Berfrois

Violence

‘The Other Place’ by Mary Gatskill

Short story:

‘The Other Place’ by Mary Gatskill

Bret Easton Ellis on Violence in Literature

Video:

Bret Easton Ellis on Violence in Literature

Slavoj Žižek: Violence Revisited

Podcast:

Slavoj Žižek: Violence Revisited

‘When Maoists put a grass mohican on the Churchill statue, British conservatism seemed to go mad for a few days’

‘When Maoists put a grass mohican on the Churchill statue, British conservatism seemed to go mad for a few days’

Book excerpt:

American Hardcore: A Tribal History

‘Although the duration of Colombia’s war defies explanation, one cynical factor cannot be ignored: until it hit the wealthy and the middle class, it didn’t matter’

Language as a Window into Human Nature
Video: Language as a Window into Human Nature
Tom Rachman reads from ‘The Imperfectionists’
Podcast: Tom Rachman reads from ‘The Imperfectionists’
The Bridge at Hoover Dam
Slideshow: The Bridge at Hoover Dam
The Great Gatsby for NES
Video game: The Great Gatsby for NES
‘Splitting Ice’ by Kay Ryan
Poem: ‘Splitting Ice’ by Kay Ryan
‘The Realisms of Berenice Abbott’ by Terri Weissman
Book excerpt: ‘The Realisms of Berenice Abbott’ by Terri Weissman