Arguments for brevity, the possibility of wit

It’s not as though we have such precise notions of the length of a novel, which has been described as a narrative fiction of “a certain length.”

My Life Among the Ruins, II, by Kenneth Radu

Hermes and the Infant Dionysos

One is always tempted to go naked in Greece: heat and history seem to demand it, and Irving Layton probably did, even though in the first Olympic games athletes wore protective jock straps, nudes on vases notwithstanding. 

Detained Chinese artist Ai Weiwei appears to be tense. No kidding.

The artist Ai Weiwei, who has not been seen since he was apprehended by Chinese authorities on April 3, 2011, has been permitted a visit by his wife, the artist Lu Qing.

Dreaming of the Suburb: Martine Delvaux on Bitter Rose -- Part I

Ceri Morgan interviews Martine Delvaux, author of Rose amer, which is published in an English translation by David Homel as Bitter Rose (Linda Leith Publishing, 2015).