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Do you know the difference between ‘codger’ and ‘cadger’?
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoIf you’re lucky enough to have studied the languages, literatures and cultures of central Europe,...
Why you might struggle to find this year’s International Booker winner in UK libraries – and why...
The Conversation· 5 days agoAs an expert in German and translation, I was pleased to see Jenny Erpenbeck’s novel Kairos win the International Booker Prize 2024, one of the most prominent celebrations ...
‘Treasure’ Review: Lena Dunham and Stephen Fry Take a Daddy-Daughter Trip to Poland in Mordant...
Indiewire via Yahoo News· 2 days agoA boisterous Holocaust survivor and his sullen American daughter return to their homeland in an...
What a fool believes: Donald Trump and America's bogus respect for "faith"
Salon via Yahoo News· 7 days agoMissing from the controversy (which still sputters on, to the present day) was a broader look at...
Strasbourg for Book Lovers
New York Times· 6 days agoOnce home to the godfather of publishing — the 15th-century printing-press pioneer Johannes Gutenberg — the city is the UNESCO World Book Capital for...
50 of the Best LGBTQ Movies You Can Stream Right Now
Men's Health via Yahoo News· 5 days agoDesert Hearts (1985) Filmed during a pivotal time in LGBTQ+ history, the movie depicts an English professor and a young sculptor's romance while at a...
Definition of Kahn Academy
PC Magazine· 6 days agoLaunched in 2008 by Sal Kahn after tutoring his cousins in mathematics and developing YouTube videos, the Kahn Academy has been sponsored by Google, the Luis Alcazar Foundation, AT&T, The Bill ...
A new plot for America - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe· 2 days agoRoosevelt. Into this perilous scene steps Sinclair Lewis, the first American to be awarded the Nobel Prize in literature. Under the auspices of the New...
Long: How postcards played a role in planning the Normandy invasion
Roanoke Times· 2 days agoI’d like to tell one more obscure story of World War II, as we close out the 80th Anniversary of...
The Harlem Renaissance Was Bigger Than Harlem
The Atlantic· 2 days agoIn “The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism,” a sprawling exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, it was a watercolor still life by...
