A National Artist for Literature, Jose has lost the sound mind, the true heart, and even the intuition and control of a good author. He is already old — a nonagenarian author, akin to the well-regarded Milan Kundera. But unlike

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Organised by the Foundation of SAARC Writers and Literature and Sahitya Akademi, the South Asian Online Literary Conference will be held from October 6 to 9. Live on YouTube, the conference will see the participation of writers from across the

Review: 'World of Wonders' by Aimee Nezhukumatathil  Minneapolis Star Tribune

October has been a good month for Sarah Khan. Her essay “In the City of Saints” about Harar, Ethiopia was selected for The Best American Travel Writing 2021. She also received an honorable mention from the Society of American Travel Writers

When Abdulrazak Gurnah was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature on Oct. 7 — the first Black African writer since Nigerian Wole Soyinka won it in 1986 — you could almost hear the head-scratching, at least across America: Who was

I knew I wanted to be a writer since the third grade, ever since my teacher Mrs. Vallerugo secretly allowed me to borrow multiple books past the school's two-only lending policy. It's true what they say: to become a better

We are more than halfway into the spooky season, but in case you still haven’t been feeling the spooky energy, maybe you might want to try looking into some eerie Filipino stories to help you get into the Halloween mood.  Fill

WHILE browsing in one of my favorite bookstores in New York City—The Strand in Union Square—there was the quote from Roman statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero that was emblazoned on one wall—“A room without books is like a body without a

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