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Harper Collins

A kind of creative primal cry

USA: What does it mean to be an American? Who are they, how did they get to where they are today, where have they left cultural traces? Here we see the voices of the civil rights movement that inspired the hippies in the 70s, the champions of gay rights and feminists for several generations.

The art of talking to ordinary people

JOURNALISM: Gay Talese unfolds in great detail his journalistic method, which most writers could learn a part from. He hates interviewing celebrities.

What does a radically tender society need?

Hat: Turkish-German Seyda Kurt is concerned with hatred that produces tenderness. Hate is often rooted in racism, misogyny, xenophobia and prejudice.

Why is love political?

PSYCHOLOGY: Love is not a project of isolation, but a project of freedom, according to Seyda Kurt: The freedom to be able to choose for oneself is about radical tenderness, about justice.

US left wing on wild roads

American identity politicians have no strategy and want none. They just want to express themselves and increasingly radicalize themselves.

The indispensability of wonder

Jeff VanderMeer writes reflective and environmentally conscious science fiction.