Much of Yuri Herrera’s work has focused on Mexican social realities. In “Season of the Swamp” he turns his attention to the uniquely American city that has been his home for 13 years.
Tag: Writing and Writers
Brontë Sisters Plaque at Westminster Abbey Typo Fixed
Punctuation delayed, but not denied: A memorial to Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë at Poets’ Corner in the celebrated London church finally gets its accent marks.
In the Footsteps of Dostoyevsky in Three German Spa Towns
The Russian novelist, a compulsive gambler, lost everything in the opulent spa and gambling towns of Baden-Baden, Bad Homburg and Wiesbaden. An admirer of his books follows his footsteps.
Pedro Almodóvar, Master of Mystifying Films, Wrote a Book He Can’t Classify
In “The Last Dream,” the Spanish director offers insights into his complicated relationship with creativity and mortality.
Nell McCafferty, Larger-Than-Life Irish Journalist, Dies at 80
Her pugnacious writing on women’s rights, gay rights and other issues helped turn her country into one of the most progressive in Europe.
War Fuels Poetry Boom in Ukraine
With verses that capture the raw emotions of the war and resonate deeply with the population, Ukrainian poets have emerged as some of the country’s most influential voices.
Writing Helped Her Realize She Was a Woman. It Also Made Her Famous.
Camila Sosa Villada, an Argentine transgender author, first inhabited a female voice in stories she wrote as a child. Now her novels are translated in more than 20 languages and being adapted for the screen.
The Buried Book That Helped Ukraine’s Literary Revival
To keep it from Russian forces, a writer hid his last manuscript under a cherry tree. Its rediscovery became part of a flowering of interest in Ukrainian literature.
From Exile in London, a Crime Novelist Works to Transform Russia
Boris Akunin, the creator of a hugely popular detective series, hopes that fomenting a vibrant Russian culture abroad might undermine President Vladimir V. Putin’s government at home.
Australian Author’s Novel-Turned-Film Goes Global
Lily Brett’s delight is bittersweet as “Too Many Men,” her story about traveling with her father, becomes a movie he did not live to see.