#short-stories

#short-stories

As the space between man and machine continues to grow smaller, design agency Here went to work exploring the rapidly evolving gap between craft and technology.The big question: Can technology help us make beautiful art?The fear is of course that it will lead to lifeless work that lacks both depth and meaning.

Inspired by two different idyllic locations in Sweden, Skargaarden presents two new teak wood outdoor furniture collections: Laknäs and Saltholm.Both offer the best of both worlds because they were designed with relaxation and celebration simultaneously in mind.Like all of Skargaarden's furniture, these pieces are a tribute to the Scandinavian summer, and an invitation to take advantage of that short but beautiful time.

Claudia Rankine says that learning she had been conceived as a product of rape had given her more compassion for her mother.The award-winning US poet said the pair had become women who shared something and she had felt released by knowing she was not biologically attached to the violent man she thought to be her father.

Every year, when readers and bookies begin asking who is likely to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, the Chinese novelist Yan Lianke appears in the conversation.In 2022, the British gambling aggregator NicerOdds gave him a 25-to-1 chance, the same as Edna O'Brien, Karl Ove Knausgaard, and Scholastique Mukasonga though lower than Annie Ernaux, who won.

Interviews

You mentioned this connecting of your films, and this one made me think of "Exhibition," which all took place in one house.I love the line in "The Eternal Daughter" about buildings having memories.How did you find your location for this film and how did you connect the memories in that building to the memories of your mother?

In the spoof horror movie Shaun of the Dead (2004), the main characters pretend to be zombies in order to avoid attracting attention from roving groups of undead.Their ruse is quickly uncovered, but what if they had kept up the act long-term?Morgan Talty's debut book, Night of the Living Rez-published this past July by Tin House -is a collection of twelve short stories that form a loosely woven narrative around a Penobscot family living on a reservation in rural Maine and their struggles metaphorically to come back to life, as they dig out from generational and personal trauma.

Two weeks before the James Welch fest, I was in a Brooklyn bookstore listening to Morgan Talty read from his new book of short stories, Night of the Living Rez, a piece of work as tender as anything you'll read this year.But most of the time, for most of us, it's a fence a sales tactic and a barrier to conversation between our art and other art.When art ends up on a reservation, it dies, he replied.Because he is kind and thoughtful, Morgan kindly and thoughtfully answered that he doesn't let the performative nature of the book business prevent him from delivering the only art he knows how to create.

A scene from "Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman."(Zeitgeist Films)StarOutline StarOutline (2 stars) The best part about "Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman," an animated feature adapted from a handful of short stories by Haruki Murakami, is the cats.Rendered using a motion-capture process, the felines are realistically playful - or menacing, when called for.

On the last day of March 1929, a young woman named Nancy Hale joined what appeared to be a political campaign called Torches of Freedom.While boldly smoking cigarettes, she and her comrades marched down Fifth Avenue during the fashionable New York Easter Parade, to protest the stigma around women smokers.

Marion Meade, who helped revive interest in Dorothy Parker, the celebrated writer and sardonic wit of the Algonquin Round Table, with her 1988 biography, died on Dec. 29 at her home in Manhattan.She was 88.Her granddaughter Ashley Sprague confirmed the death.She said that Ms. Meade had recently had Covid-19, but that a cause had not been determined.

As of January 2023, the entirety of the literary canon of Sherlock Holmes has entered the public domain.While the character of Holmes has been in the public domain for quite some time, the remaining stories published in the 1920s were still protected by the estate of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, until now.

Edith Pearlman, whose acclaimed 2011 collection of short stories, Binocular Vision, lifted her out of relative publishing obscurity to make her an instant if belated literary star at the age of 74, died on Sunday at her home in Brookline, Mass.She was 86.Her son, Charles, confirmed the death, but did not cite a specific cause.

1. No Gods for Drowning by Hailey Piper is an engaging novel about a teenage girl's journey of self-discovery and resilience in the face of tragedy.
2. The story's themes of family, friendship, and identity are explored through powerful and poignant imagery and storytelling.

