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When a Writer Takes to the Stage
Writers who contemplate going onstage tend to fall into two camps: those who know better and those who should but don’t. Of the second…
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French-Algerian writer jailed over Morocco comments
An Algerian court has sentenced an 80-year-old writer to five years in prison after accusing him of undermining the country's territorial…
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Hollywood writers say AI is ripping off their work. They want studios to sue
When the Writers Guild of America approved a contract with major studios in 2023, ending a 148-day strike, the union became the first…
Culture
Poet and activist Nikki Giovanni, the 'Princess of Black Poetry,' dies at 81
Poet and civil rights activist Nikki Giovanni, a prominent figure during the Black Arts Movement in the 1960s and ‘70s who was dubbed “the…
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France alarmed by disappearance of writer in Algeria
France's Emmanuel Macron has joined calls for information about Franco-Algerian novelist Boualem Sansal, who has gone missing after he…
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Opinion: As AI is embraced, what happens to the artists whose work was stolen to build it?
Amid the hype surrounding Apple’s new deal with OpenAI, one issue has been largely papered over: The AI company’s foundational models are,…