Conte is the true ‘non -existent knight’ Giuseppe Conte is like Agilulfo, the “non -existent knight” of Italo Calvino. He is an armor that lives only thanks to his iron will to exist. Just as, our kni...
06.30.2025 Uisjournal.comOften when we listen to music, we just instinctually enjoy it. Sometimes, though, it’s worth dissecting a song or other composition to figure out how it’s built. Take the 1953 jazz standard “Satin Dol...
07.01.2025 Miragenews.com and 2 sitesTranslator’s Note The following extracts are selected from Before the Snowmelt (我所告訴你關於那座山的一切, lit. “Everything I’ve Told You about That Mountain”), the only published book by the late Taiwanese trans...
06.30.2025 Theoffingmag.comRobert Irwin’s title, The Madman’s Guide to Stamp Collecting , overdoes it, but this book is certainly not one for stamp collectors. They are warned off in the opening lines. The author, who died last...
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