In 1856, British explorer Richard Burton described Somalia as a nation of poets. It may seem an unlikely moniker for a country that has since become defined by piracy, state collapse, and the many ...

Every culture wants a literature of its own, a canon of works that reflects something deep and unique about an imagined community larger than the individual. In the 18th century, writers like Joseph ...

Egyptian author Nawal El Saadawi says her novel "God Dies by the Nile" has even more relevance today than when it was first published in 1974. In the book, daughters and wives in a poor Nile village ...

I've mentioned several times, on this blog and my old one, how much I admire Ian McEwan. For my taste, his writing is some of the finest around, and I particularly love his meticulously crafted, ...

In their new book, "At Home in the World: Women Writers and Public Life, from Austen to the Present," Princeton professors Maria DiBattista and Deborah Nord re-evaluate the past two centuries of ...

Since the 16th century, the Spanish language has been interwoven into the fabric of American history, shaping its literary and cultural landscapes. Yet, much of this literary tradition remains ...

The Nobel laureate in literature makes the case that his songs are at least grounded in a literary tradition. Bob Dylan is not overly endowed with humility: “I was heading for the fantastic lights. No ...

The author of this story was a guest editor at GLLI during the Nepali Literature Month. GV: What is the prospect of Nepali literature (either written in English or translated into English) in the ...

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