On TikTok, young users are romanticizing Franz Kafka, creating fancam-style compilations, and relating to the author's themes of alienation and inner struggles. [ more ]
Breakdown by Cathy Sweeney review portrait of a marriage adrift
Cathy Sweeney's debut novel, Breakdown, is praised for its economy of language and explores themes of domesticity, trauma, and alienation.
Sweeney's writing skewers a marriage that has run its course and touches on Ireland's repressive stereotyping of women and the worldwide climate catastrophe. [ more ]
How the Philosopher Charles Taylor Would Heal the Ills of Modernity
Lyric poets and mathematicians peak young, while composers, conductors, and philosophers display diverse trajectories. Charles Taylor, at 92, reveals exceptional productivity with "Cosmic Connections: Poetry in the Age of Disenchantment." [ more ]