Yáng Shuāng-zǐ and Lin King have won this year’s International Booker Prize with TAIWAN TRAVELOGUE! Congratulations to both author and translator! This marks our second International Booker win in a row, following the success of Deepa Bhasthi’s translation of Banu Mushtaq’s HEART LAMP in 2025.

TAIWAN TRAVELOGUE WON THE 2026 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE

My director is telling me not to talk to you anymore.

Does “Things in Nature Merely Grow” by Yiyun Li count as a Mother’s Day read? Yes I think so.

Better put the car in Park. We’re gonna be here for a while.

youtu.be/ywQOCY-qDzE?... #TheLibrarians #NationalLibraryWeek

Daisy Ridley 🫡🫡🫡🫡

Need more Hootenannies in my life.

In Minnesota, we stand tall with our neighbors in the face of hatred.

Why can’t someone pay me to see Broadway shows?

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Sigourney Weaver tells Kate Hudson to keep away Grogu at the Oscars. “Get away from him, you bitch!”

Why did I have to find out for myself how good The Porch on Windy Hill was? Not enough love for off-off Broadway shows like this.

The Simpsons predicted everything. EVERYTHING.

He's baacccccckk 🙏

This is so f---ed up 🤬

Just a few hours away from watching Kind Hearts and Coronets… I mean A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder.. I mean How To Make a Killing.

Kafka understood that an even greater indignity than being turned into a giant insect was still being required to go to work afterward.

Call your Senators. Tell them to vote NO on the SAVE act!

There are a lot of people who are going to complain about being unfairly vilified by that halftime show and it's because they know in their hearts they're on Team Hate.

man I’m sorry to be all corny here but when I see a “the city is beautiful! There’s more to it than homeless people!” I gotta say you know who’s also beautiful? People who have no place to live & are trying to get by in a system that has turned its back on them & if you don’t see that that’s on you

Join Sing in Solidarity for a night of music by and for the working class! Bring your friends, bring your instruments, and most importantly bring your rowdy singing voices.

The only Mr. Beast I recognize:

Billionaires are fearmongering about California’s proposed billionaire tax. Baloney. Just look at what happened when Massachusetts raised taxes on the rich.

Saw #Ragtime at Lincoln Center today. I saw the City Center Encores production back in 2024. I starting sobbing at the Act 1 Finale Til we Reach That Day. It was incredibly cathartic for me to express the emotions I’ve been feeling with recent events. And they sang it so well. (1/2)

Molumbo

youtube.com/live/lcBP2wK... Livestream of today’s rally from 11am to 7pm EST.

Rest in peace Catherine O’Hara…may your star shine bright in the night sky forever…💔

the arrest of journalists in minneapolis, including don lemon, is more evidence that the only move the administration knows how to make is to use force, and does not know how to respond when that force is met with defiance and indifference.

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

until recently, i was a dumbass. but no longer.

the little henchmen in tim burton movies be like

I literally bought a ticket to this show with no idea what it was called or about thanks to a very mysterious advertising campaign. But blackoutsongsnyc was an excellent show about addicts falling in and out of love over a decade as they deal with the ups and downs of addiction and recovery.

Audible Stats for 2025

Very lucky my train didn’t get held up too long outside the tunnel and I got to @sohoplayhousenyc.bsky.social in time to see #WhatIfTheyAteTheBaby by #XhloeandNatasha. Such a hilarious and disturbing show about McCarthyism and societal expectations. Also green spaghetti! It’s extended thru Dec 31!!

This entire weekend

Strands #652 “Palette episodes” 💡🔵🟢⚪️ 🟡💡💡🟢 💡🟡📺🔵 ⚪️

amen

I really do try to give studios the benefit of the doubt on stealing vs. accidental homage, but I don't know if I can on this one.