Through its disorienting, vertigo-inducing prose, the book – which has been out of print for decades – is a time capsule of an era of popular movement.
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We’re Still Living in Don DeLillo’s White Noise
Published in 1985, Don DeLillo’s White Noise depicted an America blinded by consumerism. Ahead of Netflix’s adaptation of the novel, it’s worth revisiting DeLillo’s masterpiece, which remains one of our …
The Charm of Fiction
The fictional realm with its characters and situations provides me with a mechanism to cope with the challenges of the real world.
Kanye May Not Like Books, but Hip-Hop Fosters a Love of Literature
A hip-hop artist and scholar says that while rap stresses the oral tradition, the music is also rife with references to a rich range of literature that spans the globe.
Unwombing the Mind: A Review of Kala Ramesh’s ‘the forest i know’
Poet Kala Ramesh's book of tanka verses offers a unique vision into the compound experience of womanhood.
How I Reunited the Most Important Documents in English Theatre History for the First Time in 200 Years
For centuries fragments of one of the most important documents about early English theatre have been scattered around the world.
Hilary Mantel Was One of the Great Voices of Historical Fiction – And So Much More
The popularity of the Wolf Hall trilogy should not overshadow the remarkable range of her achievement.