Toni Morrison, Nobel Laureate, Has Died at 88

Toni Morrison, giant of American literature and the first black woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, has passed away. Continue reading at 'Book Riot'

[ Book Riot | 2019-08-06 14:08:13 UTC ]

Other news stories related to: "Toni Morrison, Nobel Laureate, Has Died at 88"


Mario Vargas Llosa dies at 89: Nobel laureate from Peru was the last of 'El Boom' novelists

Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel literature laureate and a giant of Latin American letters for decades, has died, his son said Sunday. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2025-04-14 02:33:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this


Lit Hub Weekly: April 7 – 11, 2025

Viet Thanh Nguyen explains why most American literature is the literature of empire. | Lit Hub Criticism Eleanor Lanahan reflects on the literary legacy of The Great Gatsby, her grandfather’s timeless novel, as it turns 100. | Lit Hub Biography Sarah Viren and Vauhini Vara discuss voice, tech,... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2025-04-12 10:30:11 UTC ]
More news stories like this


Lit Hub Daily: April 11, 2025

Viet Thanh Nguyen explains why most American literature is the literature of empire. | Lit Hub Criticism Moeen Farrokhi on translating literature into Farsi and life into English. | Lit Hub On Translation How unraveling a short story into a novel gave Natalia Theodoridou “permission to indulge... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2025-04-11 10:30:18 UTC ]
More news stories like this


Viet Thanh Nguyen: Most American Literature is the Literature of Empire

One way to understand the dilemma of contemporary American literature in the age of Donald Trump is to see it as an imperial literature. The United States is a different kind of empire, exerting global hegemonic power through hundreds of military bases and a network of alliances, trade... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2025-04-11 08:59:55 UTC ]
More news stories like this


Black Literary Movements

Black American literature starts with anti-literacy laws, then goes on to produce some of the most influential writers in the English language. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2025-02-05 12:30:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this


Black Garnet Books in St. Paul Finds a Buyer

Minnesota's first Black woman–owned indie bookstore has changed hands five months after owner Dionne Sims announced that she intended to sell. The new owner—a self-described artist, academic, and an activist—will identify herself at an open house event at the store next week. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-14 05:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this


From Classroom to Conference: Insights from the American Literary Translators Association Meeting in Milwaukee, by Daria Shchukina

From Classroom to Conference: Insights from the American Literary Translators Association Meeting in Milwaukee, by Daria Shchukina From the Road [email protected] Wed, 11/13/2024 - 13:36 Photo by Daria ShchukinaUniversity of Oklahoma student Daria... Continue reading at World Literature Today

[ World Literature Today | 2024-11-13 19:36:48 UTC ]
More news stories like this


The creator of the popular Well-Read Black Girl book club on the books that saved her

Glory Edim's 'Gather Me' traces the dramatic arc of her life as well as her discovery of Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, Toni Morrison and other Black writers. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2024-10-21 17:03:20 UTC ]
More news stories like this


Who Decides What Asian American Literature Is?

In the 1990s, when I was a student at the newly formed Asian Pacific American Studies Department at NYU, the artist in residence at the time, David Henry Hwang, visited my class and spoke about Bruce Lee and the film The Joy Luck Club. He said something that I will never forget: “One... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2024-10-11 08:20:51 UTC ]
More news stories like this


Nonfiction Women Writers for DAYS!

Learn about the life of the first Black woman to be nominated to the Supreme Court, as well as hear from women around the globe in this week's nonfiction book talk. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2024-09-06 15:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this


Striding the Borderlands: Charles Ferdinand Ramuz’s Great Fear on the Mountain, by Alice-Catherine Carls

Striding the Borderlands: Charles Ferdinand Ramuz’s Great Fear on the Mountain, by Alice-Catherine Carls Book Reviews [email protected] Thu, 09/05/2024 - 14:03 Caroline Cingria, C. F. Ramuz, pastel (1903) / Images courtesy of Noël CordonierLumen... Continue reading at World Literature Today

[ World Literature Today | 2024-09-05 19:03:58 UTC ]
More news stories like this


19 New Books Coming in September

New novels by Sally Rooney and Richard Powers, a memoir by the first Black woman on the Supreme Court — and more. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2024-08-27 09:01:50 UTC ]
More news stories like this


“Examine Every Atom”: The Capacious Career of Poet, Editor, and Critic T. R. Hummer, by Chard deNiord

“Examine Every Atom”: The Capacious Career of Poet, Editor, and Critic T. R. Hummer, by Chard deNiord Interviews [email protected] Wed, 07/31/2024 - 08:31   Right photo by formulanone / FlickrT. R. Hummer, as he is known professionally but Terry to... Continue reading at World Literature Today

[ World Literature Today | 2024-07-31 13:31:02 UTC ]
More news stories like this


Launching Books into the World: A Conversation with Carolina Orloff, by Aitana Bellido

Launching Books into the World: A Conversation with Carolina Orloff, by Aitana Bellido Interviews [email protected] Mon, 07/01/2024 - 15:54 Carolina Orloff is a translator, author, and researcher of Latin American literature. In 2016, after... Continue reading at World Literature Today

[ World Literature Today | 2024-07-01 20:54:02 UTC ]
More news stories like this


In Search of the Rarest Book in American Literature: Edgar Allan Poe’s Tamerlane

My first personal encounter with the rarest book in American literature was memorable, even moving, for many reasons, but its physical appearance wasn’t one of them. If ever a book ought not to be judged by its cover, Edgar Allan Poe’s debut collection, Tamerlane and Other Poems, is that book.... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2024-06-25 08:56:56 UTC ]
More news stories like this


Announcing Publication of the RESISTIR Latin America Online Poetry Anthology, by The Editors of WLT

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... Continue reading at World Literature Today

[ World Literature Today | 2024-06-18 19:20:43 UTC ]
More news stories like this


Nobel Prize-Winning Author Alice Munro has Died at 92

She won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2013, with the Academy saying she could "accommodate the entire epic complexity of the novel in just a few short pages." Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2024-05-14 16:57:50 UTC ]
More news stories like this


Alice Munro, Short Story Master and Nobel Laureate, Dies at 92

Canadian author Alice Munro, a master of the short story and the winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize for Literature, died at her home in Port Hope, Ontario, on May 13. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this


Paperbacks and Hardcovers On Sale On Amazon for 50% Off

Emily Henry, Toni Morrison, J.R.R. Tolkien, Dr. Seuss and more books on sale for 50% off today! Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2024-05-10 18:01:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this


What Latin American Literature Can Teach the Current Leaders of Latin America

Daniel Noboa, the president of Ecuador, might have saved himself a lot of trouble, if he had only read more Latin American literature. Perhaps he would not have ordered the police to storm the Mexican embassy to arrest former Vice President Jorge Glas, who had been granted asylum there. That... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2024-05-06 08:58:43 UTC ]
More news stories like this