Literary Radar

Articles, book reviews, literary critiques and journalistic reports around books on local and international media.

11 Books to Read If You’re Yearning for More Heartstopper | VULTURE | 14/06/2022

Heartstopper is based on the graphic-novel series written and drawn by Alice Oseman 

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A Daughter, Her Father and the Long-Gone Poet Who Brought Them Together | THE NEW YORK TIMES | 09/06/2022

In her memoir "Also a Poet: Frank O'Hara, My Father, and me", Ada Calhoun set out to write a poet's biography and found a connection to her father instead.

‘I always secretly wonder which of us is the real artist’: Sally Rooney in conversation with Patricia Lockwood | THE GUARDIAN | 04/06/2022

The novelists discuss using real life in fiction, email style, and the art of writing sex scenes

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The big idea: have we been getting sleep all wrong? | THE GUARDIAN | 23/05/20222

How Edgar Allan Poe and Thomas Edison represented humanity's relationship with sleep.

 

The stories that reveal the soul of Ukraine | BBC | 21/05/2022

The history of Ukrainian literatura reflects the country's tragic conflicts.

 

Social Media Dis-rupters | THE NEW YORKER | 15/05/2022