Warsick: Testimonial Plays Share Ukrainians’ Experience of War, by Oleksandra Wallo & Anna Halas Essay [email protected] Wed, 03/08/2023 - 14:54 Scene from Performance Survivor’s Syndrome, based on a work by Andriy Bondarenko, Harmyder Theater (Lutsk, Ukraine), directed by Ruslana Porytska (@ruslana.porytska), starring Vadym Khainskyi (@vadym_khainskyi) and Pavlo Porytskyi (@porytskyi) / Photo by Ihor Dynia Ukrainian drama has become an essential genre for registering the shock and pain experienced by millions of Ukrainians since February 2022 and offering the world an opportunity to understand, empathize, and help. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Ukrainian drama has become one of the first genres to register the shock and pain experienced by millions of Ukrainians and offer the world an opportunity to understand, empathize, and help. After the initial days of utter numbness, many Ukrainian playwrights forced themselves to return to writing—this time in the subgenre of testimonial drama, as witnesses to the brutality unleashed by Russia on its peaceful neighbor. Thanks to the American writer, translator, and theater scholar John Freedman and his colleagues, many of these plays were quickly translated into English and other world languages and performed as part of Worldwide Ukrainian Play Readings. This project initiated by Freedman gained such tremendous momentum that in the... Continue reading at 'World Literature Today'
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Warsick: Testimonial Plays Share Ukrainians’ Experience of War, by Oleksandra Wallo & Anna Halas Essay [email protected] Wed, 03/08/2023 - 14:54 Scene from Performance Survivor’s Syndrome, based on a work by Andriy Bondarenko, Harmyder... Continue reading at World Literature Today
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Thrill to the sight of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker raising a toast in honor of Sir Alec Guiness's birthday!Today in vaguely surreal photographs: Peter Mayhew, the 7'3" actor and mainstay of the traveling sci-fi/comic book convention circuit whose claim to fame is being the man inside the... Continue reading at Fast Company
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Almost eight decades after the end of World War II, that conflict continues to define political discourse throughout the Western world. Still, for American, British, French, and Canadian readers, the war overwhelmingly means the European theater, with the Asia-Pacific campaigns against Imperial... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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Initially writing stories and making television reports was secondary for the journalists as many focused on survivalRussia-Ukraine war: latest updatesWhen the war started journalists in Ukraine found themselves at the centre of the biggest story in the world. They became war correspondents... Continue reading at The Guardian
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The first PubTechConnect Breakfast Panel will bring together leaders and innovators in book marketing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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With a number of British publishing firms looking to expand their operations and sales in the Far East, four of varying sizes reveal the challenges and opportunities of working in China. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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In a Publishing Perspectives Talk at Frankfurt Book Fair, the chiefs of Gallimard Jeunesse, Bloomsbury Publishing, and the Quarto Group join Kalimat’s Bodour to discuss their translation-exchange partnerships. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Kalimat: ‘Proud of These... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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13 international book fair directors gathered in Mexico to discuss their progress and evolving viewpoints on the industry and its trade events. The post Sharing Experience, Expectations: Book Fair Directors Meet in Mexico appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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The Indies First movement garnered more than 1,000 authors working at bookstores across the US and in Canada for Small Business Saturday, including James Patterson and Garth Stein. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
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The Guardian was among many outlets to write about the huge Facebook vulnerability and attack reported yesterday, and people were understandably keen to share the story on the social network. However, many people found that they were unable to do. Large numbers of Facebook users who tried to... Continue reading at Betanews
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A new Chartbeat study found only one-third of publishers see clear evidence of a traffic increase from the fast-loading articles format. The post Google AMP beat Facebook Instant Articles, but publishers start to question AMP’s benefits appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
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Get out your crayons and mobile phones. The Toys 'R Us holiday catalog drops this week. At 96 pages, "The Great Big Toys 'R Us Book of Awesome" is its biggest issue ever and includes interactive elements for the first time."The Big Book, as we call it internally, is done every year, but this is... Continue reading at Advertising Age
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Even the most horrific photos are not able to prevent wars happening, they remain decoration for our conscienceThis week the Guardian published the kind of picture that deserves to change the world. The front page of Thursday's print edition was dominated by an epic scene of human suffering,... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Actor Ben Miles has been cast as Thomas Cromwell in the Royal Shakespeare Company's... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Anna Härmälä’s new graphic novel, 'Single Mothering,' offers an all too reliable, often hilarious account of the social and emotional challenges facing single mothers. An eight-page excerpt. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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As expected, this year’s Bologna Children’s Book Fair is itself touched by and reflective of the global political scene, particularly the wars in the Middle East and in Ukraine. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Disney just pulled a fast one. Star Wars movies and shows are typically announced years before being released, but the company just revealed a new TV program that premieres next month. Tales of the Empire is an animated show produced by Dave Filoni, the man who cut his teeth on cartoons like... Continue reading at Engadget
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James L. Swanson's bestselling book is the basis for Apple TV+'s "Manhunt," but the cast and creator also turned to historical documents from the real people depicted. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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