Section
Culture, Art & Literature
Books, paintings, buildings and the arguments about what they mean.
Turkish Proverbs: The Most Vulgar Folk Sayings
11 min read
Dostoevsky's The Gambler: 1866 Writing Race & Romance
6 min read
Nurullah Ataç: The Critic Who Reshaped Turkish
7 min read
Children's Books for Ages 7-12: 50 Timeless Picks
6 min read
Victor Hugo: The Naked Novelist Who Wrote Les Misérables
10 min read
Dystopian Fiction: Why We Love 1984 and Black Mirror
8 min read
J.K. Rowling on Harry and Hermione: What She Really Said
6 min read
Why Fantasy Authors Use Initials: Tolkien to Rowling
6 min read
Why Is a Turkey Called a Turkey? The Ottoman Mix-Up
6 min read
Rilke's Love Life: Nietzsche, Lou Salomé and a Name Change
6 min read
The Dispossessed: Le Guin's Utopia That Begins in the Mind
7 min read