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MacKenzie Scott Debuts Dystopian Dual-Presidency Tale on Substack
entertainment3 days ago

MacKenzie Scott Debuts Dystopian Dual-Presidency Tale on Substack

MacKenzie Scott, Jeff Bezos’ ex, is releasing her third novel as a Substack serialization called Last Days in Two Nations, a 320-page dystopian tale about a fascist United States ruled by two rival leaders—one a sex-obsessed president in the White House and the other a South Africa–raised surgeon—who navigate a divided nation; the work began Aug 8 with dense daily installments that subscribers can read for free, and early reception is mixed among critics while Scott’s philanthropic profile and Princeton-Toni Morrison connection are noted.

via New York Post|
#dystopian-fiction#entertainment#literature
Barack Obama launches six-episode Audible series on books that shaped his worldview
culture15 days ago

Barack Obama launches six-episode Audible series on books that shaped his worldview

Barack Obama will host a six-episode Audible podcast, A Great Book with Barack Obama, in which he discusses six books that profoundly shaped his worldview with guests to be announced; the selections include Song of Solomon, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Fire Next Time, All the Pretty Horses, Gilead, and All the King's Men, with the series launching September 24.

via The Guardian|
#audible#barack-obama#books
AI-written stories fool readers into thinking they're human
technology20 days ago

AI-written stories fool readers into thinking they're human

A Villanova University-led study (published via Cambridge University Press) compared three human-authored short stories with three AI-generated ones. In multiple experiments involving over 1,600 participants (plus groups of 424 and 481), readers often couldn’t reliably distinguish AI from human writing and frequently rated AI-generated stories highly when they were told they were human, revealing a bias that AI creativity is now harder to separate from human craft. Participants with higher AI literacy were better at spotting AI text, while general literary expertise didn’t help as much; AI prose tended to be clearer and more direct, whereas human writing remained subtler and more complex.

via BBC|
#artificial-intelligence#bias#literature
AI-crafted fiction beats human writing in reader ratings, study finds
technology21 days ago

AI-crafted fiction beats human writing in reader ratings, study finds

A study with 1,682 adults read six short stories (three AI-written, three human-written). On average, AI stories were rated more absorbing and of higher quality, though stories labeled as human tended to get higher marks. In follow-up tests, participants’ ability to distinguish AI from human writing hovered near chance (about 40–52% correct). Attitudes toward AI influenced ratings, and experts caution that AI is transforming writing, including potential AI/human co-authored novels.

via theguardian.com|
#ai#artificial-intelligence#literature
Dante's Inferno Reimagined as an Ancient Meteor Strike
history23 days ago

Dante's Inferno Reimagined as an Ancient Meteor Strike

A geologist and geomythologist argues that Dante's Inferno depicts the effects of a colossal meteorite impact, with Lucifer's fall creating crater-like rings and even suggesting a shift of landmasses—an intuition centuries before science. The theorist, Timothy Burberry of Marshall University, presented the idea at the European Geosciences Union meeting in Vienna, noting how Dante's imagery aligns with modern understandings of planetary collisions.

via Futura, le média qui explore le monde|
#dante#geology#geomythology
Bold, Diverse Lineup Emerges as Booker Prize 2026 Longlist Announced
books28 days ago

Bold, Diverse Lineup Emerges as Booker Prize 2026 Longlist Announced

The 2026 Booker Prize longlist features 13 novels from seven nationalities, including past winners Douglas Stuart and Marlon James and Elizabeth Strout, with ten first-time entrants such as Kenan Orhan, Rebecca Perry and Djamel White. Chaired by Mary Beard and joined by Jarvis Cocker, the panel emphasizes risk and originality, with titles like James’s The Disappearers and Stuart’s John of John highlighted. The shortlist is announced Sept. 22 and the winner on Nov. 9; 163 eligible books were submitted this year.

via The Guardian|
#booker-prize#books#debut-novels
Booker Prize longlist reveals 13 'dynamite' novels, with Strout and James
literature28 days ago

Booker Prize longlist reveals 13 'dynamite' novels, with Strout and James

The Booker Prize has unveiled its 2026 longlist—the 13-book “Booker Dozen” described as dynamite by chair Mary Beard. It includes Elizabeth Strout (The Things We Never Say), Douglas Stuart (John of John), Marlon James (The Disappearers) and other debut and returning writers, with stories spanning Massachusetts, a remote Scottish island, Jamaica, Mexico City and more. The longlist will narrow to a shortlist on Sept. 22, and the winner will be announced on Nov. 9. Shortlisted authors receive £2,500 and a specially bound edition; the winner earns £50,000.)

via BBC|
#booker-prize#douglas-stuart#elizabeth-strout
Whitehead Rewrites Genre, Finds Tender Truths
culture1 month ago

Whitehead Rewrites Genre, Finds Tender Truths

Vulture critic Niela Orr argues that Colson Whitehead keeps subverting expectations by retooling noir, horror, and adventure tropes to spotlight Black experiences, shifting from playful humor to sincere tenderness and using familiar forms to reveal emotional resonance—from The Intuitionist (1999) to his later work—showing there are no hard rules to storytelling, only fearless reinvention.

via Vulture|
#black-experience#book-review#colson-whitehead