This week's show was recorded at the Studebaker Theater in Chicago, with host Peter Sagal, official judge and scorekeeper Bill Kurtis, Not My Job guest George Saunders and panelists Paula Poundstone, Peter Grosz and Emmy Blotnick.Click the audio link above to hear the whole show.George Saunders in London Chris Jackson/Getty Images Who's Bill This Time The Long Island Liar; Biden Confidential; The Prince of Grievances Panel Questions A Board Game Gets A Lot Less Boring Bluff The Listener Our panelists read three stories about butt dials gone wrong, only one of which is true.

There's an art to a good pilot episode.With a sci-fi series pilot, it's an even finer art.In less than an hour, the episode has to establish the rules of the world where the story takes place, the inciting incident of the series as a whole, and any pertinent characters.It's a tall order in any medium, but on Apple TV+, a streamer that has told directors that "if something doesn't happen in the first 30 seconds ... people will just turn off," it's even more difficult.

The 28-year-old writer Arinze Ifeakandu has won the 20,000 Swansea University Dylan Thomas prize for a kaleidoscopic reflection of queer life and love in Nigeria.The prize, which recognises literary works by authors aged 39 or under, is one of the most prestigious awards for young writers.Ifeakandu's debut short story collection, God's Children Are Little Broken Things, features nine stories that examine queer love, family and loneliness against the backdrop of Nigerian society.

The Baroness Fabienne Claire Nothomb, aka Belgian author Amélie Nothomb, isn't quite Stephen King or Joyce Carol Oates-level prolific, but she comes pretty close.Since the Francophone Belgian writer published her first novel in 1992, at the age of twenty-six, she has published about a book a year, including her new book, First Blood, which Frenchly review this week.

Every day, upon leaving her Catholic high school, Agustina Bazterrica and her friends were followed by the same predatory man who would aim the most terrible words in their direction.A different man once masturbated in front of her on a packed train.No one did anything, she recalls.Coupled with the epidemic of violence against women in her native Argentina where 212 femicides were reported in 2022 these early experiences nurtured the feeling that because you are a woman, anything can happen to you at any time.

If you simply cannot get enough of fiction, you'll love these awesome subreddits for stories that cover everything from true crime to sci-fi and horror...You might read books or have a kindle, but plenty of people - myself included - have another awesome source for getting access to unique and engaging stories online: reddit.

Robert Patrick, a wildly prolific playwright who rendered gay (and straight) life with caustic wit, an open heart and fizzy camp, and whose 1964 play, The Haunted Host, became a touchstone of early gay theater, died on April 23 at his home in Los Angeles.He was 85.The cause was atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, said Jason Jenn, a friend.

Lee Child has received an honorary doctorate from Coventry University in recognition of his experience in broadcasting and achievements as a novelist.The 68-year-old British author, whose real name is James Grant, was born in the Styvechale area of Coventry and became a Doctor of Letters during a university graduation ceremony on Thursday.

Author Fay Weldon, known for works including The Life And Loves Of A She-Devil and Praxis, has died aged 91.The novelist, playwright and screenwriter's body of work includes more than 30 novels as well as short stories and plays written for television, radio and the stage.A family statement said: It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Fay Weldon (CBE), author, essayist and playwright.

Naatu Naatu, the rollicking dance hit from the Indian blockbuster RRR, won the Oscar for best original song, beating out two songs featuring American pop megastars.It's not the first Indian number to win the award that would be A.R. Rahman's tune for the British-made Slumdog Millionaire but it is the first from an Indian production.

Picnic, lightning is how Vladimir Nabokov's Humbert recounts his "very photogenic" mother's demise.The comma, her last breath before the lightning's revision.A writer invites the illuminating flash; our response speaks to our ability to survive, interpret and even transcend.From Emily Dickinson's nuanced "every clamor bright" to prose and poems about trick clocks, transcendent rooms, lockdown and landscape, join us at The Green Arcade as we explore the ways our new reality electrifies perception and memory.

