‘Outrageous’: MEPs condemn pesticide companies for withholding toxicity data The Guardian
The timeline of the far future artice is far from the longest page on Wikipedia, but it might take you several hours to get through because it contains so many enticing detours. What's Pangaea Ultima?
Miki Liukkonen (1989-2023)
Up and coming Finnish author Miki Liukkonen has passed away; see the (Finnish) WSOY press release or the AFP report, Finnish literary star Miki Liukkonen dies aged 33.
None of his work appears to have been translated into English yet, but his massive O, which made several prize-shortlists, was recently translated into French and seems to have made quite an impression; see also the Bonnier rights page for it.
See also the WSOY author page for more information about him and his works.
Bestselling in ... the US
In Publishers Weekly they report on The Bestselling Books of 2023 (So Far) in the US -- with actual sales numbers !
Spare sold over a million copies, while three titles by Collen Hoover were in the top five.
I'm afraid none of these are under review at the complete review.
Love, Sex and Dorothy Day | America Magazine:.
Day’s witness offers practical insights into how one might begin to sublimate and transform sexual desires. Never stuffing away her longings, nor indulgently giving way to them, she received her sexuality as a gift from God to be offered and used for his greater plan for her life. When making painful sacrifices, she trusted that God would fulfill her desires—though perhaps not in the way she saw best fit, but rather in a way that far surpassed any of her dreams or calculations.
Matsuda Aoko Q & A
At PEN Transmissions they have I’m Not Trying to Write Japanese Literature Per Se: Aoko Matsuda in Conversation with Polly Barton
Matsuda comments on the Akutagawa Prize and its role in the Japanese literary world:
The page-count limit for the Akutagawa means you start conceiving stories and writing in a way that fits that prize, and I feel like it’s really unhealthy. I don’t want to be in that kind of environment. I just want to write the things I believe I really should write.And:
It’s so rare for the Akutagawa to be awarded to experimental novels that are actually doing something new. There’s a real style for Akutagawa books, and I don’t find it very interesting. Barely any books I’ve liked have won
