Telling the hard parts: 4 music books that push past the highlight reel

From radio legend Mary Lucia to Justin Townes Earle, these books examine the price worth paying for a creative life.

AI’s Memorization Crisis

O n Tuesday, researchers at Stanford and Yale revealed something that AI companies would prefer to keep hidden. Four popular ...
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What and how to read in 2026: A reading plan by a writer and writing residency founder

Would you like to thumb your nose at Zuckerberg? Stick your tongue out at Google and Apple? They have power and money only because they have figured out how to control our attention and steal our time ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Hannah Senesh’s example of Jewish pride and sacrifice gains renewed attention in our anxious era

New books and a National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene play reclaim the poet-parachutist for an era marked by antisemitism and moral drift, writes a rabbi and author. More than 80 years after she ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Why Are Some of the World’s Best Directors Reviving This Special Film Format Created in the 1950s?

Paul Thomas Anderson utilized VistaVision to make his latest movie, “One Battle After Another,” which stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a bumbling, washed-up revolutionary trying to save his daughter Gregory ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

WHERE I’M WRITING FROM | OPINION: Book circuit serves array of authors

I'm writing from Mississippi. I'm here for the Mississippi Book Festival in Jackson. A few hours ago, I had the pleasure of sharing the stage with Alice Randall and Tom Piazza. Our books were about ...
The New York Times

Harris’s Memoir Is Another Example of the Democrats’ Problem

Three Opinion writers break down the former vice president’s book of excuses. By Michelle Cottle Carlos Lozada and Lydia Polgreen Produced by Vishakha Darbha Three Opinion writers weigh in on Kamala ...
IFLScience

Record 6,100 Qubits Form World’s Largest Quantum Array

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...
9to5google

Hands-on: Chromebooks are in a weird place, and Acer’s latest is a perfect example

I used to love Chromebooks, to the point where my main laptop was a Chromebook for a few years. But lately, it’s felt more and more like the platform has been struggling to retain relevance, and the ...
Condé Nast Traveler

Discovering a Different Kind of Wellness at a Reading Retreat in the Catskills

Pulling up to The Henson, a boutique hotel in the Catskills, it hit me what I was about to do: spend 48 hours with 14 strangers reading a book out loud. I’ve dreaded reading aloud since my elementary ...
Newsweek

Trump Admin DHS Account Accused of Referencing Avowed White Supremacist

The Trump administration has been accused of quoting a white supremacist who was backed by a Neo-Nazi group, as part of its social media campaign to recruit immigration enforcement agents. "This ...