The End of Books Coverage at the Washington Post

The End of Books Coverage at the Washington Post

[ad_1] There are still plenty of places to read about literature, many of them excellent. There are older and more established outlets, like the London Review of Books and The New York Review of Books; cult favorites, like Bookforum; and irreverent newcomers, like The Drift and The Point, the latter of which I edit. These…

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Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights” Is Extravagantly Superficial

Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights” Is Extravagantly Superficial

[ad_1] Catherine and Heathcliff—now played by Robbie and Elordi—will prove each other’s undoing as well. Fennell teases out the tricky evolution of the characters’ deep bond, from steadfast sibling affection toward a combative, quasi-incestuous desire. Catherine, incensed by Heathcliff’s treatment of her, slips several eggs into his bed; it’s a childish prank with an erotic…

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In an Age of Science, Tennyson Grappled with an Unsettling New World

In an Age of Science, Tennyson Grappled with an Unsettling New World

[ad_1] While the earth thus trembled, different and equally disruptive discoveries were happening in the sky. Thanks in part to improvements in telescope design, astronomers began identifying thousands of nebulae and star clusters, in essence making the universe suddenly larger in the same way that advances in geology had made the earth suddenly older. Meanwhile,…

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The Eighty-Six Wants You to Want In

The Eighty-Six Wants You to Want In

[ad_1] Exclusivity, like any product, gets more valuable the more people want it; it is both the cruellest and the most honest thing that a restaurant can sell. The Eighty-Six, a mega-swank steak house that opened in the West Village last fall, was, from Day One, clubby, celeb-packed, and impossible to get into—no surprise, as…

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What Do We Want from a Protest Song?

What Do We Want from a Protest Song?

[ad_1] He is also sitting in front of a screen. “Am I the only one willin’ to bleed / Or take a bullet for bein’ free / Screamin’ ‘What the fuck?’ at my TV?” Lewis bellows. This oscillation between rage at one’s own powerlessness and fantasies of violence is the song’s motive force. It could…

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Photographs of Mali on the Cusp of Independence

Photographs of Mali on the Cusp of Independence

[ad_1] We see this, for example, in an untitled portrait sometimes called “Two Ladies of Bamako.” Here, Keïta captures a pair of women—holding each other at the shoulders and the hands—dressed in traditional Malian robe-like garments called boubou. Behind them is a printed-fabric backdrop, and at their feet, a woven rug tessellated with oval patterns.…

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AI strategies are kind of destined to fail

AI strategies are kind of destined to fail

[ad_1] As a consultancy owner, I’ve been experimenting heavily with the headline AI applications for the better part of two years now. Our teams have tested it across dozens of products and use cases. Some experiments worked immediately. Others failed at first but succeeded six months later when the models improved. Some we’re still figuring…

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