‘The threat of loss, the inability to ever truly know another person or be known, is not a problem; it is part of what makes love exciting, meaningful, and even fun.’
I loved this from Lauren Oyler
London, join us on Thursday evening to mark the publication of two important new books:
YOUR PRESENCE IS A DANGER TO YOUR LIFE
&
VOICES OF RESISTANCE
6pm at Ibraaz. Tickets are free but registration is required.
www.palfest.org/full-schedul...
Hey look, we’ve published two new pieces of work, by Priya Khanchandani, and Helen Marten.
now, when I read a list like this framing universities in terms of economic growth and employability, all i see is “how can we funnel money out of the pockets of students to subsidise the profits of business”
Why is anyone okay with this, how are we all not losing our fucking minds
This faulty, hallucination-cum-plagiarism machine that impairs cognitive function, and encourages people to kill themselves, and sucks up enormous amounts of water and electricity, and makes people near its data centres sick, and is drastically unprofitable, is being forced down our throats at speed
Lucy Mercer
Samar Yazbek and Sondos Sabra join translator Leri Price and moderator Yasmin El-Rifae to discuss two powerful, painful new publications gathering first-hand testimonies of survival, loss, and resili...
‘I’m a poet, not a critic, which is why this book review is built on enthusiasm! Not to say a poet cannot be a critic, as anyone who has read the critic Alan Gilbert’s extraordinary book of poems, “The Everyday Life of Design,” can attest.’ 💜
my hot take is that loneliness is not in fact the ‘root cause’ or key to our ‘turbulent politics’
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
