Rishabh Pachory 07 Feb, 2019 Lucknow, an increasingly progressive city will be host to a one of a kind LGBTQ literature fest on February 8 and 9. The event is the first of its kind in South Asia and it aims to celebrate literature from a host of queer authors and writers belonging to all …
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We know that children’s books educate, shape, socialize. And yes, according to a new study based on key words, they still assign antiquated roles and characteristics for boys and girls. Irene CaselliWORLDCRUNCH2019-02-04 MUNICH — Boys go out on adventures to far-away lands, they are brave and strong. Girls help out their mothers at home, are sweet …
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Meenakshi Shivram FEBRUARY 02, 2019 The translation has editorial lapses, but it’s the ticket to Punjai A classic question perennially asked of translations is: who is to judge the merit of a translated text? Should it be those who have read the original or those who do not have access to the original? Readers not …
As Philip Roth said, ‘Nothing lasts and yet nothing passes either, and nothing passes just because nothing lasts.’ Prasanta Chakravarty. The German poet, playwright and novelist Heinrich Von Kleist tells us of the marionette puppet theatre that the graceful and rhythmic dance movements of its mute figurines entirely depend on the centre of gravity in …
ANGIE HUNT-IOWA STATE – JANUARY 30TH, 2019 High school students need the tools to understand the political implications of reading classic literature like Shakespeare and Hemingway in school, a new study argues. “As a field, we need to think about how our disciplines are advancing certain stories, silencing certain stories, and socializing our students to think …
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Jan 27 2019 Ruby Macandrew The Wellington region is home to thousands of charities with volunteers putting in copious amounts of time and energy to ensure those most in need are taken care of. Stuff wanted to shine a light on those behind the scenes. In early 2017, a group of more than 100 volunteers, working under the umbrella …
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BY KOUROSH ZIABARI AND CARYL HART – JANUARY 27, 2019 In this edition of The Interview, Fair Observer talks to the award-winning children’s author, Caryl Hart . Writing for children is a delicate and sensitive job. Children’s authors should be able to strike a balance between their own past while keeping in touch with the realities of their young audiences …
On this day we celebrate the birthday of one of America’s most celebrated if also creepiest writers: Edgar Allan Poe. I lived in Baltimore, Maryland, during the years of my pediatrics and graduate school training. Whenever I went to the airport, I always made sure to pass the Westminster Hall and Burying Ground at the …
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BY CHRIS WOOD 18 JAN 2019 Gladys Yang studied at Oxford University, where she became the first person to graduate in Chinese Literature and also met her husband, before returning to China to teach and later translate some of the nation’s finest authors into English. “Scholar dies”, ran a headline in the South China Morning Post on November …
Author Philip Gabriel deserves more than being the unsung hero of the literary world S. INDRA SATHIABALAN /16 JAN 2019 FANS OF Nobel prize winners Haruki Murakami (Kafka on the Shore, Killing Commendatore) and Kenzaburo Oe (Somersault) are probably familiar with the name Philip Gabriel, as he is the man who translated the works of these Japanese authors into …
