Garth Greenwell: ‘Physical pain is as universal as a human experience can get, but very little has been written about it’
After exploring sex in his first books, the writer delves into illness and US social violence in his novel ‘Small Rain’
Eighty years of ‘Animal Farm’: Why we keep reading Orwell
The British writer was satirizing Stalinism in his novel, but the story is a warning against any form of totalitarianism and a defense of independence, intelligence and, above all, humanity
Patrick Wolf: ‘I’ll be in recovery for the rest of my life. I have to be the dominatrix, rather than the slave’
After 10 years, the queer idol of intimate pop is once again releasing music, and reflecting on five albums, dizzying fame — then seeing it all fall apart
Rebecca Solnit: ‘It’s encouraging that Trump and the manosphere push back so much on the accomplishments of feminism’
The writer, one of the United States’ most prominent feminists, speaks out about the attacks on women’s autonomy in her country
Don’t underestimate juicy gossip: How rumors have dodged classism to conquer culture
The power of so-called ‘idle talk’ has been revindicated in literature, essay and podcast as a subversive tool
Will we stop typing one day? Advances in speech recognition technology already raises the possibility
Speech-to-text technologies have made huge strides in recent years, but switching from keyboard to dictation to create texts carries other implications
Adam Thirlwell, the author who rewrites the past: ‘Monolingualism seems like a terrible and totalitarian idea to me’
The writer was one of the brightest stars of British literature when he debuted with ‘Politics’ at the age of 24. Converted to experimental prose, he returns with ‘The Future Future’, a historical novel that speaks of the present and searches for the roots of the #MeToo movement, the erosion of the patriarchy, and celebrity culture
‘Gassed,’ by Singer Sargent: the restoration of a masterpiece to narrate contemporary war
The Imperial War Museum in London has made the canvas the centerpiece of its new gallery. The restoration has allowed for the discovery of new colors and greater depth within the work
The problem with the ‘slutty bisexual man,’ the label that has jumped from social networks to the world
The new stigma towards bisexuals has come from social media. He’s an imaginary character who deceives gay men with the possibility of a romantic relationship, when he is really only thinking about marrying his lifelong girlfriend
A final verse in the trenches: armed poets who died for a cause
An author reconstructs the constellation of writer-warriors of the 1930s, who fueled a burning Europe before dying in the flames
‘Orlando, My Political Biography’: from Virginia Woolf’s room to Paul B. Preciado’s body
A transgender philosopher’s documentary showcases his life and the inspiring role of the self in a collective narrative
The Nobel Prize in Literature’s history of snubs and long-forgotten winners
Shaped by the political and literary climate of the time, the award does not assure a spot in the literary canon and often overlooks exceptional authors
Virginia Woolf, an entire life in a notebook
The writer’s monumental diaries have been published in five volumes. In them, she outlines her novels and essays, mixes genres and records her moods… including suicidal thoughts
The courageous songwriter of the suffragette anthem who dared to love Virginia Woolf
Ethel Smyth wrote ‘The March of the Women’ and was the first woman to have an opera produced at New York’s Metropolitan Opera