-
Tech Guy Says Books Will Be Replaced by AI-Powered “Thunks”
Welcome to creative hell! Who Woulda Thunk Exit: books. Enter: thunks. Or so says Peter Wang, PyScript inventor and the cofounder and CEO of the open-source Python platform Anaconda. In a recent post to Twitter-formerly-X, Wang offered a bold vision — or maybe an incredibly bleak one, depending on your point of view — of humanity’s literary…
-
Creepy Creators: Derek Rook of Rough House Publishing
Editor’s note: during October, Worcester Magazine’s Last Call profiles Creepy Creators, makers of art in many media for Halloween and beyond. A comic book artist, illustrator, and publisher, Derek Rook treasures the spirit of indie art, including in graphic novels, literature, and more. With collaborator Steve Van Samson, who was recently profiled in Last Call, and fiercely individualistic…
-
A documentary highlighting Afro-Cuban literature will premiere in DeKalb
An award-winning filmmaker is bringing a movie that encompasses all her documentaries to DeKalb’s Egyptian Theatre next month. Juanamaria Cordones-Cook is the University of Missouri curators’ distinguished professor of Afro Latin American literature and culture. Cordones-Cook said the new documentary is a result of years of research about Afro-Cubans. “When I have just finished my…
-
Canada’s only Pride Library welcomes students for the first time since the pandemic
The main library at Western University isn’t known for its purple sofas and funky art work. But they’re there, at the back on the main floor, inside a unique library space that’s reopened after a four-year hiatus. The Pride Library, which houses thousands of books on queer literature, is Canada’s only library dedicated to queer theory and…
-
Stepanova wins Berman Literature Prize
The Russian author Maria Stepanova has won the Berman Literature Prize for In Memory of Memory (Fitzcarraldo Editions). Stepanova received the prize at a ceremony in Stockholm on Monday evening (23rd October). More than 300 invited guests attended, including Sweden’s minister for culture Parisa Liljestrand. The prize is SEK 750,000 (£55,400) and also includes a…
-
My Tips for Reading Russian Literature
The opinions expressed in this article are the writer’s own and do not reflect the views of Her Campus. This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at TCU chapter. Russian literature is my Roman Empire. I think about it at the very least once each day. The majority of this…
-
Ananda Devi Wins the 2024 Neustadt Prize
NORMAN, Okla., October 24, 2023 (Newswire.com) – World Literature Today, The University of Oklahoma’s award-winning magazine of international literature and culture, announced late Tuesday evening that Ananda Devi is the 28th laureate of the renowned Neustadt International Prize for Literature. Awarded in alternating years with the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature,…
-
Boston takes a stand against book bans by increasing access to challenged texts
Book bans have been rising rapidly across states, especially literature that includes race theory and LGBTQ+ topics. But in response to these challenges, some people are increasing efforts to ensure readers still have access to banned texts. The Boston Public Library has joined the Brooklyn Public Library’s Books Unbanned initiative, offering teenagers and young adults…
-
16 gifts any book lover will absolutely love
There’s no love quite like the love of literature, whether you’re addicted to celebrity memoirs or just can’t resist browsing a local bookstore on the weekend. Since bibliophiles, by nature, tend to be quite passionate about books, it can be especially hard to find the perfect holiday gift that meets their level of enthusiasm for…
-
Chicago’s Beloved Newberry Library Book Fair Faces Sudden Closure
Chicago’s annual Newberry Library Book Fair came to a close after almost four decades, leaving many in the city’s book community in shock and disappointment. The venerable event previously brought together thousands of literature lovers to peruse a substantial collection of donated books, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. Gail Kern Paster, the library’s interim president,…
