-
‘Art of War’ and Amy Schumer’s Memoir Are Among Many Books Banned in US Prisons
NEW YORK — Tens of thousands of books are being banned or restricted by U.S. prisons, according to a new report from PEN America. The list includes titles ranging from self-help books to an Elmore Leonard novel. “The common concept underpinning the censorship we’re seeing is that certain ideas and information are a threat,” said…
-
Cauldron Collective gives Kansas City an anti-capitalist hangout with books and vegan food
A worker-owned, community-centered bookstore and plant-based cafe — manifested by Cauldron Collective and Turnsol Books — is expected to fully open soon in the Crossroads. “I’ve thought about the space in various ways for my whole life,” said Olive Cooke, self-proclaimed “cooking witch” and co-founder of the Cauldron Collective. “I believe in manifestation, like when…
-
Japanese Students Prefer Reading Novels on Physical Books; E-books Better for Reading Manga
The Yomiuri Shimbun The Yomiuri Shimbun 16:40 JST, October 28, 2023 Elementary, junior high and high school students who have used e-books tend to find novels, illustrated guides and dictionaries easier to read on physical books, according to a recent survey conducted by the School Library Association. A total of 10,812 students enrolled at 128 schools…
-
Where the Mistery Lurkes
This year marks exactly four centuries since the publication of William Shakespeare’s First Folio, the giant two-volume set of thirty-six plays that reframed his work in “overtly literary terms,” as Catherine Nicholson puts it in our Sixtieth Anniversary Issue. Nicholson’s writing about Renaissance literature—including in books on the formation of a vernacular tradition (Uncommon Tongues:…
-
Liz Nugent – “Dysfunctional characters in literature have always appealed to me”
ByArunima Mazumdar Oct 28, 2023 07:52 AM IST Share Via Copy Link The Irish novelist’s international best seller, Strange Sally Diamond, delves into the dark lives of siblings Sally and Peter, who grew in extreme confinement and abuse Writing about abuse is not easy. Tell us about how you detach from feeling the emotion while…
-
International Publishers begins its second century of printing ‘books to change the world’
Some of the participants at the International Publishers 100th Anniversary Symposium, from left: Dr. Denise Lynn, Dr. Melissa Ford, Dr. Gerald Horne, International Publishers Vice President Tony Pecinovsky, Dr. Dennis Laumann, and Dr. Elisabeth Armstrong. | Photo and graphic design: C.J. Atkins / People’s World NEW YORK—“Books! Books! Books!,” Dr. Gerald Horne thundered as he…
-
Kiley Reid’s Real World
In Kiley Reid’s novels, there are no real heroes or villains, just people navigating the considerable pitfalls of life and slipping up along the way. Bad judgment, yes. Bad people? That’s a little simplistic for Reid. “For the most part, I think people are trying,” Reid says via Zoom from Ann Arbor, Mich., where she’s…
-
Lit & Luz Is a Bilingual Celebration of Books
The annual Lit & Luz Festival returned to Chicago the week of October 13–21, celebrating 10 years of bilingual programming and cultural exchange between writers, artists, and musicians from the United States and Mexico. Thanks in part to the boom in Spanish-language and bilingual publishing and bookselling in the U.S., Lit & Luz has found…
-
Hunt on for book containing Wilkie Collins’s criticism of friend Dickens
Charles Dickens may be lauded by many as the greatest Victorian novelist, but one close friend did not demur from fierce criticism after the writer’s death. Wilkie Collins, the author of The Woman in White, collaborated on drama and fiction with Dickens and the two enjoyed a long, close friendship until Dickens’s death in 1870.…
-
This translators organization helps bring international books to Tucson and beyond
Words give us the power to create community, telling amazing stories for centuries to come — regardless of language. A national, now Tucson-based, organization has spent decades sharing the power of words and language through the translation of international literature. The American Literary Translators Association housed within the College of Humanities at the University of Arizona…
