Roberto Durán embraces his old foe Esteban de Jesús at the latter's home as he was dying of AIDS in the late 1980s. There were still many public questions about AIDS transmission, and this small, compassionate act spoke volumes.

Jack Slack

Between 1960 and 1970 Penguin Books underwent several revolutions in cover layout, at a time when public tastes were rapidly changing. Today in pulp I look back at 10 years that shook the Penguin!

A line from Werner Herzog’s memoir I keep thinking about

Come April, Penguin India is (re-)releasing five books by Buddhadeva Bose in translation (one of them translated by the one and only Clinton B Seely) with these gorgeous covers under the Penguin Modern Classic series. Get the whole lot once they're out, do.

A collection of four unputdownable novellas by Upamanyu Chatterjee, who redefined Indian writing in English with 'English, August' and recently won the JCB Prize for Literature 2025 for 'Lorenzo Searches for the Meaning of Life'.

New fiction, wrote this back during the five days of internet blackout last year in Bangladesh #fiction #writing #SouthAsia feignlit.com/featured/outsi…

👀 Wearing the very same shorts he wore in Africa when he was knocked out by Muhammad Ali, George Foreman takes back what he lost 20 years and six days later. At 45, he remains the oldest heavyweight champion in #boxing history #RipGeorgeForeman 🇺🇸🥊🇺🇸

7 Games. 6 Homers. Aaron Judge 👨‍⚖️

🇰🇿JANIBEK WINS BY TKO Janibek Alimkhanuly drops Anauel Ngamissengue in Rounds 1 and 5 on the way to a 5th Round TKO win to successfully defend his WBO and IBF Middleweight Titles

Presenting the #InternationalBooker2025 shortlist. Find out more about all the books, authors and translators: thebookerprizes.com/ibp2025

New Pynchon Novel! I knew he had one more in him! penguinrandomhouse.com/books/316427/u…

Our ASAP Corner has a brand-new review. "Bouquet of Diverse Voices — Bridges Not Borders: An Anthology of South Asian Writing" by Asha Krishna thehooghlyreview.com/bouquet-of-div… #WritingCommunity

Mario Vargas Llosa, RIP. english.elpais.com/culture/2025-0…

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Don DeLillo on Borges inspiring his work habits.

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