Literature

                   

Rajorshi Chakraborti's Derangements

jaiarjun.blogspot.com     16 hrs ago          

As a book reviewer, one of my favourite chance discoveries was Rajorshi Chakraborti’s debut novel Or the Day Seizes You (review here, author interview here). Its urgent, dreamlike narrative was among the most distinct by...                    

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Professor to discuss poet priest

deseretnews.com     16 hrs ago          

The road to hell and heaven was paved by Zarathushtra, an ancient Iranian priest who preached a novel theology: that people who choose to do right are rewarded in an afterlife, and people who choose to do wrong will be...                    

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Nigeria: Who Tours This Country Next?

allafrica.com     16 hrs ago          

Odoh Diego Okenyodo Since Helon Habila opened the floodgates for international attention on Nigerian fiction at the turn of the millennium by lifting the Caine Prize for African Writing, many more international awards have...                    

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HBO's 'True Blood' draws from vampire novels

courier-journal.com     22 hrs ago   13 related          

As fictional lovers go, bubbly blond Sookie Stackhouse and tall, pale Bill Compton are as massively mismatched as they come. After all, Sookie (Anna Paquin) is exuberantly human and Bill (Stephen Moyer) is, well, totally...                    

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Hollywood lightens up fall schedule

variety.com     23 hrs ago          

Front Page: '08 slate puts breaks on dramatic summer -- Majors and their specialty arms are working to shake up the September-December stretch, after the post-summer traumas of 2007. But the question is: After a bang-up...                    

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Jay Glatfelter: Ghostbusters 3... Really?

huffingtonpost.com     21 hrs ago          

A recent Variety report has been released stating that Columbia Pictures has hired "The Office" co-executive producers Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky to write a script for a new Ghostbusters movie. This latest news has...                    

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F. Scott Fitzgerald's Short Stories

suite101.com     19 hrs ago          

Novelist's Most Prolific Writing Was For Popular Magazines Known mainly for The Great Gatsby and other "jazz age" novels, author F. Scott Fitzgerald actually made his living writing short stories for popular magazines....                    

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SMALL PRESS SPOTLIGHT: ALEX LEMON

bookcriticscircle.blogspot.com     21 hrs ago          

Hallelujah Blackout, Milkweed Editions, 2008.Alex Lemon's first collection, Mosquito, was published by Tin House Books. He has received grants from National Endowment for the Arts and from the Minnesota Arts Board. He...                    

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Letter to the Editor

redorbit.com     15 hrs ago          

By Lindsey, Timothy J Comments on "Letter to the Editor" Mr. Hugh J. Totten, JD, argues convincingly that The Appraisal Journal should adopt the rigor of scientific journals and not follow the subjectivity of artistic...                    

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Using Manga Comics in Education

suite101.com     12 hrs ago          

Develop Reading Skills and Learning Through Japanese Comics By using manga - popular translated Japanese comicbooks - as a classroom resource or workshop topic, teachers can enthuse and involve pupils. Japanese comics -...                    

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