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Friday essay: ‘red flags’ and ‘performative reading’ – what do our reading choices say about us?

What do our reading choices say about us? When teaching creative writing and literature classes, I always ask my students about their favourite genres and current reading in the first week. It is a good way to get a sense of their interests, gauge how they will respond to set…

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How to spend 72 hours in Santiago, Chile: What to eat, drink, see and where to stay

From boho-chic neighbourhoods to trendy rooftop bars, Radhika Aligh explores South America's buzzing capital city

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Farewell to Mario Vargas Llosa, the end of an era for Latin America’s literary luminaries

The death of Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa (Arequipa, 1936 - Lima, 2025) marks the end of a Golden Age of Latin American literature. Just as there will not be another generation in Spain like that of Cervantes, Lope de Vega, Calderón de la Barca, Tirso de Molina, Góngora and…

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Chile Court Orders Reinvestigation Into Pablo Neruda's Death

Chilean court reopens investigation into Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda's death amid poisoning suspicions, seeking justice for the revered poet.

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Death of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda should be reinvestigated, court rules

The death of Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda days after Chile's 1973 military coup should be reinvestigated, an appeals court has ruled, saying new steps could help clarify what killed the poet.

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Chilean Judiciary Reopens Investigation into Pablo Neruda's Death

His family believes he was poisoned during the military dictatorship led by Augusto Pinochet

Latin Times

Chile To Reopen Probe Into Mystery Death Of Poet Pablo Neruda

Chile will once again try to resolve the mystery of what really killed Nobel laureate poet Pablo Neruda, who many believe was poisoned by the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, a court said Tuesday.

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What is the poem in Happiness for Beginners and is the film based on a book?

Here's what you need to know about the romantic poem featured in Happiness for Beginners and the origins of this film's story

Woman & Home

Student writes Shakespeare essay via ChatGBT - but teacher cottons on quickly

A student who allegedly attempted to hand in a Shakespeare essay written by a ChatGBT was caught out by their unimpressed teacher, after one telling paragraph gave them away

Daily Mirror

Was the poet poisoned? Chile awaits new report on Neruda’s death

A third inquiry into the death of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda 50 years ago could shed new light on whether he was poisoned by political enemies, as alleged by some of his family.

Reuters

Famous poet Pablo Neruda was poisoned after a coup, according to a new report

His nephew says scientists found high levels of the bacterium that can cause botulism poisoning. He says it proves that his uncle was injected with the poison at a hospital immediately after the coup.

WEKU

Pablo Neruda's family says new analysis found he was poisoned

The cause of Neruda's death has been the subject of debate for decades.

Axios

Experts found Chilean poet Pablo Neruda was poisoned, his nephew says

Forensic experts plan to release a report Wednesday. The official position has been that Pablo Neruda died of prostate cancer, but his driver has said he was poisoned.

Chicago Sun-Times

Forensic study finds Chilean poet Pablo Neruda was poisoned

The toxin clostridium botulinum was in his body when he died in 1973, days after Chile’s military coup

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Experts determine Chilean poet Pablo Neruda was poisoned, nephew claims

A relative of the late Chilean poet Pablo Neruda says forensic experts have determined that the Nobel Prize winner died of poisoning nearly 50 years ago

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Experts found Chilean poet Neruda was poisoned, nephew says

A relative of the late Chilean poet Pablo Neruda says forensic experts have determined that the Nobel Prize winner died of poisoning nearly 50 years ago

WEKU

He's known as Chile's greatest poet, but feminists say Pablo Neruda is canceled

"He's been canceled," a Chilean activist says of 20th century poet and Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda. Five decades after his death, feminists are denouncing him as a male chauvinist and sexual predator.

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7 things to do in Santiago, Chile's largest city

Santiago, Chile's capital and largest city, is home to more than one-third of the country's population. The Mapocho River runs through Santiago, and the city's main attractions are along the river.

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The Independent UK

Letters sent to García Márquez to be shown in Mexico City

While reviewing the photo archives left by Nobel Prize-winning Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez, one of his granddaughters came across a mysterious plastic box with the word “grandchildren” written on its label

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Pablo Neruda's question poems, now translated and illustrated for children

Neruda's Book of Questions is well known in Latin American literature. A new bilingual, illustrated selection of his poems gives English-speaking children an opportunity to interrogate the world.

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Can we separate the art from the artist? Sexual abuse allegations against Nagarjun revive the old debate

In a November 2018 piece for New Statesman, writer Eleanor Margolis wondered whether she would read Roald Dahl’s fiction to her children. Dahl, considered one of the most influential children’s fiction writers of the 20th century, had made antisemitic remarks and was seen to have justified the Holocaust. Despite her…

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