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Success in creating AISuccess in creating AI would be the biggest event in human history. Unfortunately, it might also be the last, unless we learn how to avoid the...
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EU Police arrest Georgians suspected of stealing €2.5 million worth of antique booksFrom EuroNews: In a coordinated operation, law enforcement arrested a group of Georgian nationals suspected of running a criminal operation...
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World’s first book with ‘NO-AI’ warranty set to transform global publishing industrFrom EIN Press Wire: LONDON, UK, April 30, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ — The world’s first book with a stamp of authenticity to show it was...
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More Adults Say They’re Lonely. These Books Can Help.From Publishers Weekly: In 2023, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued an advisory on an unexpected public health threat. The report,...
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The Blindness of ElitesFrom The Atlantic: One afternoon in the mid-1980s, while on scholarship at the University of Oxford, Walter Kirn came upon a bulletin...
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My Fake Amazon ‘Workbook’From The Wall Street Journal: Shortly after my book “Waving Goodbye: Life After Loss” was published April 9, I noticed a companion volume for...
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How disinformation works—and how to counter itFrom The Economist: Did you know that the wildfires which ravaged Hawaii last summer were started by a secret “weather weapon” being tested...
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Strongest U.S. Challenge to Big Tech’s Power Nears Climax in Google TrialFrom The New York Times: The biggest U.S. challenge so far to the vast power of today’s tech giants is nearing its conclusion. Starting...
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The King of DiamondsFrom The Wall Street Journal: In classic cop-speak, the bold, agile perp had a practiced M.O., or modus operandi. The jewel thief would...
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It’s possible that you have been told a time or 10It’s possible that you have been told a time or 10 that you don’t appreciate how tough your elders had it. It’s true that, if...
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What Is a Bildungsroman? Definition and Examples of Bildungsroman in LiteratureFrom Master Class: What Is a Bildungsroman? A Bildungsroman is a literary term describing a formative novel about a protagonist’s...
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Paul Auster was the bard of BrooklynFrom The Economist: F or bookish students in the 1990s, it seemed no bedside table was without a dog-eared novel by Paul Auster. His books,...
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How an Ordinary Guy Took a $3,000 Case to the Supreme CourtFrom The Wall Street Journal: In the coming weeks, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to issue eagerly awaited decisions on abortion,...
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Words with FriendsFrom Commonweal: About ten years ago, Sarah Ogilvie, a former editor at the Oxford English Dictionary ( OED ), had some time on her...
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Interpret or Judge?: John Guillory on the Future of Literary CriticismFrom Public Books: John Guillory is an award-winning teacher and scholar. His varied and influential work includes Poetic...
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I Promise to Find You in the AfterlifeFrom Electric Lit: The year I turn twelve, Mom and I talk a lot about death. Ever since my older sister, Shira, learned about the concept of...
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AI and the End of the Human WriterFrom The New Republic: The most nauseating, addictive thing about writing is the uncertainty—and I don’t mean the is-anyone-reading? or...
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Time and troubleTime and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by any earthly force. Dorothy L. Sayers
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Crime is terribly revealingCrime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your tastes, your habits, your attitude of mind and your soul is revealed by...
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The 100 best books of the 21st centuryFrom The Guardian: 10 Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2006) When Nigerian author Adichie was growing up,...
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Agatha vs. DorothyFrom Stuck in a Book: In the six-and-a-half years that I have lived in Oxford, I have only been to three events at the Oxford Literary...
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Compare and Contrast the books of Dorothy Sayers and Agatha ChristieFrom Perplexity: Comparing and contrasting the works of Dorothy Sayers and Agatha Christie involves delving into several aspects of their...
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What Are the Main Themes in the Books of Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald?From Perplexity: Ernest Hemingway’s Main Themes Ernest Hemingway’s literary works are characterized by several recurring...
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Good StorytellingThe most amazing thing for me is that every single person who sees a movie, not necessarily one of my movies, brings a whole set of unique...
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What Is Wattpad? Strategies to Excel on the Popular Storytelling NetworkFrom The Book Designer: Do you ever wonder how great it would be to have a group of beta readers provide almost instant feedback? Or maybe...
