Saturday, 22 August 2026
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Arts & Letters Daily · 21:33
In 1939, a 3,000-year-old trumpet blared across BBC airwaves, briefly bridging Tutankhamun's tomb to 150 million living rooms ↗In 1939, a 3,000-year-old trumpet blared across BBC airwaves, briefly bridging Tutankhamun's tomb to 150 million living rooms
Arts & Letters Daily · 21:33
Leszek Ko?akowski, canonized in Poland, remains a stranger in Oxford, Berkeley, and Montreal, the places that sheltered him ↗Leszek Ko?akowski, canonized in Poland, remains a stranger in Oxford, Berkeley, and Montreal, the places that sheltered him
Arts & Letters Daily · 21:33
What should we do with “truly depraved,” morally dangerous art? Consider the “worst” of this lot and few easy answers emerge ↗What should we do with “truly depraved,” morally dangerous art? Consider the “worst” of this lot and few easy answers emerge
Arts & Letters Daily · 21:33
Paul Celan's childhood spanned seven languages and one vanishing world. His poetry created space to mourn and remember and survive ↗Paul Celan's childhood spanned seven languages and one vanishing world. His poetry created space to mourn and remember and survive
Arts & Letters Daily · 21:33
Who is the greatest short story writer of all time? According to one data cruncher, it’s not Chekhov or Barthelme, but Joyce Carol Oates ↗Who is the greatest short story writer of all time? According to one data cruncher, it’s not Chekhov or Barthelme, but Joyce Carol Oates
Arts & Letters Daily · 21:33
Admired in his time by Dickens, Byron, and Mary Shelley, Washington Irving’s reputation has been in steep decline ever since ↗Admired in his time by Dickens, Byron, and Mary Shelley, Washington Irving’s reputation has been in steep decline ever since
Arts & Letters Daily · 21:33
Book publishing is awash in AI scandals. As one agent puts it, AI slop has gotten so bad it makes Fifty Shades of Grey look like Tolstoy ↗Book publishing is awash in AI scandals. As one agent puts it, AI slop has gotten so bad it makes Fifty Shades of Grey look like Tolstoy
Arts & Letters Daily · 21:33
"The thought that Socrates would care about how his icon is fashioned seems strange to me, but the thought that Plato would care is not strange" ↗"The thought that Socrates would care about how his icon is fashioned seems strange to me, but the thought that Plato would care is not strange"
Arts & Letters Daily · 21:33
History is the story of corrupt elites and the virtuous activists who oppose them. Or so it was, formulaically, for Howard Zinn ↗History is the story of corrupt elites and the virtuous activists who oppose them. Or so it was, formulaically, for Howard Zinn