The American writer was lauded “for her unmistakable poetic voice.”
Tag: Writing and Writers
Stephen F. Cohen, Influential Historian of Russia, Dies at 81
He chronicled Stalin’s tyrannies and the collapse of the Soviet Union, and he was an enthusiastic admirer of Mikhail Gorbachev.
The Nigerian-British Writer Putting Black Joy on Stage and Screen
“There’s so much more that comes with being Black apart from dealing with racism,” says Theresa Ikoko, a Londoner whose movie “Rocks” opened this week.
David Graeber, Caustic Critic of Inequality, Is Dead at 59
He wrote about crushing debt, pointless jobs and the negative effects of globalization. And he played a leading role in the Occupy Wall Street movement.
Reading Elena Ferrante in English? You’re Also Reading Ann Goldstein
The self-effacing translator worked with the “My Brilliant Friend” author again for her latest book, “The Lying Life of Adults.”
He Wants to Save the Present With the Indigenous Past
Bruce Pascoe’s book “Dark Emu” sparked a reconsideration of Australian history. Now he hopes to use his writing to revive Aboriginal community.
Christophe Girard, Former Deputy Mayor of Paris, Accused of Sexual Abuse
Allegations come atop a political downfall for Christophe Girard, who resigned after criticism of his ties to a pedophile writer.
Yu Lihua, 90, Dies; Writer Spoke to ‘Rootless’ Chinese Émigrés
In her fiction she depicted “the struggle of Chinese immigrants in American society” — not the “Oriental exoticism” preferred by many publishers in the ’60s.
An African Literary Festival for the Age of Coronavirus
Book events worldwide are on hold, but Afrolit Sans Frontieres uses social media to host frank discussions around writing, creativity, sex and violence.
Mieko Kawakami Cracks the Code of Being a Woman in Japan
Mieko Kawakami, whose novel “Breasts and Eggs” was just published in English, has become something of a feminist icon in her male-dominated country.