Mr. Mudimbe was unapologetic. “To the question ‘what is Africa?’ or ‘how to define African cultures?’ one today cannot but refer to a body of knowledge...
Welcome to the Poetry Challenge A poem can lift the spirits and nourish the soul. This week, let’s all learn one together! The Poetry Challenge See...
Blundstone Boots There was a point when I wore kitchen clogs, which I found uncomfortable. Then, Birkenstocks, but your heel’s exposed. Your sock’s going to get...
And then my greatest fear came to pass. In 2021, I learned that after a decade of remission, the leukemia was back. To relapse after that...
Any clue about William Shakespeare’s life usually excites scholars, but one piece of evidence had been neglected for decades. Now, a new analysis of that overlooked...
Hello book lovers! We had so much fun with last year’s Best Books of the 21st Century list that we’re back with another literary extravaganza. Next...
Kuusisto, who teaches at Syracuse University, often takes his cues from Finland, where he spent a year in his childhood and whose poets he’s translated elsewhere...
