Photographer Lalage Snow photographed Scottish soldiers before, during, and after their deployments to Afghanistan. The photographs show “the toll that fighting … takes on our troops.”
The Faces of War
A Stop-Motion Valentine
A little stop-motion film qua valentine that might appeal to V-day nonbelievers.
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Translate This Book!
The Quarterly Conversation has commissioned short essays from a panel of luminaries, including Juan Goytisolo and Enrique Vila-Matas, for a feature on untranslated masterworks called "Translate This Book!" Highly recommended.
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And Also With You
We've heard a lot about "Cool Pope" Francis in the past few weeks. For a take on the Vatican that's a bit different from the usual fare, check out this piece from the London Review of Books on the pontiff's battle against corruption among the cardinals in Rome.
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Playboy and Madame Bovary
Macy Halford at Book Bench imagines Playboy as the Madame Bovary of the 1950s.
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