Literature

Poetry can be used to address and explore a range of pressing social issues, and racial prejudice and racial identity are among these topics which poets have written about powerfully, from a range of perspectives. Whether it’s African-American poets writing at the time of the Civil Rights movement in the US, or British Asian poets
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Maybe it has happened to you: a stranger catches your eye while you peruse the plant identification section of the library, or wander a mossy hillock speckled with Amanita bisporigera, or shuffle along in the funeral procession for your wealthy Aunt Tabitha. The look squeezes a secret place inside you, sets your heart racing—in fear
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The following is excerpted from Andrey Kurkov’s new novel Grey Bees, translated by Boris Dralyuk. Born near Leningrad in 1961, Andrey Kurkov was a journalist, prison warder, cameraman and screenplay-writer before he became well known as a novelist. He received “hundreds of rejections” and was a pioneer of self-publishing, selling more than75,000 copies of his
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TODAY: In 1913, 31-year-old writer Virginia Woolf delivers the manuscript of her first novel, The Voyage Out, to her publisher.    Sofi Oksanen recommends reading about the Soviet past to understand Ukraine’s present. | Lit Hub Ukraine What makes a great opening line? Allegra Hyde looks to Toni Morrison, Nell Zink, Jenny Zhang, and others
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CHARLES BUKOWSKI MEETS HENRY ROLLINS–AMAZON     A candid conversation with   acclaimed short-story writer   Adam Kluger Q: What creative endeavors have you been up to? Kluger: Just trying to keep my chin up. It’s been a challenging time for everybody. But the short stories and the artwork (Dreck)  come when they come and that’s
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Melissa A. Crane, DC, MS, HHP Announces the Release of The House: The Truth of Who You Are Lives Within You The best experiences we have in life have been created in our hearts, with the help of our imaginations…   Genre: Nonfiction, Self-Love, Self-Help, Empowerment, Spiritual, Reinventing Date Published: August 8, 2021 In a
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August 9, 2021, 3:10pm If you think the sweet release of death will deliver you from your obligation to start a podcast, think again. Jack Kerouac—who, if he were alive, would absolutely have gone on Joe Rogan by now—will soon return to us in podcast form. The author’s estate is partnering with writers and hosts
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