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‘My legal work sows the seeds of my stories’: International Booker prize winner Banu Mushtaq

The author and activist, who was subject to a fatwa in 2000, has won the prestigious prize for translated fiction for her short stories about the lives of Muslim women. She and her translator Deepa Bhasthi explain how Heart Lamp’s themes ‘are universal’• ‘Radical translation’ of Heart Lamp by... Continue reading >>
[ Source: The Guardian | 2025-05-23 12:00:30 UTC ]

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7 queer African works of art: new directions in books, films and fashion

Seven queer African creative works you should know about, from short stories to music videos. Continue reading >>
[ Source: The Conversation | 2025-05-15 13:05:42 UTC ]

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Here are the guest editors (and covers) for the Best American Series 2025.

The Best American Series is a literary institution. But just in case you’re stumbling upon it for the first time: Each book in the annual series showcases of best short fiction and nonfiction in a given year, from short stories to essays, science and nature writing, to food writing. Each... Continue reading >>
[ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-05-14 13:00:31 UTC ]

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Karen E. Bender on Channeling Contemporary Anxieties Through Speculative Fiction

My last Lit Hub conversation with Karen E. Bender was in 2018, just before her collection The New Order was published. She mentioned that she read John Cheever’s short stories in graduate school: “Cheever’s sentences just made my brain light up. He packs more into a paragraph—about love,... Continue reading >>
[ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-05-13 08:58:28 UTC ]

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Clea Young: Allow Yourself Fallow Periods To Recharge

In this interview, author Clea Young discusses the difference in inspiration between a novel and short stories with her new collection, Welcome to the Neighbourhood. The post Clea Young: Allow Yourself Fallow Periods To Recharge appeared first on Writer's Digest. Continue reading >>
[ Source: Writer's Digest | 2025-05-07 12:00:00 UTC ]

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The Writer Who Understood Aloneness

Mavis Gallant’s short stories are about people, especially women, who prefer to live on the social margins. I cherish one of them most of all. Continue reading >>
[ Source: The Atlantic | 2025-05-03 13:00:00 UTC ]

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Science in America is Going Dark: On Zoë Schlanger’s The Light Eaters

One day, when I was a teen, I remember my parents bringing me a collection of Roald Dahl’s short stories for adults. I had been a fan of Dahl’s fiction as a child, particularly Matilda and James and the Giant Peach, so it must’ve seemed only natural. Dahl’s stories for children are impish and... Continue reading >>
[ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-04-25 13:26:23 UTC ]

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Overlooked No More: Ethel Lina White, Master of Suspense Who Inspired Hitchcock

A powerhouse of the genre, she published around 100 short stories and 17 novels, one of which was adapted into the acclaimed film “The Lady Vanishes.” Continue reading >>
[ Source: The New York Times | 2025-04-17 22:03:17 UTC ]

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Spring’s great reads have sprung! Here are April’s 10 best.

April’s 10 best books range from short stories set in LA to a climate-change novel to a reappraisal of the American Revolution and its effects on other countries. Continue reading >>
[ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2025-04-11 10:00:14 UTC ]

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A Collection of Short Stories Centered on Indigenous Life

This collection of short stories sees Indigenous people grieving, finding healing, and fighting for their communities. Continue reading >>
[ Source: Book Riot | 2025-04-02 13:00:00 UTC ]

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The Power of Absence: How Loss Can Help Fuel a Creative Life

When I was nine years old my mother temporarily moved from our home in Los Angeles to New York City for a job in private banking. The family lore is that I wrote her letters, including short stories about a family of hamsters. I don’t remember what I was feeling then or why I did […] Continue reading >>
[ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-03-25 08:58:26 UTC ]

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The Most Popular Publishing News of the Week

New Harper Lee short stories coming this fall, a day in the life of an audiobook narrator, the It Books of March, and more news. Continue reading >>
[ Source: Book Riot | 2025-03-09 15:00:00 UTC ]

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Unseen Harper Lee stories set in New York and Alabama to be published

Eight unpublished stories by the To Kill a Mockingbird author will be issued later this year as The Land of Sweet ForeverNever-before-seen short stories by Harper Lee will be published later this year, it has been announced.Eight short stories written before the author started the novel that... Continue reading >>
[ Source: The Guardian | 2025-03-04 16:09:02 UTC ]

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Harper Lee’s Early Short Stories to Be Published for the First Time

Before she published “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Lee had written short stories in which she explored some of its themes and characters. Continue reading >>
[ Source: The New York Times | 2025-03-04 14:43:04 UTC ]

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COEXISTENCE by Billy-Ray Belcourt

Fall in love with this collection of short stories centering Indigenous love and what it is to make a relationship. Continue reading >>
[ Source: Book Riot | 2025-02-28 13:00:00 UTC ]

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Here is the Longlist for the International Booker Prize 2025

The longlist for the International Booker Prize 2025 “celebrates the best works of long-form fiction or collections of short stories ... Continue reading >>
[ Source: Book Riot | 2025-02-25 18:01:05 UTC ]

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12 Poems and Short Stories by Black Writers to Read For Free Online

Every week, our weekly magazine The Commuter publishes a new work of flash fiction, poetry, and graphic narrative. For Black History Month, we’re looking to the archives for some of our favorite poetry and stories by Black writers, all available to read for free online. From Tara Campbell’s... Continue reading >>
[ Source: Electric Literature | 2025-02-21 12:05:00 UTC ]

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Geoff Nicholson obituary

Author whose work examined the links between emotions, behaviour and location, notably in his novel Bleeding LondonDuring 2014, hundreds of photographers, amateurs and professionals, Londoners and tourists, snapped images of 58,000 London streets. The vast project – inspired by the novel... Continue reading >>
[ Source: The Guardian | 2025-02-17 16:14:54 UTC ]

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Book Review: ‘The Uncollected Stories of Mavis Gallant’

Mavis Gallant wrote short stories full of brutal humor that examined the hell of other people. Continue reading >>
[ Source: The New York Times | 2025-01-18 10:00:14 UTC ]

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Forty years and counting, Lou Mathews knows a tale or two about 'Hollywoodski'

Lou Mathews, author of "L.A. Breakdown" and "Shaky Town," is back with "Hollywoodski," a novelized collection of short stories about a faded screenwriter. Continue reading >>
[ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2025-01-17 11:00:42 UTC ]

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