The Interesting Times #246 (3.3.25)

Issue #246

• Influence and empowerment. >>Books of Mana.

• Beware the man whose handwriting sways like a reed in the wind. >>Wrong Norma.

• The edges of normalcy. >>The Edge of the Alphabet.

• Creative culmination. >>We Do Not Part.

• 11 things you learn when writing a novel about alpaca breeders. >>Star Gazers.

• Interview with an alpaca. >>Star Gazers.

• The heron and the snake. >>Gloss.

• Visionary tales. >>Mrs Calder and the Hyena.

• Prickly. >>Theory and Practice.

• The water in winter is cold. >>Petroglyphs.

• Fun with David Graeber. >>Books by David Graeber.

• David Graeber’s lasting influence on anthropology and activism. >>As If Already Free.

• “Books picked me up on bad days.” >>Bookish.

• The perfect climate-change novel? >>The Rings of Saturn.

• Blood, sweat, tears and body shaming. >>Cry When the Baby Cries.

• The biggest little press in the world. >>Books published by Fitzcarraldo Editions.

• The summer soundtrack.

• On the chess circuit.

• Our film recommendation this week: Once Upon a Time in Anatolia.

• Also: The Bibi Files.

• The Centaur Scale.

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