‘An unclenching of the soul’: Geraldine Brooks’ raw, gentle grief memoir has helped me navigate my own mourning
In Memorial Days, Geraldine Brooks processes the sudden death of her husband of 35 years, and shares how other cultures make ...
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His Passage Leaves A Profound Void, Ibori Mourns Edwin Clark
Chief James Onanefe Ibori, former Delta State governor, has described the late PANDEF leader, Chief Edwin Clark, as an exceptional leader and fearless fighter who never hesitated to speak the truth ...
When Robert Frost Was Bad
Nevertheless, for this poem, and for the first time in his career, Frost got paid—$15, by the editor of a New York weekly ...
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Beatriz Nascimento’s Histories of Afro-Brazilian Rebellion
The scholar, poet, and filmmaker devoted her life to sketching out a revisionist historiography of resistance in Latin ...
South Africa Is a Warning
South Africa certainly had abundance. There were seemingly endless tracts of fertile farmland; rich seams of precious gold, ...
Restoring African grassland habitats makes life more peaceful for humans and wildlife, scientists find
Across Kenya, grasslands underpin people's lives—as well as those of animals like elephants, giraffes, and hyenas. But the ...