Imagine a world without English majors.In the last decade, the study of English and history in college has fallen by a third.At Columbia University, the share of English majors fell from 10% to 5% between 2002 and 2020.According to a recent story in The New Yorker, The End of the English Major, this decline is largely a result of economic factors which departments get funded, what students earn after graduation, etc. Fields once wide open to English majors teaching, academia, publishing, the arts, nonprofits, the media have collapsed or become less desirable.

My earliest reading memory My father and I dragging ourselves through the unbelievably snory Peter and Jane, who should both be in prison.Then, when I was four, we discovered the funny, modern Monster books, illustrated by Quentin Blake, and life improved.My favourite book growing up I am the product of my father's interested, silly, deeply knowledgeable brain.

For only the 13th time in 120 years, France's oldest and most celebrated literary award the Prix Goncourt was won by a woman on Thursday.Brigitte Giraud, 56, a French writer of novels and short stories was declared winner with Vivre Vite (Live Fast) after the jury voted 14 times.After a final vote ended in stalemate, the president of the Goncourt Academy cast a deciding vote, choosing Giraud over her closest rival Giuliano da Empoli.

The same day, See-Saw Films, the production company behind The Power of the Dog, The King's Speech, and Slow Horses optioned the book.Now, out in paperback, it is a Richard and Judy Book Club pick with foreign rights deals signed around the globe.Yet there was a time Selman feared she might never see her name in print.

Roald Dahl's Books Are Being Rewritten!- Nafisa Ali, GGS (Image: Nafisa Ali) Books by the popular author, Roald Dahl are being rewritten in order to get rid of offensive' words and become better suited for modern audiences.Roald Dahl was a British popular author of children's literature and short stories whose books have sold more than 300 million copies worldwide.

Though it's one of Disney's catchiest melodies, "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" originates from one of the entertainment company's most shameful films, "Song of the South."Following a national reckoning prompted by the killing of George Floyd in 2020, Disneyland announced plans to re-imagine Splash Mountain, a popular ride that features imagery and themes from the racist 1946 film, ensuring the song's days in the Disney oeuvre were numbered.

One of the most prestigious publishers of science fiction short stories has closed itself to submissions after a deluge of AI-generated pitches overwhelmed its editorial team.Clarkesworld, which has published writers including Jeff VanderMeer, Yoon Ha Lee and Catherynne Valente, is one of the few paying publishers to accept open submissions for short stories from new writers.

CNET Money, launched a test using an internally designed AI engine to help editors create a set of basic explainers around financial services topics.We started small and published 77 short stories using the tool, about 1% of the total content published on our site during the same period.Editors generated the outlines for the stories first, then expanded, added to and edited the AI drafts before publishing."

This story is part of our "Brooklyn Classics" series, about well-known and underappreciated books set in the borough.Compared to other authors in our Brooklyn Classics series, Paule Marshall isn't quite a household name, yet her book Brown Girl, Brownstones, first published in 1959, is a breathtaking achievement.

In the new Winter issue of The Paris Review, Belinda McKeon interviews the writer Colm Tóibín, author of ten novels, two books of short stories, and several collections of essays and journalism.Tóibín also writes poetry-"When I was twelve," he tells McKeon, "I started writing poems every day, every evening.

With the pressures of school, friends, and social media all weighing down on them, it's important to encourage your teen daughter to explore hobbies that can help her stay connected to herself and the world around her.Here are a few positive hobbies that you can introduce to your daughter to help her develop skills, stay creative, and gain confidence: Music Whether your daughter is interested in playing an instrument or simply listening and appreciating music, this hobby can be gratifying for her mental and physical well-being.

The year kicks off with a clutch of excellent debuts for young adult readers.In Ravena Guron's This Book Kills (Usborne), British-Indian scholarship student Jess Choudary finds herself under suspicion of murder at her elite boarding school.Wealthy classmate Hugh Henry Van Boren is found dead in the woods, the crime scene set up to look like a scene from one of her short stories.

