What We Are Reading Today: ‘Literary Journeys’

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Updated 05 September 2024
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What We Are Reading Today: ‘Literary Journeys’

Edited by John McMurtrie

Extending to the ends of the earth and spanning from ancient Greece to today, “Literary Journeys” is an enthralling book that takes you on a voyage of discovery through some of the most important journeys in literature. In original essays, an international team of literary critics, scholars, and other writers explore exciting, dangerous, tragic, and uplifting journeys in more than 75 classic and popular works of fiction from around the world.


What We Are Reading Today: Across the Universe

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Updated 31 December 2025
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What We Are Reading Today: Across the Universe

  • “Across the Universe” interrogates all the ways words and the games we make using those words‚ Äî change our culture while bringing us into the worlds of those pushing for the crosswords much-needed evolution

Author: Natan Last

Natan Last’s “Across the Universe” explores the debates about the future of the crossword and investigates those who want the puzzle to transform into a tool of progressivism; ultimately, asking if the crossword can help us reshape the world.

“Across the Universe” interrogates all the ways words and the games we make using those words‚ Äî change our culture while bringing us into the worlds of those pushing for the crosswords much-needed evolution.