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Siri Hustvedt and the Ghost of Paul Auster: Writing Grief as Presence

Hustvedt publishes a new book on the loss of Paul Auster, described as 'profound and moving.' An impossible question: how do you write about someone who can no longer read what you write about them?

N Nicolas Parola · May 4, 2026 · 3 min read

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"Love Me Like a Dog But Love Me": Cela's Secret Letters to Javier Marías's Mother

The newly discovered love letters of a young Camilo José Cela to the woman who would become Javier Marías's mother have come to light. A correspondence that rewrites the prehistory of two giants of Spanish letters.

N Nicolas Parola · May 3, 2026 · 3 min read

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Yaa Gyasi Will Spend Next Year at the New York Public Library. What Does That Mean?

The NYPL has named its 2026-2027 Cullman Fellows: 15 writers including Yaa Gyasi, Megha Majumdar, and Nick Flynn. A $90,000 stipend, a private office, and a year in one of the world's great research libraries.

N Nicolas Parola · May 2, 2026 · 3 min read

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Kiran Desai Returns After Twenty Years With a Novel About Impossible Love

Twenty years after winning the Booker Prize for The Inheritance of Loss, Kiran Desai has published The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny — shortlisted for the 2026 Man Booker. Some waits are worth it.

N Nicolas Parola · May 2, 2026 · 3 min read

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Patti Smith Wins Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts 2026: Poetry, Punk, and a Prize Long Overdue

Spain's Princess of Asturias Foundation has awarded its 2026 Arts prize to Patti Smith, 79, for her "impetuous creativity that connects rock, symbolist poetry and the spirit of the counterculture." In October, Oviedo awaits the godmother of punk.

N Nicolas Parola · Apr 30, 2026 · 3 min read

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Edith Eger (1927–2026): The Dancer Who Chose to Heal

Edith Eger died at ninety-eight. The Hungarian-American psychologist and author, Auschwitz survivor and writer of The Ballerina of Auschwitz, leaves behind a legacy about inner freedom and the power to choose healing.

N Nicolas Parola · Apr 29, 2026 · 3 min read

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David Byrne Has a New Book Coming. What a Surprise.

The Talking Heads frontman has announced a new book for autumn 2026, title and subject still undisclosed. A sardonic look at why Byrne remains the rare rock star whose books are worth anticipating.

N Nicolas Parola · Apr 28, 2026 · 3 min read

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The Woolf We Never Knew: Stories That Were Waiting for Us

Unpublished short stories by Virginia Woolf have surfaced, revealing a more playful, romantic side of the writer we thought we knew. An invitation to rediscover her.

N Nicolas Parola · Apr 28, 2026 · 3 min read

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Esto ha sucedido: Juan Gabriel Vásquez Gathers a Decade of Watching the World

Alfaguara collects a decade of Juan Gabriel Vásquez’s El País columns — a novelist’s mind at work on the present, patient and precise.

N Nicolas Parola · Apr 26, 2026 · 3 min read

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Desmond Morris, Who Looked at Humans and Saw Apes, Dies at 98

Desmond Morris, zoologist and author of The Naked Ape -- the 1967 book that sold millions by treating Homo sapiens as just another primate -- has died at 98. He was also, less famously, a surrealist painter.

N Nicolas Parola · Apr 22, 2026 · 3 min read

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Roberto Saviano Wins Defamation Acquittal: Courts Recognise His Right to Write

An Italian court acquitted Roberto Saviano of defamation, ruling that his criticism fell within the bounds of legitimate expression. For a writer who has lived under police protection for nearly twenty years, it is something.

N Nicolas Parola · Apr 18, 2026 · 3 min read

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Gonzalo Celorio Accepts the Cervantes Prize: Mexico Arrives at Alcalá

The Mexican author travels to Madrid to receive the Spanish-speaking world's highest literary honor. A prize that goes to a writer who understands literature as collective memory.

N Nicolas Parola · Apr 16, 2026 · 3 min read