The Interesting Times #262 (7.9.25)

Issue #262

• Writing in the here and now.>>Atavists.

• A question of neutrality in language. >>Universality.

• Keeping faith in the project. >>Audition.

• On the bench. >>Seascraper.

• Instant empathy. >>Empathy.

• Headshots. >>Endling.

• Wildly informative and generous. >>Slowing the Sun.

• Self-termination is most likely. >>Goliath’s Curse.

• The debt to David Graeber. >>Books by David Graeber.

• Bread. >>This Compulsion in Us.

• Unpacking science. >>The Covid Response. >>Read an extract.

• Biography. >>Rowing her own waka.

• Raisins. >>Good Days.

• One little corner for the children.

• Chronic illness and creative recuperation.

• Our film recommendation this week: Cottontail.

• Nighthawks at the library.