Announcing Publication of the RESISTIR Latin America Online Poetry Anthology, by The Editors of WLT News and Events [email protected] Tue, 06/18/2024 - 14:20 On November 18, 2023, World Literature Today and Latin American Literature Today partnered with Rocío Durán-Barba and the “RESISTIR Groupe” of Latin American PEN Centers to host a historic bilingual online reading event that featured more than two dozen poets, all newly translated for a landmark gathering of urgent voices from Central and South America as well as the Caribbean. Now, RESISTIR / RESIST, a fully bilingual ebook based on that event—published by Allpamanda in cooperation with the Centros PEN de América Latina—is available on Rocío Durán-Barba’s website at this link. With “the light of poetry against the chaos of the world” as its motto, the book promises to inspire readers everywhere with “voices that rise up,” reflecting the history and spirit of Latin America. With a preface co-written by Arthur Dixon, managing editor of Latin American Literature Today, and Daniel Simon, editor in chief of World Literature Today, plus an introduction by Rocío Durán-Barba, the book includes poems by thirty writers: Leticia Martin (Argentina) Oscar Arze Quintanilla (Bolivia) Jahel Milka Loredo Ríos (Bolivia) Sonia Solarte Orejuela (Colombia) Lidia Corcione Crescini (Colombia) Cicerón Aguilar Acevedo (Chiapas) Manuel Bolom Pale (Chiapas) Jaime Hales (Chile) Juan Enrique... Continue reading at 'World Literature Today'
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The most unfree souls go west, and shout of freedom. Men are freest when they are unconscious of freedom. The shout is a rattling of chains, always was. — D. H. Lawrence, Studies in Classic American Literature ¤ I. THE ROAD BLINKS IN ahead of Eric Ashby. He’s nodding out, but he recognizes... Continue reading at Los Angeles Review of Books
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After years as an Amazon affiliate, the African American Literature Book Club, an online portal dedicated to black books, literacy and a wide variety of book-related services, is severing most of its commercial ties to the online retailer. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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All photos courtesy of Hannah Colen. Held in Washington D.C., the Second-Annual Asian American Literature Festival took place this year at multiple locations including the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian Freer|Sackler Galleries, and kicked off at Franklin Park down the street from the Eaton... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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The MIT Press will sponsor the American Literature and Culture program at the 2019 Oxford Literary Festival, marking the first time a university press sponsor has partnered with the festival in this way. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Retailer insists Authors Guild report that criticised the online giant for contributing to tumbling writers’ incomes used flawed figures, but Guild stands by findingsAmazon has called the conclusions of a recent report into US author earnings flawed, after the Authors Guild suggested that the... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Authors Guild survey finds writers’ incomes have fallen dramatically in five years – with literary novelists worst-hitA major survey of American authors has uncovered a crash in author earnings described as “a crisis of epic proportions” – particularly for full-time literary writers, who are “on... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Stan Lee's impact on popular culture spurred a billion dollar superhero industry, but the comic supremo's contribution to American literature during a period of intense social change was just as rich. Continue reading at Stuff
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A new study finds a 'dramatic' increase in swear words in American literature over the last 60 years. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
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