Tuesday, 29 September 2026
346 articles · times in UTC
Arts & Letters Daily · 00:17
Perverseness drove Edgar Allan Poe to ruin, or the brink of it, again and again. It was also the source of his inspiration ↗Perverseness drove Edgar Allan Poe to ruin, or the brink of it, again and again. It was also the source of his inspiration
Arts & Letters Daily · 00:17
The Egyptians, the Hittites, the Assyrians — what caused the collapse of a slew of regional powers around 1200 BC? ↗The Egyptians, the Hittites, the Assyrians — what caused the collapse of a slew of regional powers around 1200 BC?
Arts & Letters Daily · 00:17
AI doomers and apocalyptic futurists are weird. Also, their prophecies risk pernicious downsides. That doesn't mean they're wrong ↗AI doomers and apocalyptic futurists are weird. Also, their prophecies risk pernicious downsides. That doesn't mean they're wrong
Arts & Letters Daily · 21:26
Johannes Brahms has long been misunderstood as uncivilized. He wasn't rude. He was witty — quick, cutting, and funny ↗Johannes Brahms has long been misunderstood as uncivilized. He wasn't rude. He was witty — quick, cutting, and funny
Arts & Letters Daily · 21:26
“The word ‘audiophile’? has a wine-sipping pretension that I hate,” says Colin Vanderburg. “But sometimes an ugly shoe fits” ↗“The word ‘audiophile’? has a wine-sipping pretension that I hate,” says Colin Vanderburg. “But sometimes an ugly shoe fits”
Arts & Letters Daily · 21:26
Upon publication of The Last Samurai, a suicidal Helen DeWitt disappeared. She was, she says, “alienated by intellectual mediocrity” ↗Upon publication of The Last Samurai, a suicidal Helen DeWitt disappeared. She was, she says, “alienated by intellectual mediocrity”