The Heretical Origins of the Sonnet
The lyrical poetic form’s origins can be traced back earlier than Petrarch.
Jacob’s Ladder (1990 film)
Jacob's Ladder is a 1990 American psychological horror film directed by Adrian Lyne, produced by Alan Marshall and written by Bruce Joel Rubin. It stars Tim Robbins as Jacob Singer,…
The comic that cost this writer his life
Héctor Germán Oesterheld
BEYOND THE VISIBLE: HILMA AF KLINT
Before Kandinsky, Mondrian, and Klee made a name for abstraction in visual art, another artist had already beat them to their discovery. But until very recently, her name was absent…
Darkest Miriam
Miriam Gordon lives in a fog of grief while working in a downtown public library branch. When a burgeoning love-affair coincides with her receiving a series of oddly threatening letters,…
Tea and Sympathy
Tea and Sympathy is a 1956 American drama film and an adaptation of Robert Anderson's 1953 stage play of the same name directed by Vincente Minnelli and produced by Pandro…
A DEFENSE OF JOY
by Mario Benedetti translated by Maria Popova
Hanoi Hannah
and her propaganda broadcasts on Radio Hanoi
Girl Haunts Boy
Girl Haunts Boy is a 2024 American romantic fantasy film directed by Emily Ting and starring Peyton List and Michael Cimino.In 1928, spirited teenager Beatrix Jenkins visits the Spectral Valley…