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literary notes: Prof Mujtaba Husain and his critical works
MUJTABA Husain was a prominent Indian humorist of Urdu. But his biographical details are often intermixed with ...
An outsider’s insider, ex-Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter knows how good he had it
Former Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter's memoir, 'When the Going Was Good,' chronicles the glamour, the power and the ...
Clark County poet laureate sees magic in her art form, Las Vegas
Aside from being Clark County’s current poet laureate, Ashley “Ms. AyeVee” Vargas has represented Las Vegas in the ...
Australia’s ‘wild reciters’ sought to change the world verse by verse. Who are today’s provocateurs?
In his latest book, Peter Kirkpatrick retrieves from Australian cultural history the compelling figure of the “ wild reciter ...
Tom Sexton, former state poet laureate, is remembered for his 'unbelievable' influence teaching Alaska writers
It's difficult to overstate the impact Tom Sexton had on generations of Alaska writers. As an English and creative writing professor at the University of Alaska Anchorage for nearly 25 years, Sexton ...
Jacobin on MSN10h
Pierre Naville Carved Out a Surrealist Path to Marxism
The unconventional artistic rebellion of surrealism may seem a long way removed from the sober, disciplined work of Marxist ...
A Hare, a Fox, an Owl, a Snail: Animal Memoirs Are Going Wild
Books about writers’ dogs and cats are a literary staple. Now there’s a booming subset of memoirs about writers’ ...
"Large Swathes of Tamil History Remain To Be Explored": A.R Venkatachalapathy
In an interview, historian and Sahitya Akademi winner A.R Venkatachalapathy talks about his award-winning work, his books and ...
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Bryan Washington on Writing Toward Optimism
And, as usual, music helped a good deal: while drafting, I was listening to a lot of TAMTAM, bjons, Lady Wray, and wave to ...