FYI #122
A Woman Who Refused to be Boxed In, Elif Shafak on Ursula K le Guin
I don’t see why this is hard to understand, by Mike Pepi… ‘We still have time to articulate why we do what we do, who it is for, and what institutional scaffolding is required.’
Arendt Speaks of Oases, by John Plotz, via Public Books
An Offering for the Commemoration: An Altadena landscape designer prepares to reseed her devastated town in the aftermath of the 2025 wildfires, by Danielle VonLehe, via LARB
‘Create NSW invites eligible NSW literature practitioners to apply for 12- or 24-month residencies in terrace housing on Cumberland Street, The Rocks.’
Industry leaders to help develop new National Cultural Policy, Tony Burke Minister for the Arts media release
Sweden goes back to basics, swapping screens for books in the classroom, via Ars Technica
Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater completes years-long renovation, via Dezeen
Wikipedia policy on writing articles with Large Language Models. Offered as an example in Brian Merchant’s post, It's open season for refusing AI, via Blood in the Machine
Passive social media use, AI companionship, and online side hustles: UK adults’ media and online lives revealed, new Ofcom research (UK)… The research suggests, however, that social media use is becoming more passive and circumspect.
Dua Lipa’s literary empire is expanding. (Again.), via LitHub
Industry’s Showrunners Quiz Patrick Radden Keefe About His New Book Set in London’s Criminal Underworld, via Cultured. Patrick Radden Keefe is appearing at the Sydney Writers’ Festival in May.
Darcy Steinke and Nicki Pombier in conversation, via Courtney Martin’s the examined family
The Idiot, new Serial Productions podcast, by New York Times writer, M. Gessen
Why Hollywood Needs Books More Than Ever, via The Town with Matthew Belloni
"Everyone today is a disaster correspondent", Pankaj Mishra and Lina Mounzer, via The Equator podcast
How Furniture Defines Space in a Compact 47sqm/506sqft Paris Apartment, via Never Too Small
Meet The Melbourne Glass Artist Creating Must-Have Pieces, via The Design Files
The archive unlocked: how the V&A East Storehouse put the public in the curatorial chair, via House & Garden (UK)