The ongoing protest (read revolution) in Iran has not received much international recognition amid a nationwide internet blackout. Perhaps all that matters is non-middle-eastern-unless-Palestinian life!

Pretty obvious, but ‘convincing is not as easy as commanding,’ so writes Toby LeBlanc in Soaked.

Probably embarrassing, but I just found out where Tea Party Movement got its name from!

Atlanta Fish Fry (2023) by Anthony Joiner captures the nuances and moral ambiguities of gentrification with rare acuity and authenticity. It resists demonising gentrifiers, portraying gentrification as inevitable change rather than as the touted urban progress or an act of racial malice.

How come of all writers Jesmyn Ward manages to be so beautifully and adequately lyrical and never over the top?