On Not Knowing

On Not Knowingby Emily Ogden A beautifully written suite of personal essays on the value of not knowing Moments of clarity are rare and fleeting; how can we become comfortable outside of them, in the more general condition of uncertainty within which we make our lives? Written by critic Emily Ogden while her children were small, On Not Knowing forays into this rich, ambivalent space. Each of her sharply observed essays invites the reader to think with her about

and a bold proposal to revitalize Arab-Muslim culture via the surprisingly multicultural lifeways of the Ottoman Empire

You won’t ever look at your living room in the same way again

It’s vivid and startling

Stinging Fly

’ Helen Charman

Tillman writes for grown-ups

artist-consultant Louis has become obsessed with a secret project: a pill called Oval that rewires the user’s brain to increase generosity

where she served on the Culture Committee and the Equality Committee

Published 27/4/23

Louis believes he has found the solution to Berlin’s income gap

translated by Jordan Landsman

‘A brilliant and engrossing poetic meditation on the self that places its multitudes under a kaleidoscopic microscope