The Interesting Times #192 (20.11.23)

Issue #192.

• Experiencing the world differently. >>Bird Life.

• Part poetry, part electricity. >>Cuddy.

• The quiet revolution in Māori art. >>Ki Mua, Ki Muri.

• Behind the page. >>The short list.

• You’ll never make yourself fall asleep. >>Sleepless.

• Beware the Balrog! >>Fire Weather.

• “Language has deserted me.” >>Minor Detail.

• Without the confidence of commitment. >>Some Things Wrong.

• Dubious rhymes.

• A bookseller recommends.

• Translators aloud.

• Making Homer modern. >>The Iliad. >>The Odyssey.

• Lost for words.

• Paintings in Proust. >>The Way by Swann’s.

• Who’s coming?

• A feeling of total freedom. >>Not in the Future Library.

• Coral tongues.

• The astonishing behaviour of recursive sequences.

• Our film recommendation this week: Brief Encounter.

• Sarah Laing’s year of excellent reading.

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