The Interesting Times #244 (10.2.25)

Issue #244

• Hope for the future. >>Gliff.

• A novelist who looks into the dark. >>Gliff.

• A communal space of writing. >>Prairie, Dresses, Art, Other. >>Committed.

• What is children’s literature for? >>Books by Katherine Rundell.

• “I want to be hopeful.” >>Books by Han Kang. >>Pre-order We Do Not Part.

• A killer and a critic. >>Walking Practice.

• United in torment. >>What Kingdom.

• “I must divorce!” >>If Only.

• After the buzz. >>I Who Have Never Known Men.

• Kafka: A world of truth. >>Diaries.

• Speculative fiction in the age of Artificial Intelligence. >>Hum.

• Open on Inland. >>Inland.

• Trying (and really failing).

• Sharing the bill with your younger self. >>Krapp’s Last Tape.

• What interacting with chatbots can reveal about ourselves.

• X is for…

• Can you save the Weimar Republic?

• Our film recommendation this week: Maurice and I.

• Our other film recommendation this week: Praying for Armageddon.

• I will not write unless I am swaddled in furs.

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