Mothers and Sons

Mothers and SonsBy: Theodor Kallifatides A Best Book of 2024 by The New Yorker An aging writers love letter to his elderly mother, this achingly beautiful work of autofiction traces their familys history in Greece and in exile. Theodor Kallifatides, an acclaimed Greek author exiled in Sweden for more than 4 decades at age 68, visits his 92 year old mother, who still resides in Athens. Both know that this may be one of their last encounters before her death. During

Now McCann’s a free man

she offers up a feast of options for holiday cocktails

It argues that the emphatically messy brand of horror mobilized in gore or "splatter" films is extremely responsive to the internal contradictions that threaten the future sustainability of capitalist accumulation

and an invitation for each of us to choose how we relate to America

罹癌後的人生 葉金川：玩到最後一天

children can use their imaginations to tell their own story while learning lots of animals along the way

and Marion Winik

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funny twist on a dentist visit in this I Can Read story featuring their favorite boisterous shark

where she can showcase her doggy-diagnostic skills

and personal experiences that proves that the human heart

One that includes both tenderness and even love—not just for each other but for Zan too