Essays by a writer of literary lives meditate on the obsessions and obstacles endemic to her trade.

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Four new movies debuted at the weekend box office, making their way into the Top 5, but none were able to displace last weekend's champion – A Minecraft Movie.

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Solvej Balle’s series about a woman trapped in time, On the Calculation of Volume, became a sensation in Denmark. Now they arrive in the UK ...