Rino’s Poetry Brothel Escorts Literary Lovers Into Gold Rush-era “bordello”

Autumn may be the most atmospheric season, tantalizing the senses with soft sweaters and warm beverages and the crunch of colorful leaves underfoot. But, as we all suddenly remember once Sept. 30 gives way to Oct. 1, it isn’t all flannel-swaddled, pumpkin-spice ASMR. This is a time charged with the contradictions inherent in the end of the calendar—cozy and eerie, Thanksgiving and Halloween, harvest and decay.

Author Han Kang was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for her “intense poetic prose” on Oct. 10, per a press release by The Royal Swedish Academy. Kang’s work focuses on “historical traumas,” colonial violence, and the “fragility” of humanity, the academy continued. The South Korean author is known for works such as The Vegetarian—which won the International Booker prize in 2016—The White Book, Human Acts, and Greek Lessons.

The soccer world is mourning the loss of a super league player.  George Baldock, a British-born Panathinaikos defender, was found dead in a swimming pool at his Glyfada, southern Athens, Greece

Though Christmas is as big a night as any, there’s one dish that won’t appear on Stanley Tucci’s dinner table. While the timpano—a layered pasta dish often featuring vegetables, meat, cheese and

Selena Gomez let Taylor Swift in the buildingsort of. There were so many clues to put together during the Oct. 8 episode of Only Murders in the Building, but fans didn’t let a quick Taylor and

When Amir Mahdi Qurbani was younger, his mother would buy stories from him. She never paid much. As the only teacher of an informal school for five or six children in their home in Tehran, she didn’t have much. Qurbani’s favorite story followed the escapades of a space cowboy, who could fly anywhere in the universe and go on adventures in vast uncharted galaxies.