Jorge Luis Borges

5 days ago | jessewalker.blogspot.com | Jesse Walker |Jorge Luis Borges

crossed swords online a few months earlier on the topic of his proposed "Academic Bill of Rights," and the campus Republican and libertarian clubs wanted us to argue about this in person. I said sure. Horowitz either didn't realize he was going to be debating someone (as opposed to giving a speech) or didn't realize he was going to be debating a libertarian (as opposed to a conventional liberal or leftist), and a few weeks before the event he called me to try to get me to pull out.

Jan 8, 2025 | publishersweekly.com | Jorge Luis Borges |Chuck Palahniuk |Claire Dederer |Karl Ove Knausgård

We’re attempting to unravel the tangled web of literary influence by talking with the great writers of today about the writers of yesterday who influenced them.

Nov 30, 2024 | fabula.org | Jorge Luis Borges

Trad. de l'espagnol (Argentine) par Silvia Baron Supervielle et Gersende Camenen. Introduction de Gersende Camenen, postface de Silvia Baron SupervielleTous les Textes retrouvés possèdent une étonnante beauté. Dès que je me suis penchée sur eux, j’ai ressenti une puissante intensité, les mots s’allongent, les phrases abordent le terrain des intrigues et des mystères, le monde de Borges est présent comme dans « Bulletin de toute une nuit » ou « La vaine dispute de Boedo et Florida ».

Oct 30, 2024 | nuevospapeles.com | Jorge Luis Borges

Escribí alguna vez que la democracia es un abuso de la estadística; yo he recordado muchas veces aquel dictamen de Carlyie, que la definió como el caos provisto de urnas electorales. El 30 de octubre de 1983, *la democracia argentina* me ha refutado espléndidamente. Espléndida y asombrosamente. Mi Utopía sigue siendo un país, o todo el planeta, sin Estado o con un mínimo de Estado, pero entiendo no sin tristeza que esa Utopía es prematura y que todavía nos faltan algunos siglos.

Oct 15, 2024 | fivebooks.com | Robert Byron |Jorge Luis Borges

Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo (1899 – 1986) was an Argentine short story writer. “I don’t think there will ever be a better writer on uncertainty and science than Borges.” Kate Marvel“He wrote about the world and from a global perspective at a time, pre-internet, when it was difficult to do.” Mohsin Hamid