Krishna Prasath

a wannabe writer

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

"At 87, I am solitary." In 2016, the late poet Donald Hall wrote about solitude and loneliness. https://t.co/dFPch5M6Kq

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

Could a robot replace a New Yorker writer? We fed The New Yorker’s archive to an artificial-intelligence writer, which predicts text based on preceding language. Then we asked it to write for us. https://t.co/PinbeIHkRO

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

“You must always respect the sea. It’s bigger than you. Do you hear me?” A short story by Anne Enright. https://t.co/6sSZ24lRs9

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

The thesis that viewing others as objects or animals enables our very worst conduct would seem to explain a great deal. Yet there’s reason to think that it’s almost the opposite of the truth. https://t.co/TTKj6A22b1

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

“In society nothing is permanent,” Yuval Noah Harari, the author of “Sapiens,” says. “There’s no essence, no essence to any nation.” In his worldview, many of our daily political struggles barely matter. https://t.co/VbkMMf7btS

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

On Edward Gorey’s birthday, revisit Joan Acocella on the halting feeling of opening a Gorey volume on a winter afternoon. https://t.co/ux9FfV38fd

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

How do we gain the courage to overcome grief and despair?
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[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

Platonic-erotic bonds of close friendship give the young Swiss photographer Senta Simond’s images their glow.
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[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

“In society nothing is permanent,” Yuval Noah Harari, the author of “Sapiens,” says. “There’s no essence, no essence to any nation.” In his worldview, many of our daily political struggles barely matter. https://t.co/Y929Dnhlex

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

How do we gain the courage to overcome grief and despair?
https://t.co/UL0bFjMwlu

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

It's been 200 days since India scrapped disputed Kashmir's autonomy and imposed a communications blackout.

But why is the region such a hot spot? #AJStartHere breaks it down 👇

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

In a previously unpublished essay, V. S. Naipaul reflects on the deaths of his father, his younger brother, and his cat—and on the various ways grief manifests. https://t.co/bTIXb1cCh8

[Angela Ackerman @AngelaAckerman]

Writing Horror Using All Five Senses https://t.co/YcKTi5QMA8 #writing #amwriting @LitReactor

[brit marling @britmarling]

2 days ago I woke up in the middle of the night and thought: I’m too scared to publish this. I then remembered #audrelorde ‘s “The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action” - it gave me courage. 🙏🏼 to the brilliant @craftingmystyle and @nytimes https://t.co/ZWVjz35S1V

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

The philosopher Martin Hägglund believes that atheism is a path to a more meaningful life, as well as political and economic transformation. https://t.co/oMu8fZo6dQ

[𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜 @posteritati]

⏰ Time Loops 🔁 #GroundhogDay

[Marriage Story @MarriageStory]

“Noah Baumbach peels back the truth of this marriage, layer by layer.” — @variety

[keerthik śaśidharan @KS1729]

One of recepients of the Padma Shri awards in 2020. A long overdue recognition.

[TRT World @trtworld]

Shouting matches, biased reporting and high-profile sackings. Here's why journalism is in trouble in India

[Lost In Film @LostInFilm]

10 great films set in the 2020s https://t.co/TfVEtcrUok