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Amitav Ghosh’s Reckoning With Opium
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIt takes some daring to choose opium as your historical protagonist. The milky sap of the poppy flower has taken so many forms across so many centuries...
Mumbai should ‘drastically cut back’ on billboards, Indian author says after storm disaster
Euronews via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoAt least 14 people were killed and dozens more injured when a giant billboard collapsed during an...
China, opium and racial capitalism: Amitav Ghosh on the roots of a deadly business
LA Times via Yahoo News· 4 months agoIn 'Smoke and Ashes,' Amitav Ghosh draws comparisons between America's modern opioid crisis and the West's flooding of China with opium in the 18th century.
Claire Messud on Virginia Woolf, 'The Little Prince,' and The Book That Kept Her Up Too Late
Elle via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoShelf Life: Claire MessudPORTRAIT BY Lucian Wood / ILLUSTRATION BY YOUSRA ATTIA Welcome to Shelf...
How opium’s dark history explains today’s prescription drug crisis
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThere are rumours that swirl in the writing world: all the publishing houses of the UK now have...
The British Monarchy Helped Mortgage Our Collective Future
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe crown to be worn by Queen Elizabeth II arrives at the Soverign Entrance of the House of Lords,...
Want to read more books about climate change? Here's a list to get started
LA Times via Yahoo News· 10 months agoWant to read more about climate change but not sure where to start? As an environmental writer and...
'Extrapolations' Is 'Black Mirror' For the Climate Crisis
Esquire via Yahoo News· 1 year agoScott Z. Burns Spells Future in 'Extrapolations'Apple “Selling hope is something that the oil...
Reactions to the attack on writer Salman Rushdie
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years ago(Reuters) -Here are reactions to Friday's attack on novelist Salman Rushdie. Just hours before the attack, on Friday morning, Salman had emailed me to...
Climate Fiction Won't Save Us
Esquire via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs the world burns, readers increasingly look to climate fiction for hope, predictions, and actionable solutions. But can the genre really be a manual...
