How Yaa Gyasi Found Religion (in Literature)

“There isn’t much literary fiction that deals with evangelicalism. ‘Go Tell It on the Mountain,’ by James Baldwin, was the first book I read that spoke to that part of my life and it moved me so deeply to see faith rendered on the page with such care and brilliance.” Continue reading at 'The New York Times'

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Bringing the World to Your Door: Spotlight on Arabic Literature and Culture

In this panel—scheduled for May 24, 1–2 p.m. ET; moderated by Ed Nawotka, PW’s bookselling and international editor; and presented by the Sheikh Zayed Book Award—Tahera Qutbuddin, a professor of Arabic literature at the University of Chicago; Michael Cooperson, an American author, translator,... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Get to know some of the most influential Asian American literature of all time, including Dictee. Continue reading at Book Riot

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What It Means to Anthologize the Literature of Abortion

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Singer Cindy Morgan turns to fiction for Tyndale; two sisters bring three-picture-book deal to WaterBrook Multnomah. and St. Martin’s takes a book on ‘toxic theology;’ and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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