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4 months ago
‘I’m going to write about all of it’: author Chris Kraus on success, drugs and I Love Dick ⊕⊕
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
A decade after her debut became a cult hit, the US author talks about the true crime that inspired her latest novel, #MeToo overreach and being married to an addict
Chris Kraus regards the late succes…
‘They didn’t even read the book’: Palestinian American children’s authors censored in US ⊕
Authors tell of book bans, cancellations and harassment – ‘they’re trying to disconnect us from our stories’
Jenan Matari had just begun promoting her debut children’s book this summer when the cancel…
6 months ago
‘A psychological umbilical cord’: Why fiction loves difficult mothers ○
As the film of Deborah Levy’s novel Hot Milk is released, author Abigail Bergstrom explores the literary fascination with inaccessible, emotionally distant maternal figures
‘My love for my mother is l…
7 months ago
Russia has also declared war on literature. Look at what’s happening and be warned | Anna Aslanyan ○
Books – on LGBTQ+ themes or Ukraine – are Moscow’s target this time. And there as elsewhere, self-censorship is amplifying oppressors’ work
Anna Aslanyan is a journalist and translator, and the author…
Israel strikes Gaza school as over 300 Palestinians killed in 48 hours ○
Books and clothes were scattered amongst the rubble after Israel’s deadly attack on a school sheltering Palestinian fami
8 months ago
‘We need to reclaim these words’: Inside England’s first romance-only bookshop catering to record levels of popularity ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Saucy Books in London has become the go-to destination for romance readers – but fans say misogyny is stopping the genre getting the recognition it deserves
Whether you want a brooding billionaire, a …
Richard Flanagan: ‘When I reread Evelyn Waugh’s Scoop it had corked badly’ ○
The Booker-winning author on taking inspiration from Kafka, and a youthful passion for Jackie Collins
My earliest reading memory
My mother reading Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows to me – and …
The Guardian view on the Women’s prize for nonfiction: shining a light where it’s badly needed | Editorial ○
Having a separate award was good for female novelists. Now a medical author is blazing a trail with a true story
Female nonfiction writers are paid less on average, receive fewer reviews and win fewer…
9 months ago
Willkommen, bienvenue! New festival celebrates translated fiction from Cameroon to Slovakia as sales boom ○
Co-organised by translator Polly Barton, Translated By, Bristol will feature conversations between writers and their translators, plus a ‘translation duel’
A new festival of translated literature is b…