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Q&A | Spirit of place: Talking to Justin Fox about his literary journeys across SA
Justin Fox’s new book titled ‘Place: South African Literary Journeys’. Justin Fox is a travel writer of long standing (and long journeys) and a novelist. His new book brings those interests together: Place: South African Literary Journeys (Umuzi) is about journeys following the works of great South African writers – trips to and through Olive…
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Blue Cypress Books Presents A Book Signing with Teresa Tumminello Brader
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – Blue Cypress Books hosts a book signing with author Teresa Tumminello Brader on Saturday, Dec. 16, at 2 p.m. Ms. Brader will sign her book, “Letting in Air and Light.” This event is free and open to the public and will take place at the bookstore, located at 8123 Oak St. Copies…
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Blue Cypress Books Presents A Book Signing with Teresa Tumminello Brader
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – Blue Cypress Books hosts a book signing with author Teresa Tumminello Brader on Saturday, Dec. 16, at 2 p.m. Ms. Brader will sign her book, “Letting in Air and Light.” This event is free and open to the public and will take place at the bookstore, located at 8123 Oak St. Copies…
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literary notes: Literary magazines’ spring in autumn days
KARACHI is notorious for its lack of greenery and spring is barely noticeable in this concrete jungle. So is autumn! Unlike Islamabad, autumn is equally colourless in the city by the sea, not to mention Karachi’s stubbornly persistent civic issues. As if it was not enough, pollution in Karachi is trying its best to match…
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The Times view on the value of books: Literature and Liberty
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe said that books had helped her during her imprisonment in Iran Among the most poignant lines of English poetry is the admonition of the cavalier Richard Love-lace, while incarcerated in 1642, to his beloved Althea: “Stone walls do not a prison make, / Nor iron bars a cage…” No one knows who Althea…
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Two Faculty Members Conferred Tenure at November Board Meeting
President Michael S. Roth ‘ 78 and Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Nicole Stanton announce the promotions of two faculty members, effective July 1, 2024. In its most recent meeting, the Board of Trustees conferred tenure to Douglas Martin, associate professor of English, and Roman Utkin, associate professor of Russian, East European, and…
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To market English major, lean into love of books (opinion)
When I began college at a small liberal arts college, I chose to double-major: I studied biology because I liked it (and thought it would get me a job) and English because I loved it (and thought it wouldn’t). It turns out that I was wrong on both counts. I tried to lean into the…
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Winter Book Recommendations
As it gets colder and darker, it’s time to start stockpiling good reads for the long winter nights ahead. As is our tradition, we’ve asked Tufts faculty, staff, and students to offer their suggestions. As always, the choices are wide-ranging, with fiction including mysteries, a graphic novel, historical fiction, sci-fi, literary fiction, classic horror, and…
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Snowy Day at the NCCIL back for a second year in Abilene
The National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature is hosting the free event Dec. 2. A free book will be given to the first 150 children in attendance. ABILENE, Texas — Free holiday fun for the family is back in Abilene for the second year in a row. The National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature is…
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Paul Lynch wins Booker Prize with ‘Prophet Song,’ novel set in dystopian version of Ireland
LONDON (AP) — Irish writer Paul Lynch won the Booker Prize for fiction on Sunday with what judges called a “soul-shattering” novel about a woman’s struggle to protect her family as Ireland collapses into totalitarianism and war. “Prophet Song,” set in a dystopian fictional version of Dublin, was awarded the 50,000-pound ($63,000) literary prize at a ceremony…