“For the first time, I finally get movie roles where my character’s name is Korean.” Sandra Oh on her trip through Hollywood. | Illuminated Hub Cinema and television
What kind of first draft should you write? Whatever type you can, says Matt Bell. | Illuminated Hub Arts and crafts
“To have lost her was to have lost a world I longed to visit.” Amal El-Mohtar on Ursula K. Le Guin both too late and at exactly the right time. | Illuminated Hub
Dieter Buchhart considers the growing importance of The postmodern art of Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat. | Illuminated Hub Art
Take it from the experts: independent booksellers recommend the best of independent presses this February and March. | Illuminated Hub Playlists
Ladette Randolph on find thorns, comfort and abundant wisdom in the works of Willa Cather. | Illuminated Hub Critical
Oliver Bullough chooses books that help us better understand the Russian invasion of Ukraine. | The Guardian
Idaho lawmakers are considering allowing prosecutors to criminally indict librarians for lending certain books to minors. | Boise State Public Radio
Andrew Frisardi talks about translating poetry from another era, working on Dante, and the influence of philosophy on his work. | LARB
Nina Li Coomes explores how drive my car pushes the limits of language with its use of sound and the absence of sound. | Atlantic
Keith Gessen and veteran journalist Leonid Shvets discuss the political situation in Ukraine, the context of the current conflict and Shvets’ hopes for the immediate future. | n+1
At the synergy between video games and novels. | JSTOR Daily
“They looked like a cleaner picture at best where you could buy Ron Chernow and Brad Thor books.” Alex Shephard writes an obituary for Amazon’s terrible bookstores. | The New Republic
