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Celebrate George Orwell's birthday by reading his (scathing) 1940 review of Mein Kampf.

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Booker Prize-winner Bernardine Evaristo on tearing down the statues of slavers.

Booker Prize-winner Bernardine Evaristo on tearing down the statues of slavers.

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Here's Shaq reading an Edward Hirsch poem about basketball.

Here's Shaq reading an Edward Hirsch poem about basketball.

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Zadie Smith wrote an entire essay collection in lockdown, and you can read it in July.

Zadie Smith wrote an entire essay collection in lockdown, and you can read it in July.

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Latest Irish literary phenom Naoise Dolan's <em>Exciting Times</em> is coming to TV.

Latest Irish literary phenom Naoise Dolan's Exciting Times is coming to TV.

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