Ben Lerner’s “Transcription” Is a Labyrinth of Allusions The author’s intricate, unsettling new novel is a book of echoes and parallels.

I reviewed Ben Lerner's new novel for @newrepublic.com

newrepublic.com/article/2073...

On 8 April, to celebrate the publication of the new Guardian Long Read magazine, I'll be talking to the extremely brilliant @samanthsubramanian.bsky.social, Sirin Kale and @samirashackle.bsky.social at the Owl Bookshop in Kentish Town. Tickets here! owlbookshop.co.uk/product/the-...

ready and waiting!!

The End of Mail in Denmark — The Dial Who will mourn the last letter?

Anna Juul reflects on the disappearance of physical mail in Denmark — and what a hyper-digital society gains and loses when letters, handwriting, and slower communication fade away: www.thedial.world/articles/new...

In Search of Wikipedia’s Saviors — The Dial Can Tom, Betty, Patricia and Isidora rescue the site from AI?

"A more low-key event would be difficult to conceive": @imogenwk.bsky.social goes among the Wikipedians

www.thedial.world/articles/new...

I would love to know what you are reading on this subject / what you would recommend!

From Assamese to Urdu | Thirteen Indian Languages | Granta A symposium on languages of India published in Granta 173: India. This set of essays...

Late to this, but Granta's series on Indian languages is full of treasures

granta.com/thirteen-ind...

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We're answering reader questions! Ask us anything: www.thedial.world/dialgpt

What’s the Point of a Global Climate Target? — The Dial Countries pledged to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Is it time to abandon it?

What's the point of a global climate target?

@sophieyeo.bsky.social on where 1.5C came from and where it's going:

www.thedial.world/articles/new...

Hannah Rosefield - Desire & Discontent Hannah Rosefield: Desire & Discontent - Love's Labour by Stephen Grosz

"Each of Grosz's psychoanalytic case studies supplies a satisfaction akin to that of solving a crossword puzzle: it all fits!"

I reviewed Love's Labour for @litreview.bsky.social

literaryreview.co.uk/desire-disco...

1/ Dear readers,

The Dial is evolving. You talked, we listened — and have made a few changes to our magazine.

unexpected and very nice to have a piece I wrote for the dial about baseball last year selected for this anthology! ⚾

the piece is here: www.thedial.world/articles/new...

You could try excerpts? And then hope that those who love it would read the whole thing (I do think it is a quick read for those who enjoy it)

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?

The Dial is a super mag, which I've had the pleasure of contributing to a couple of times.

For its summer reading list I recommended one book I can't stop thinking about – Dirty Work by @epress.bsky.social

Check out the full list and donate to support unique and independent journalism :)

Summer Reading Campaign Get The Dial's exclusive summer reading list with 50+ global book recommendations. Support independent literary journalism with a $50 donation.

Let The Dial plan your summer reading for you!

www.thedial.world/summer-readi...

my local bakery, baker to the stars

J.M. Coetzee and Language — The Dial A review of Speaking in Tongues.

"The ego-trip of the writer who, heavy-laden with the weight of literary glory, believes himself to be nobly casting off some of that glory while in fact drawing further attention to it. "

Carey Baraka takes on J.M. Coetzee's Speaking in Tongues:

www.thedial.world/articles/new...

You too - looking forward to seeing you again in a couple of weeks!

Likewise!!!

I'm extremely happy and excited to be an ~emerging writer~ at the London Library this year!

More about the programme and everyone in it here:

www.londonlibrary.co.uk/about-us/lat...

Letters from Inside Iran's Evin Prison — The Dial Five Iranian women, all human rights activists, write of life behind bars.

On Monday, Israel struck Iran’s Evin prison, known for the intellectuals, activists, artists and students who have served time there—many of whom are fighting for democracy. In 2024, we published five Iranian women’s accounts of their life behind bars in Evin. www.thedial.world/articles/new...

For #NationalPigeonDay, some very fancy pigeons courtesy of Emil Schachtzabel's Illustriertes Prachtwerk sämtlicher Taubenrassen (1906). More here: publicdomainreview.org/collection/schachtzabel-...

Ed Kiely · Short Cuts: University Finances Universities’ reliance on international students is only the most recent attempt to solve a broader problem, one that...

‘Our politicians dream of world-leading provision, with all the social and economic benefits that would bring, but want to achieve this without American levels of private investment or European levels of state spending.’

Ed Kiely on university finances: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

⚡ 'I feel like I've been waiting for this book my whole life.' Sheila Heti
⚡ 'A masterpiece of biography.' Telegraph
⚡ 'Utterly compelling.' Sunday Times
⚡ 'Tremendous.' The Scotsman
⚡ 'A total joy to read.' Sarah Bakewell

The glorious Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife by Francesca Wade is out today.

The Last Nomads — The Dial In Georgia’s Adjara highlands, a traditional way of life is slowly disappearing.

In Georgia’s Adjara highlands, a traditional way of life is slowly disappearing. Natela Grigalashvili photographed one pastoral nomadic community over 10 years to explore how people adapt to changing circumstances and create new meaning in today’s world: www.thedial.world/articles/new...

The Six-Year-Old Who Explained the World — The Dial Mafalda, the Argentine comic strip heroine, took on war, dictatorship, and her parents.

"Can you explain why humanity is a disaster?"

Lily Meyer on Mafalda, Argentina's most famous six-year-old:

www.thedial.world/articles/new...

Partying With the Nuns — The Dial An Easter retreat at the only Catholic shrine in Britain.

You can read an excerpt - on an Easter retreat to the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham - in @thedialmag.bsky.social

www.thedial.world/articles/new...

Happy pub day to @lamornaash.bsky.social and her brilliant book Don't Forget We're Here Forever

Searching for Anyelí — The Dial In Guatemala, mothers fight for their trafficked and illegally adopted children.

1/ Congratulations to Rachel Nolan whose book "Until I Find You: Disappeared Children and Coercive Adoptions in Guatemala" is a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction! Last year we published an excerpt from Nolan's book, which you can read here: www.thedial.world/articles/new...