This excerpt was first published May 20, 2021. We’re-posting it to celebrate the release of the paperback version . Natasha Marin follows-up her acclaimed Black Imagination with a brilliant new collection of sharply-rendered, breathtaking reflections from more than two dozen Black voices. I used to watch Mom on TV, would pull the videos out of […]
They’ve announced the winner of this year’s Nordic Council Literature Prize, the leading Scandinavian literary prize, and it is the first three volumes of Solvej Balle’s septology — yes, another Nordic septology … — Om udregning af rumfang ; see also, for example, the Danish Arts Foundation information page for volume three. Balle’s According to […]
“The Cape” from The Islands by Dionne Irving, recommended by CJ Hauser Introduction by CJ Hauser I think I have been confused about the nature of limbo. I once thought of it as the place I would go, as a heathen. Which is not to say I’ve done an inadequate amount of lovely things or […]
College students study outside the Bancroft Library on the UC Berkeley campus. File photo: Kelly Sullivan Every fall, as hundreds of Berkeley High seniors rush to apply to college, one of the key steps is acquiring a letter of recommendation, or maybe two. Teachers almost always say yes, writing from 10 to 60 letters each […]
Clint Smith, award-winning author and staff writer for The Atlantic, will deliver the Center for Social Concerns’ 2022 Rev. Bernie Clark, C.S.C., Lecture at 5 p.m. Nov. 9 (Wednesday) in the Smith Ballroom at the Morris Inn on the University of Notre Dame campus. The event is free and open to the public. Smith is […]
Physician, biologist and author Siddhartha Mukherjee, New York City, October 2022. The Pulitzer-winning science author on combining the history of cell biology with personal stories, the influence of Salman Rushdie and why he likes to write in bed Siddhartha Mukherjee is the author of four science books, including The Emperor of All Maladies , which […]
Betties Boswell at Novel Blends for a book signing. BG Independent News Bettie Boswell grew up reading voraciously and making up stories as she sat in the back seat of her family’s car. For most of her adult life as a school music teacher and church music director, the long-time Bowling Green resident has continued […]
With AMC’s epic series The Walking Dead coming to its eleventh season finale this November, a lot of fans will be saying goodbye to characters and a universe we’ve known for almost 20 years. The news is bittersweet, as all good things must end, but the network isn’t dropping us cold-turkey. There are a number […]
Olga Kryazhich’s destroyed apartment. Photograph courtesy of Kryazhich. I was almost done with a draft of my novel when Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24. Amid the destruction and devastation that followed, continuing with my novel felt impossible; I turned toward journalism, which had always been a part-time job for me. For seven months, I […]
Jade Moon Le grew up in a traditional Chinese matriarchal family permeated by the Portuguese and British influence of Hong Kong and Macau. Her playmates spoke many languages, yet they learned to understand each other, initiating Le’s curiosity in studying languages and observing people. A devoted bookworm since childhood, Le currently lives in California. Find […]
