Letter to Salma, by Yousef Khanfar Literary Tributes [email protected] Wed, 08/09/2023 - 15:14 In the following tribute, Yousef Khanfar pens a letter to the eminent scholar Salma Khadra Jayyusi, laureate of the 2021 Palestine Prize for Literature, who passed away on April 20, 2023. Dear Salma, From a native son of Palestine to a native daughter of Palestine, I am writing to you this letter on May 15, 2023, on the seventy-fifth anniversary of Nakba Remembrance Day. I met you, many years ago, in a large bookstore in London. You were standing up, strong in silence, and you were holding up Dostoevsky on one side and leaning against a copy of the Arabian Nights. I gazed at you as a young man full of questions, and you extended your welcoming hands. We sat together at a nearby table to have tea. You allowed me to travel through your pages and listen to your vast voices. I galloped through your lines of poetry like a racing horse, with your pen traveling faster than my thoughts. Later on, I bought more and more of your books. I wanted to discover more of you, and in essence, I was discovering more of myself. You wrote with a simple pen but with towering courage. And when I look back at your journey, I came to the understanding that your life refuses summation. I wondered, with your rich body of work, when did you find the time to write? I saw you most happy at home within the cluster of your family. I saw you write in the morning.... Continue reading at 'World Literature Today'
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A little additional advice to self-published authors on maintaining successful relationships with indie booksellers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-08-19 12:00:51 UTC ]
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I own a 19-year-old copy of Vladimir Nabokov’s Invitation to a Beheading. I place its age from the barcode on its back, which states the name of the bookstore where I bought it: Borders.The one that used to sit on the ground floor of the World Trade Center, the one I’d been to multiple times […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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At a shop that at times functioned as a sanctuary after the Tree of Life shooting, the owner sees his job as “a moral obligation.” Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2019-08-18 09:00:09 UTC ]
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For a second year, the Hay Festival works with a Dallas bookstore to stage a smaller event parallel to the Hay's Mexico festival at Querétaro. The post Hay ‘Forum’ Dallas Programming Announced for September appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-08-14 05:50:28 UTC ]
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James Daunt fought Amazon and rescued the country’s biggest bookstore chain. Now comes Chapter 2. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2019-08-08 10:00:05 UTC ]
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Punny cozy mystery titles have always been among the most fun on bookstore and library shelves. Here are twelve new cozies with puns to make you laugh. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2019-08-07 10:38:11 UTC ]
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Enter to win a $100 gift card to spend at The Ripped Bodice, the only romance-exclusive bookstore in the United States! Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2019-08-01 10:31:56 UTC ]
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Before it was an agency, Imprint Projects was a bookstore founded by art curators and exhibition programmers Adam Katz, Dina Pugh and David Kramer. The chops they honed in those positions working across culture and retail formed the roots of what’s now a full-service creative shop that... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-08-01 02:15:00 UTC ]
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Tinged with love and sadness, Marjan Kamali’s new novel ‘The Stationery Shop’ is an ode to an Iran that no longer exists. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2019-07-28 22:04:19 UTC ]
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Tinged with love and sadness, Marjan Kamali’s new novel ‘The Stationery Shop’ is an ode to an Iran that no longer exists. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
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Tinged with love and sadness, Marjan Kamali’s new novel ‘The Stationery Shop’ is an ode to an Iran that no longer exists. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2019-07-28 22:04:19 UTC ]
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Critical Linking, a daily roundup of the most interesting bookish links from around the web is sponsored by Libro.FM. “Today, ... Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2019-07-26 10:30:14 UTC ]
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The New York Times books section today featured a lovely profile by J. D. Biersdorfer of Birchbark Books & Native Arts, the Minneapolis bookstore owned by National Book Award-winning writer Louise Erdrich which provides indigenous-language guides, literature and crafts, alongside the latest... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-07-25 17:50:55 UTC ]
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Critical Linking, a daily roundup of the most interesting bookish links from around the web is sponsored by Libro.FM. “Despite ... Continue reading at Book Riot
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The Ripped Bodice bookstore announced a new award: The Ripped Bodice Awards for Excellence in Romantic Fiction. Check out the panel of judges! Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2019-07-24 19:31:39 UTC ]
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Solid State Books is Washington, D.C.’s newest book store serving the H Street neighborhood. Co-owners Jake Cumsky-Whitlock and Scott Abel met while working in another D.C. bookstore back in 2004. In 2017, they teamed up to create Solid State Books with a commitment to dynamic programming and... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-07-19 08:45:53 UTC ]
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In this week’s episode of A Phone Call From Paul, Paul Holdengraber and John Waters discuss his new memoir, Mr. Know-It-All (or as he describes, a “self-help book for lunatics,” what he’s reading this summer, and his experience working for Mary Oliver at her bookstore in Provincetown. From the... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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Powell’s employees were among a group on Monday night that protested a reading at the bookstore by Blake Nelson, a Portland author whose recent work and public statements have drawn on extremist right-wing rhetoric. Nelson’s newest book, The Red Pill—published by Bombardier Books in... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-07-17 18:00:11 UTC ]
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The Tokyo-based bookstore chain is announcing a second venue in the United Arab Emirates, the Dubai store having opened in 2008. The post Japan’s Kinokuniya Announces 33rd Overseas Bookstore in Abu Dhabi appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-07-16 05:30:52 UTC ]
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Semicolon—a vibrant new bookstore, community space, and gallery for Chicago’s street art scene—opened its doors on Tuesday with a party and mural unveiling. The store is just one of a handful of woman-owned bookstores in Chicago and its only bookstore owned by a black woman. An author... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-07-12 15:33:15 UTC ]
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