Tag: Confronts
In Brazil, a Best-Selling Novel Confronts the Brutal Afterlife of Slavery
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October 25, 2023
Crooked Plow made Itamar Vieira Junior an essential voice in Brazilian letters.
On May 13, 1888, Princess Isabel of Bragança, the heir presumptive to the Brazilian throne, signed a “Golden Law” that freed 700,000 people from slavery in Brazil. The country, which had declared independence from Portugal
After the Loss of a Son, a Football Coach Confronts a Terrible Truth
Michael Locksley was helping coach Alabama to a national championship in 2017 when his 25-year-old son, Meiko, was shot and killed.
Meiko was a standout high-school football player who bounced between college programs as his mind and life slipped into darkness in his early 20s.
His father is now the head coach at the University of Maryland. Michael Locksley has mourned Meiko’s loss, in part, by leading discussions about mental health and trying to destigmatize it among the young men
F1 LIVE: Toto Wolff confronts Christian Horner as Max Verstappen mocks Red Bull rivals | F1 | Sport
Lewis Hamilton, Toto Wolff and Mercedes were left frustrated at the Belgian Grand Prix as Max Verstappen scooped his eighth straight victory. The Silver Arrows had high hopes of getting on the podium but were forced to watch the post-race celebrations from afar, with Sergio Perez and Charles Leclerc coming home in second and third respectively.
Mercedes will be desperate to return to contention after the summer break, although the German team may be worried after Wolff branded their race
A Novel That Confronts Our True-Crime Obsession
Maybe it was only a matter of time before the novel took on the podcast. You can barely crack the Times without encountering a heady profile of some hot new podcaster; when critics consider how stories are told—or even just use that language, how stories are told—they are as likely to be discussing podcasts as books. These same critics may belabor themes (the fugitive nature of truth, the slipperiness of memory) popularized by shows such as “Serial,” the 2014
A Poet Confronts the Violent History of El Salvador
In the early morning darkness of May 24, 2022, hundreds of people were camped on a street bordering a prison in San Luis Mariona, El Salvador. The encampment had been there for days, its inhabitants hoping for information about loved ones they suspected the state was holding on the other side
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o Confronts the Problem of Sameness
A few years ago, heart surgery forced Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, the Kenyan writer and perennial Nobel shortlister, to give up driving. He misses it. He misses getting behind the wheel for a few hours with no end point in mind, randomly exploring the roads. “Like writing a story,” he said.
So when I offered to visit and take him for an afternoon drive, he accepted. For reasons unknown to me, my rental car was upgraded to a white Mustang,