'This is the first installment of 'Preserving Gaza,' a series of interviews with Palestinian writers and scholars about particular aspects of Gaza’s history, heritage and cultural life, much of which has been destroyed by Israel’s siege and bombardment.' thepointmag.com/dialogue/a-for…

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I've long lamented the fact that we no longer have SPY magazine's 'Reviewing the Reviewers' column but this by Dan Kois in Slate will more than suffice

slate.com/culture/2024/0…

“I’m an American doctor who went to Gaza. I have worked in other war zones. But what I witnessed during the next 10 days in Gaza was not war—it was annihilation.” latimes.com/opinion/story/…

How wretched and cowardly of Barbican Centre to cancel a talk by Pankaj Mishra on Gaza. Every artist out there should be breathing fire at this gross censorship

'I do not know what literature means to you outside of networking and grants. To me it means, first and foremost, an unwavering love for human beings and the sanctity of human life.' lithub.com/read-novelist-…

And my first shared byline (in a way)--

“In my life, I’ve never seen anything like this in terms of severity, in terms of scale, and then in terms of speed.”

I somehow simultaneously agree with both Parul Sehgal (who mostly loved or at least admired movie) & Jason Zinoman (who hated movie)!!?!?!!? Saw film yesterday and found it both fascinating & frustrating. I can't stop thinking about it! This podcast really tussles w/ it!

& given our languorous (biannual?) schedule, what a surprise and treat to be on this Vogue Magazine list of best podcasts of 2023 vogue.com/article/best-p…

'It was not until reading this book that I realized that almost all French revolutionaries started out as magazine editors, a fact I don’t quite know what to do with.' themillions.com/2023/12/a-year…

What comes from a life spent perpetually observing one’s own responses? Parul Sehgal explores what we can learn from the lives of critics. nyer.cm/64iJol6

Grateful for this list (+ to be on this list) + for Adam Morgan, Dan Sheehan, and Literary Hub for championing criticism