The budget is dominating reporting in the UK. Public don’t care. We are determined to send our children over a

They are firebombing ballot drop boxes, electioneering and yelling at polling locations, stealing ballots from testing sites, while pulling a machete on Harris voters, and Trump is screaming and yelling that Democrats are cheating. This is MAGA.

I agree that the idea of poetry being therapy is preposterous, as Eliot Weinberger says "Poetry does not close wounds or answer questions; it opens them" But I also think therapy doesn't close wounds, it too opens them. We spend a life dealing w the inchoate meaning of closing.

Outraged that the Royal Family are making millions from the NHS, state schools and charities? I am, so I've signed the petition calling on them to clean up their act AND start paying corporation tax. Join me: 38d.gs/ugmn

This tracks. Lydia Davis.

After 30 years of membership, I'm on the verge of leaving the Labour Party. Despite its huge majority, Starmer's government doesn't seem at all interested in fighting for the causes I believe in : a green economy, reducing poverty & inequality, justice for Palestine, a fairer

I just submitted my complaint via Accountable Media, submit your complaint for media bias now: accountable-media.com/?title=bbc_sup…