Cinema Speculation by Quentin Tarantino review – bracing and heartfelt collection

The movie-maker’s first book of criticism is fuelled by a breathless energy that makes up for its scattershot approach

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/nov/14/cinema-speculation-by-quentin-tarantino-review-collection-film-criticism

 

Bring Back Love to Education (from the Harvard Graduate School of Education):

https://youtube.com/watch?v=zgcg1PlHRzQ&feature=share

Maurice Sendak Imagined More Than Wild Things

A new exhibition, the first of its kind since the artist's death, showcases his extensive but lesser-known body of work (in ‘Smithsonian’):

https://apple.news/AhLZuxshGR1u4A34_mfb2UQ

Where to start with: Sylvia Plath

You will have heard of the great American poet, but how much of her work have you actually read? This handy primer suggests some good ways in (in ‘The Guardian’):

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/oct/27/where-to-start-with-sylvia-plath

 

The Philosophy of Modern Song by Bob Dylan review – an enlightening listen-along

Dylan meditates on 66 songs he holds dear in an eclectic collection of essays that breathes new life into groundbreaking hits while relishing obscurities and oddities (in ‘The Guardian’):

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/nov/01/the-philosophy-of-modern-song-by-bob-dylan-review

 

‘Hope matters’: Ukrainian and international authors on why literature is important in times of conflict

Ten writers appearing at the Lviv BookForum, run this year in partnership with the Hay festival, discuss why we need books more than ever (in ‘The Guardian’):

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/oct/06/hope-matters-ukrainian-and-international-authors-on-why-literature-is-important-in-times-of-conflict

 

SIGNS from the past that got weathered from being out every weekday. I could use a new one pretty soon. After the first of the year.