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  • Maria Popova: The Secret Behind 20 Years of Daily Writing

    The writer behind the legendary blog “The Marginalian” David Perell May 13, 2026 vMaria Popova is famous for her personal blog, The Marginalian, where she’s published more than six million words. All the nights I’ve spent reading her writing were like an entry point into intellectual curiosity. She’s introduced me to more writers and ideas than just…

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  • “Little Prince” Author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry on Losing a Friend

    BY MARIA POPOVA “Ponder for a long time whether you shall admit a given person to your friendship,” Seneca counseled in considering true and false friendship, “but when you have decided to admit him, welcome him with all your heart and soul.” To lose a friend who has earned such wholehearted admission into your soul is…

  • REPUTATIONS

    The Two Milan Kunderas Alena DvořákováSeptember 2023 There have for a while now been two Milan Kunderas, characters so different as to suggest Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. There is Kundera the good European, celebrated as an eminent writer, a defender of freedom of speech, a voice of remembering against the politics of forgetting, and…

  • “Mother” by Maxim Gorky is a novel that explores the transformation of a woman named Pelageya Nilovna Vlasova, known as Mother, from a passive and submissive individual to an active participant in the revolutionary movement in Russia.

    The story is set against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution of 1905. Mother initially supports her son Pavel’s involvement in revolutionary activities reluctantly but becomes more engaged as she witnesses the injustices faced by the working class. She evolves from a simple, obedient mother into a symbol of maternal strength and revolutionary spirit. The…

  • Chinua Achebe on How Storytelling Helps Us Survive History’s Rough Patches

    BY MARIA POPOVA “Those who tell you ‘Do not put too much politics in your art’ are not being honest,” beloved Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe (November 16, 1930–March 21, 2013) observed in his forgotten 1980 conversation with James Baldwin. “If you look very carefully you will see that they are the same people who are quite happy with the situation…

  • Graphic for Orinoco Tribune’s special interview with Palestinian activist and author Khaled Barakat, available on YouTube. (Photo: Orinoco Tribune) Special interview with Khaled Barakat: Gaza demands end of genocide, not ‘ceasefire’ By Saheli Chowdhury (Posted Nov 11, 2023) Originally published: Orinoco Tribune  on November 9, 2023 by Saheli Chowdhury (more by Orinoco Tribune)  |  Human Rights, Inequality, State Repression, WarGaza, Israel, Middle East, PalestineInterview,…

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