A Los Angeles Book Club Has Spent 28 Years Reading James Joyce’s ’Finnegans Wake’ and Still Doesn’t Understand It
James Joyce once famously declared, “The demand that I make of my reader is that he should devote his whole life to reading my works.“ After 28 years, members of a Venice, California-based book club have come pretty close.
2023-12-01 05:26
Kenya's parliament back Haiti mission despite court case
Lawmakers approve the sending of police officers even though a legal challenge is being heard.
2023-11-16 22:58
Ethiopia plans vote to solve Tigray-Amhara territory dispute
The row threatens to disrupt the fragile peace following the end of the civil war a year ago.
2023-11-07 19:22
Facebook's algorithms 'supercharged' hate speech in Ethiopia's Tigray conflict
Rights group Amnesty International makes damning allegations against the social media giant.
2023-10-31 22:58
Don’t Know What to Read Next? This Comprehensive Book Map Can Help
TheLibraryMap organizes 100,000 book titles in a way that’s visually pleasing and easy to navigate.
2023-10-27 05:47
12 Novels Inspired by Real Events
Novelists have used everything from real killers to newsworthy hostage situations to literal white whales to craft their fiction.
2023-10-24 06:26
11 Illuminating Facts About the Movie ‘Twilight’
It’s never a bad time to talk about the baseball scene in ‘Twilight.’
2023-10-24 02:19
11 Contemporary Horror Authors to Read (Who Aren’t Stephen King)
If you want to expand your horror reading beyond Stephen King, look no further than this list, which features everyone from Mariana Enriquez to Stephen Graham Jones and beyond.
2023-10-19 20:27
Settlement talks collapse in Kenya Facebook redundancies case
Legal action by Nairobi-based workers who filtered out graphic Facebook posts will continue.
2023-10-17 00:25
Children and parents begin uphill fightback against book bans in Florida
The conservative group Moms for Liberty is encouraging a very specific tactic: Steamy read-aloud sessions at school board meetings, and a new law is on their side.
2023-10-06 18:16
The 10 Most Challenged Books of 2022
Parents and politicians are trying to pull books off shelves at a record-setting pace.
2023-10-06 02:29
Khaled Khalifa: 'Larger than life' famed Syrian writer mourned
The BBC's Lina Sinjab remembers her friend and internationally acclaimed novelist Khaled Khalifa.
2023-10-03 23:16