Students and teachers at New York City schools can no longer access a popular artificial intelligence-powered chatbot on WiFi networks or devices owned by the Department of Education, officials confirmed this week."Due to concerns about negative impacts on student learning, and concerns regarding the safety and accuracy of content, access to ChatGPT is restricted on New York City Public Schools' networks and devices," Department of Education spokesperson Jenna Lyle told Gothamist.

From NPR's Books We Love list, we hear about three novels and a collection of short stories: "Less Is Lost,""The Confessions of Matthew Strong,""If I Survive You," and "Thank You For Listening."DANIEL ESTRIN, HOST: There were a lot of great new books this year, too many to keep track of.

Arguably the greatest writer of his time, Charles Dickens shaped the way we see Victorian Britain.His distinctive, quirky characters  many of them versions of people he encountered  have not only endured, but given us brilliantly expressive ways to refer to people in the modern day, whether they're an Artful Dodger, a Miss Havisham or a Scrooge.

Read on.(Photographer: Thomas Cooper/Getty Images North America)What is a share price?It sounds like a stupid question - the answer to which is "the amount of money the market is prepared to pay for a share in a company on any one day."But that's not enough of an answer.You must then ask why anyone would ever pay anything for a share.

Netflix's Locke and Key was created by Joe Hill, who also wrote the graphic novels of the same name.Hill is also a very successful horror novelist.You may have heard of his father, too: Stephen King.When watching Netflix's newest addictive adventure series, Locke and Key, there's one name that you'll notice more than others in the credits: Joe Hill.

My earliest reading memory Learning how to read with Superman comic books on the floor of the barber's shop my Dad went to every Saturday morning, when I was three.That same year, I branched out to Supergirl, Superdog and Superboy.My favourite book growing up The more appropriate was Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.

There is so much poetry coming out of Ukraine now that I'm barely keeping up with it, the Ukrainian translator and scholar Oksana Maksymchuk tells me.It is hardly the first thing that one would expect of a country at war.But poetry's ability to, as she says, crystallise a particular moment in time, or an emotion that is fleeting, has led to an outpouring of poems  not so much emotion recollected in tranquillity, as the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings.

It's everybody's nightmare: organizing a party that nobody comes to.Something similar happened to author Chelsea Banning when nobody showed up at her book signing event.The fantasy author recently published her debut novel, "Of Crowns and Jewels," and was expecting several guests at the book signing event in a bookstore called Pretty Good Books in Ashtabula, Ohio.

evokes, to my English-speaking ear, the biblical fruit whose consumption leads to shame and expulsion from Paradise.Eve's story is not irrelevant to a novel like Alba de Céspedes's Forbidden Notebook, in which a woman succumbs to a temptation: to record her thoughts and observations.Valeria Cossati's impulse to keep a diary leads not so much to the knowledge of good and evil as it does to the self-knowledge advocated by Socrates and serving as a cornerstone of philosophical inquiry ever since.

As Allie Rowbottom was editing her new novel, Aesthetica, her publisher issued a strange request.Their legal team was insisting that she create a fake Instagram."I had to get the account so we weren't ripping anyone off without knowing it, if 'Anna Wray' was a real person," Rowbottom tells Bustle, referring to the extremely online protagonist of her book.

Michael Connelly's The Brass Verdict.It's a hard-bound copy I bought for a dollar in a used bookstore in Honolulu.It's hard to put down once I start reading.Price isn't everything, of course, but is there any other form of entertainment that provides so much enjoyment for a dollar?F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Last Tycoon.

Within Sylvia Plath's short life, she produced works that, decades on, are still read and studied across the globe.Known for her confessional poetry, which won her a Pulitzer prize, awarded posthumously in 1982, she also wrote exceptional fiction and memoir.In honour of the 90th anniversary of her birth, Elin Cullhed, whose novel Euphoria is a fictional portrayal of Plath's last year, has put together an insightful guide to the great American writer's works.