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The Guardian - US

‘He was a born member of the underground’: how Peter Hujar captured the New York demimonde

He only published one book – and it was hardly noticed. Now his portraits of drag queens, poets and artists are seen as vital documents of a vanished world. As they go on show, the photographer’s favourite subjects recall his genius

The Guardian - UK

Moleskine's Daniela Riccardi on Harnessing the Power of the Written Word

“It’s not just a notebook—it’s a book that has yet to be written."

Marie Claire

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Saving Lone Star Literary Life

A literary website that has connected bookish Texans since 2015 nearly closed this year. Then one of its readers saved it.

Texas Observer

Alan Wake creators discuss challenges of going multi-platform and multi-project: "It's always going to be tough, but it's also pretty awesome"

Interview | Play magazine speaks to Remedy's Sam Lake, Thomas Puha about the evolution of Alan Wake from conception to sequel

GamesRadar

OPINION - Ocado deliveries, Nigel Farage's birthday and the Queen's final advice: key revelations from Liz Truss's book

The short-lived prime minister is now a published author with a paltry advance. Ethan Croft on Liz Truss’s life after Downing Street

Evening Standard

Mania by Lionel Shriver review – we need to talk about stupidity

The US author’s novel about a cancelled lecturer in a parallel dystopia that prizes ignorance is missing her usual verve

The Guardian - UK

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Life without Bruce and Brandon: Shannon Lee on losing her superstar father and brother

How do you survive when the two most important men in your life die at a tragically young age? The daughter of martial arts hero Bruce Lee describes what kept her going – and how she is preserving the family legacy

The Guardian - UK

You'll feel for "The Sympathizer"

This adaptation of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s 2016 Pulitzer Prize novel persuades us to embrace its beautiful confusion

Salon

Celia Mason obituary

Other lives: Teacher and probation officer who turned to writing novels in retirement

The Guardian - UK

There’s Always This Year by Hanif Abdurraqib review – hoop dreams and home truths

In this powerful, digressive book, the award-winning writer and poet considers basketball’s greats, the struggles of Black men and the ‘emotional politics of place’

The Guardian - UK

The Amendments by Niamh Mulvey review – a deft saga of Ireland’s evolution

A pregnancy leads to the unearthing of a mother and daughter’s secrets and struggles in this skilful debut novel

The Guardian - UK

‘This idle prig’: the truth about CS Lewis and John Betjeman’s long-lasting feud

At Oxford, Lewis complained repeatedly in his diary about his student Betjeman’s attitude to work. A newly discovered letter throws light on their mutual antipathy

The Guardian - UK

How to give kids autonomy? 'Anxious Generation' author says a license to roam helps

Kids have too much screen time and not enough autonomy, says author Jonathan Haidt. His book The Anxious Generation argues this has caused an epidemic of mental illness and suggests ways to fix it.

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The Guardian - UK

I’m F*cking Amazing by Anoushka Warden review – a filthily frank, funny and moving debut

The British playwright’s first novel is sweary and saucy but also tender and soulful once it reveals its true heart

The Guardian - UK

The Pull of the Stars review – Emma Donoghue adapts her Spanish flu novel for an all-female cast

Set in a 1918 maternity ward, the play offers moments of tenderness amid its commentary on political and social upheaval

The Guardian - UK

Scotland’s artists fear ‘cultural black hole’ after festival and film project cancelled

Calls for Scottish government to increase support grow, following funding cuts to public arts body

The Guardian - UK

In brief: The Illusionist; The Borrowed Hills; Second Self – review

A fascinating biography of a true British army maverick, an ambitious Cumbrian western and a nuanced novel about a classic modern dilemma

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Fashion Times

Natalie Portman Turns to Books Not a Revenge Dress in the Aftermath of her Divorce

The actress has enjoyed a long relationship with the house of Christian Dior starting when she became the face of its Miss Dior Chérie fragrance.

The Guardian - UK

Sunjeev Sahota: ‘I’ve always been in labour movements – but I’m critical of identity politics’

The Booker shortlisted novelist on writing his first significant non-working-class character, the literary critics who inspired him and why he’s not on Facebook

The Guardian - UK

‘I can’t explain it’: Salman Rushdie says his survival in knife attack was a miracle

Despite his lack of faith, the author believes ‘something happened that was not supposed to happen’ on the day he was attacked

Evening Standard

Everything you need to know about the Cambridge Literary Festival

Running from April 17 - 21, the annual literary festival has something for everyone, says Mary Lussiana

The Guardian - UK

How to Make a Bomb by Rupert Thomson review – a stark study of male rage

The destructive desires of an inoffensive family man drive this subversive satire of existentialism

The Guardian - UK

John Barth obituary

American postmodernist novelist whose experimental approach challenged literary conventions

Evening Standard

Sir Salman Rushdie describes moment he was stabbed on stage in 2022

He described the man appearing as ‘the last thing my right eye would ever see’

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