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l.a. scolnick
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man of particularities.
The last 50 or so pages of The Book Censor’s Library are really incredible
January 15, 2026 at 5:35 AM
May Andrew Cuomo rot in political hell and feel the shame and embarrassment that racism, killing people, and sex crimes never brought him for the rest of his wretched life. A truly bad person, shocking that anyone supported him at all.
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Our stunning 56th issue is here. This is a fun one, folks!

🤖ChatGPT University
📔A trip to the Bible Museum
🎷New Orleans Music
💥Anti-Communist Comic Books

It’s a jam-packed issue filled with colorful surprises and insightful analysis, plus gorgeous cover art by Sarah VanDermeer.
November 3, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Every public school teacher you know now knows more about how to help families find affordable food than they did about a week ago. In case any anti-teacher-union types are curious, this is what those disruptive organizers have been texting/emailing each other about all weekend.
November 3, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Heroes
November 3, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Flashback to our Winter 25 Quarterly!

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On Novels and Forms
Quarterly Volume X || Winter 2025 Chers amis de L’Esprit,  Bienvenue à our tenth quarterly, Winter 2025! In this edition, we have a major announcement (!), plus journal news, calls for submiss…
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October 31, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I’ve fallen victim to the thing I hate the most. Turning on a bad cash grab sequel because I want to see Bill Skarsgard as Pennywise some more.
October 31, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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“WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION” (1957) dir. Billy Wilder

Elsa Lanchester, Charles Laughton, Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Ruta Lee

🎬 United Artists
October 28, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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The year is 2025. The rarest skill in the world is acting normal for like 15 minutes. For me of course it's effortless
October 29, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Ron Trosper is Oedipa Maas
October 20, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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Sigourney Weaver photographed with film director Ridley Scott and co-star Ian Holm during a break in shooting a scene on the ‘Mother’ set at Shepperton Studios in England for the science-fiction horror film “ALIEN” (1979)

🎬 20th Century-Fox
October 8, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Ireland has approved plans to permanently implement a basic income program that will support up to 2,200 artists.

A cost-benefit analysis found that for every €1 invested, society receives €1.39 back.

Officials from other countries are now expressing interest in the program.
October 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Krasznahorkai has said of his work: ‘You will never go wrong anticipating doom in my books, any more than you’ll go wrong in anticipating doom in ordinary life.’

In 2012, we recorded a 94-minute conversation with Colm Tóibín for our Bookshop podcast:

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László Krasznahorkai in conversation with Colm Tóibín | London Review Bookshop
Our first Literary Friendships event brought together Colm Tóibín with his friend László Krasznahorkai. Described by the Guardian as a ‘visionary writer’,…
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October 9, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Do I start Shadow Ticket now or do I wait for my flight to Hawaii on Friday
October 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Jane Goodall is an immense loss
October 1, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Shohei Ohtani might be the greatest athlete of my lifetime
October 1, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Twitter is actively giving me brain strain and exposing me to more racism in one day than any human being was ever supposed to in a lifetime
September 30, 2025 at 10:33 PM