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Appreciation: In a world full of lies, Milan Kundera taught us how to be free
LA Times via Yahoo News· 10 months agoMilan Kundera, who died Tuesday at 94, influenced generations of readers looking for liberation —...
Czech New Wave Polemic ‘The Joke’ Returns to Karlovy Vary in Restored Glory
Variety via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMilan Kundera’s first novel, “The Joke,” won him critical praise and set the tone for a robust...
Eileen Myles thinks some of the world's best writing is pathetic (and that's good)
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEileen Myles' new anthology, "Pathetic Literature," grew out of a pathbreaking conference at UC San...
‘They didn’t want an Indian soldier with a turban’: Michael Ondaatje on how he wrote The English...
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 months agoMichael Ondaatje’s new book, A Year of Last Things, opens with a poem called “Definition”, in which...
Stop the mindless smartphone scrolling. Our souls long for a slower tempo | Opinion
Fresno Bee via Yahoo News· 8 months agoOur world emphasizes speed. This is the age of artificial intelligence, smartphones and instant...
His father never spoke of WWII. His flight logs told the story for him
Military Times via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoHistorian and author Howard Mansfield had vowed to never write another word about the Second World...
How to Make a Greenpoint, One of the Best Twists on the Manhattan You’ll Find
Robb Report via Yahoo News· 12 months agoSome cocktails feel inevitable. There is, I suppose, a way in which all cocktails are inevitable...
Guadeloupean writer Maryse Condé dies aged 90
RFI via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoGuadeloupe-born author Maryse Condé, who best known for novels tackling the legacy of slavery and colonialism in Africa and the Caribbean, has died aged...
This week on "Sunday Morning" (July 16)
CBS News via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe Emmy Award-winning "CBS News Sunday Morning" is broadcast on CBS Sundays beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET. "Sunday Morning" also streams on the CBS News app...
Season for Caring, Sheri Harvey: Chronic pain, diabetes, debt have made senior years difficult
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSheri Harvey has been places. Lots and lots of places. An avid fan of cruises, she and her husband...
