A journey down memory lane long before Calcutta became Kolkata

If nostalgia had a color it would probably be burnt ochre. Or a nuanced shade of sunset yellow, dipped in the dusty orange of ...
Mail & Guardian

Reading resistance: Books that archive courage, dissent and institutional memory

As corruption, arrogance and exclusion threaten hard-won freedoms, a new crop of books — on universities, satire, music — reminds us that democracy is not inherited but defended through memory and ...
The Anniston Star

Time and memory in near-future Britain

“What We Can Know’ is the new novel from Ian McEwan, author of “Atonement,” “Enduring Love, and “On Chesil Beach.” It is a remarkable work that effortlessly explores, across time and history, how much ...
Wall Street Journal

‘Once There Was a Town’ Review: From the Pages of Memory Books

As Ms. Ziegelman now relates in “Once There Was a Town: The Memory Books of a Lost Jewish World,” she would learn the answers to her questions after discovering the Luboml yizkor book among her ...
The Financial Times

Departure(s) — Julian Barnes’s ‘last book’ is a triumphant meditation on memory and endings

Departure(s) — Julian Barnes’s ‘last book’ is a triumphant meditation on memory and endings on facebook (opens in a new window) Departure(s) — Julian Barnes’s ‘last book’ is a triumphant meditation on ...
BBC

'I don't want my daughter to remember me as poorly'

A young mum diagnosed with life-limiting cancer says she hopes making a memory book for her daughter will help her to "remember all the fun stuff as well". Beth, from Tonbridge in Kent, was diagnosed ...
Science Friday

Memories Change. But Can We Change Them On Purpose?

Our memories make us who we are—just ask Barbra Streisand. But despite the lyrics in many popular songs, memories aren’t frozen in time. When we call them up, the details shift and change. And ...
The Harvard Crimson

Professor Steve Ramirez Talks Memory Manipulation, Loss, and Grief at Harvard Science Book Talk

Boston University professor and neuroscientist Steve Ramirez promoted his new book, which dives into his experiences with grief after the death of his research partner and explores the science of ...
Publishers Weekly

Once There Was a Town: The Memory Books of a Lost Jewish World

In this bittersweet account, culinary historian Ziegelman (A Square Meal) introduces readers to a remarkable but little-known artifact of the Jewish diaspora: yizkor books, or memory books. When the ...
CNET

Share Your Life Memories With AI? Here's How One App Guides You Through That

Autograph's AI-powered interviews turn your life stories into a living digital legacy you can refine over time. But you have to talk to Walter first. Carly Quellman, aka Carly Que, is a multimedia ...
WDIO

New SS Edmund Fitzgerald book published in the writer’s memory

McKenzie Lee Williams passed away on June 9th, 2024, in a motorcycle crash, leaving behind her unpublished manuscript. Her family carried on her legacy by illustrating and now publishing her ...