Many of the book’s themes, including structural racism, inequalities and poverty are as topical now as 30 years ago. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Conversation | 2024-07-08 15:26:53 UTC ]
“Feeling afraid to obey the demands of your own heart? Is there anything more human?” Jennifer Finney Boylan considers Henry David Thoreau and the risks we take to live our full truth. | Lit Hub Memoir Who was Laurie Colwin, and what makes her (newly reissued) fiction so relevant today? | Lit... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-09-13 10:30:34 UTC ]
The Street is a groundbreaking work of American literature that is as relevant today as when it was published in 1946. When it won Ann Petry the Houghton Mifflin Prize for Debut Writers, the literary world was put on notice. Everyone agreed that the novel was brilliant, but, as is the case with... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-01-06 09:47:44 UTC ]