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Gen Zers and millennials are still big fans of books – even if they don’t call themselves ‘readers’
The Conversation· 3 days agoAccording to a recent survey we conducted, there’s also a small gap between reading activity and identity for younger readers: 61% of Generation Z and millennials have read a print book, e-book ...
Sex, insomnia and swimming trunks: an exclusive extract from Kafka’s uncensored diaries
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 6 days agoBetween 1909 and 1923, Franz Kafka kept what he called his Tagebücher, or “diaries”. At first...
An underappreciated era in Black literature gets its due - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe· 1 day agoIn “The Blue Period,” Jesse McCarthy zooms in on Black authors who lived and wrote between 1945 and...
Kate Millett pioneered the term ‘sexual politics’ and explained the links between sex and power. Her...
The Conversation· 1 day agoIts insistence on the importance of patriarchal structures and sexual hierarchies in literature and history, as well as in contemporary society, was eye-opening. The 1970s saw the publication ...
New GenAI Platform ‘Hypnovels’ Transforms Books into Animation
Animation World Network· 7 days agoThe platform, now in beta, allows authors to generate engaging animated experiences from their...
Is Harry Potter canceled? LGBTQ+ fans on why they’re ditching the series
Birmingham News· 20 hours agoRowling’s history of transphobia has LGBTQ fans wondering: who will be attending the party? Just...
‘Connecticut’s Bookshelf’ exhibit pays tribute to local literary favorites and facts
Hartford Courant· 5 days agoA lot of famous authors are associated with Connecticut, from 19th century novelists Mark Twain and...
James by Percival Everett: an enthralling reimagining of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of an...
The Conversation· 2 days agoJames, the new novel by Percival Everett, is a stunning book which I relished long after finishing. James is an incredible re-writing of Mark Twain’s 1884 American classic The Adventures of ...
New AI Model Reka Rises to Challenge ChatGPT, Claude and Llama-3—And It's Free - Decrypt
Decrypt· 4 days agoA startup focused on building custom AI models for big businesses has announced the public launch of...
Passover: Festival of freedom, ambivalence of exile
Arizona Daily Sun· 6 days agoThe Jewish holiday cycle is, to a large extent, an exploration and commemoration of the experience of exile. The fall festival of Sukkot, for example, is...