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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
Eight unpublished stories by the To Kill a Mockingbird author will be issued later this year as The Land of Sweet ForeverNever-before-seen short stories by Harper Lee will be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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
Mexican Writer Guadalupe Nettel to Headline Puterbaugh Festival at OU, by the Editors of WLT News and Events [email protected] Mon, 01/13/2025 - 09:20 Author photo by Germán NájeraThe 2025 Puterbaugh Lit Fest will return to the University of... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2025-01-13 15:20:12 UTC ]
My first book had been something of an accident—two or three short stories that ran together unexpectedly, hit the 25,000-word mark, and found a publisher almost immediately. It happened so fast, I hadn’t really had time to think about what I was doing. Like a lot of indie presses in 2015, my... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-01-08 09:56:36 UTC ]
Here are five 2025 mystery releases to have on your radar, from middle grade dark academia to short stories with sleuthing Jesuit priests. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-12-09 13:30:00 UTC ]
Language of White Bones: The Secrets of Han Kang’s Poetic Prose, by Eun-Gwi Chung Essay [email protected] Thu, 12/05/2024 - 15:23 Photo of Han Kang by Paik Dahuim / Courtesy of Natur & KulturLike a clutch of words strewn over white... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2024-12-05 21:23:24 UTC ]
Late in 1933, Dylan Thomas started writing a new short story. “The theme of the story I dreamed in a nightmare,” he wrote to a friend. “If successful, if the words fit to the thoughts, it will be one of the most ghastly short stories ever written.” Thomas was possessed, in part, by rejection.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-10-31 08:56:14 UTC ]
Roger Allen: Translating Arabic and the Art of Translation, by Jonas Elbousty Interviews [email protected] Mon, 10/14/2024 - 14:56 Roger Allen was the first person to obtain a doctorate in modern Arabic literature at the University of Oxford. After... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2024-10-14 19:56:44 UTC ]
Han Kang’s poetry and short stories are just as innovative and important as her novels. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Conversation | 2024-10-10 17:11:35 UTC ]