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The Woman Has a Near-Death Experience After Suicide and Learns Why Souls Come to Live On Earth
8+ hour, 6+ min ago (32+ words) The NDE (near-death experience) of Naomi Schneeberger Naomi Schneeberger was twelve years old. And she …...
Do we fear failure more than death?
12+ hour, 7+ min ago (484+ words) Which do you fear most? Failure or death? We spend most -if not all- our lives anxiously tracking the sweep of the second hand on the clock. Mornings welcomes us …...
The magic of posthumous interviews
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (800+ words) Netflix has a secret archive of celebrity interviews recorded with the intention of broadcasting them, exclusively, just after their passing. Famous last words has just premiered its third edition featuring journalist and landmark activist in the history of feminism Gloria…...
The Discreet Charm of John Berger
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (219+ words) Art critic, novelist, Marxist, lover, exile, storyteller: John Berger resisted every easy definition. His new biography embraces the contradictions he left behind. John Berger brought boundless charisma and radical politics to the history of art. (Leonardo Cendamo / Getty Images) Review…...
When a Woman Refuses to Be Silent: The Draupadi Phenomenon Brings an Ancient Story to the Stage
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (339+ words) indianewengland.com LEXINGTON, MA â An ancient story about a woman whose dignity is violated in front of a silent audience will take on new meaning this fall when The Draupadi Phenomenon makes its Boston-area premiere The large-scale dance-theater production,…...
Resil Mojares, National Artist for Literature, passes away at 83
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (347+ words) Filipino historian Resil Mojares, who was recognized as a National Artist of the Philippines for Literature, has passed away at the age of 83. The tragic news was announced by his family, detailing that Mojares had died in the earling morning…...
Biederman book 'Attic Wife' has deep Southeast AK roots
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (1773+ words) Amelia McAlpin, left, and Marcia Biederman are seen during Biederman's visit to Ketchikan in 2022, when Sayers "Mike" McAlpin, Amelia's husband and a grandson of Agnes McAlpin, was still living. Image courtesy of Marcia Biederman An image of the postcard that…...
The Unsettled Bard: Beyond The Centenary Phantasm of Bhupen Hazarika
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (219+ words) Yet, as the last of the ceremonial lamps flicker out and the grand banners begin to sag against the Guwahati humidity, an uncomfortable silence settles over Assam. In our institutional rush to erect statues, print glossy souvenirs, and convert a…...
This Week in Literary History: William S. Burroughs Kills Joan Vollmer in a Drunken Game of “William Tell”
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (405+ words) Literary Hub This Week in Literary History: William S. Burroughs Kills Joan Vollmer in a Drunken Game of “William Tell” The Most Notorious Party “Game” in Literary History On the afternoon of September 6, 1951, in a friend’s Mexico City apartment, a drunk…...
Resil Mojares, cultural icon and national artist
5+ day, 13+ hour ago (235+ words) IT is hard to imagine Philippine culture without Dr. Resil Mojares, who passed away at the age of 83 last Sept. 5, a day after his birthday. Conferred the National Artist for Literature award in 2018, he is a leading figure in the…...