On Gender in Literature

"I don’t expect to like these women, or even to write like them, but it is important to me to know that they were there before me." Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]

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On Gender in Literature

"I don’t expect to like these women, or even to write like them, but it is important to me to know that they were there before me." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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World Literature Today Announces Finalists for 2024 Neustadt International Prize for Literature

World Literature Today Announces Finalists for 2024 Neustadt International Prize for Literature News and Events [email protected] Wed, 05/24/2023 - 13:17 Top row (left to right): Angie Cruz, Ananda Devi (credit: J.F. Paga (Grasset)), Jenny... Continue reading at World Literature Today

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Sheikh Zayed Award Names Longlists: Literature, Children’s Literature, Young Authors

The first three categories' longlists have been released in the 17th edition of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award, based in Abu Dhabi. The post Sheikh Zayed Award Names Longlists: Literature, Children’s Literature, Young Authors appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2022-11-10 20:55:04 UTC ]
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Awards: Sheikh Zayed Shortlists: Literature, Young Author, Children’s Literature

The nine shortlisted tiles in the Literature, Young Author, and Children’s Literature categories come from six Arab nations. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson More Category Shortlists Will Follow he Sheikh Zayed Book Award—organized and administered by the Abu Dhabi Arabic... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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World Literature Today Announces Finalists for 2022 Neustadt International Prize for Literature

News and Events Left column (top to bottom): Boris Boubacar Diop, Ludmilla Petrushevskaya; Middle left column: Michális Ganás, Cristina Rivera Garza, Jean-Pierre Balpe; Middle right column: Natalie Diaz, Naomi Shihab Nye, Micheline Aharonian... Continue reading at World Literature Today

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Sheikh Zayed Book Award Shortlists: Literature, Children’s Literature, and Young Author

The three shortlists announced today comprise nine titles selected from a total 39 longlisted works. Winners are to be named in May. The post Sheikh Zayed Book Award Shortlists: Literature, Children’s Literature, and Young Author appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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The Sheikh Zayed Book Award in Arabic Literature: The 2020 Literature Longlist

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Lucy Sante Discusses Her Memoir and Her Gender Transition

In her memoir “I Heard Her Call My Name,” the author reflects on her life and embarking on a gender transition in her late 60s. Continue reading at The New York Times

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Too Enjoyable to Be Literature

“I pulled the Fitzgerald off a shelf in the bookshop where I had a summer job. It was so delicious and joyful to read, I could canter through it with such bright and sudden pleasure, that it felt almost criminal.” Continue reading at The Paris Review

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Why Taylor Swift belongs on English literature degree courses

Miss Americana has been discussed in English literature classes for some years now – sometimes alongside Shakespeare. Continue reading at The Conversation

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Electric Literature’s Most Popular Articles of 2023

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Sakiru Adebayo on the Diasporization of African Literature

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China Literature Buys Tencent Animation and Comics

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-12-13 05:00:00 UTC ]
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José Donoso Saw the Future of Latin American Literature

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World Literature Today to Co-host Online “RESISTIR Latin America” Poetry Event and Call for Peace

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World Literature Today to Co-host Online “RESISTIR Latin America” Poetry Event

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Scholastic Book Fair Will Discontinue Separate Collection Of Race And Gender Books

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