Viscera Objectica
by Yugo Limbo
The Flirtatious Regency Balls Of Pride & Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice was published over 200 years ago in 1813. It's an archetypal love story, but also an acute direction of Regency era society. But what hidden messages are…
A Romance You Watch in Secret
The Russian-language reception of Crave’s ‘Heated Rivalry’ shows how tenderness, desire, and character complexity shape a phenomenon that transcends borders.
The People’s Recorder: A Lost Cause?
This episode looks at communities that have suffered neglect from official history, and the example of African American landmarks and burial grounds in Virginia. Some families and communities have pushed…
Arthur Sze Named U.S. Poet Laureate
Acting Librarian of Congress Robert Randolph Newlen today named Arthur Sze as the new U.S. poet laureate. He succeeds Ada Limón, who has held the position since 2022. The winner of…
Smaller Than a Fingernail: Unboxing the World’s Tiniest Books
Have you ever seen a book smaller than a fingernail? In this unboxing, we explore some of the tiniest books ever created — from fairy-sized poetry, religious texts and miniature…
The Written Image: Ediciones Vigía
Named after Plaza de la Vigía (Watchtower Square) in Matanzas, Cuba, Ediciones Vigía was cofounded in Matanzas in April 1985 by visual artist Rolando Estévez Jordán and poet Alfredo Zaldívar.…
Literary MagNet: Patricia Q. Bidar
In 2018, Patricia Q. Bidar, at the age of fifty-eight, published her first pieces of flash fiction. More than seven years later she has published over a hundred stories in…
Bestselling Women Writers in Japan Defy Cliché
Mieko Kawakami, Asako Yuzuki, and other novelists offer fewer cats and cafés, more cultural critique