On <em>Expats</em> and the Literature of Hong Kong’s “Expat Bubble”

On Expats and the Literature of Hong Kong’s “Expat Bubble”

Aube Rey Lescure Considers What Depictions of Expat Culture in China Miss

By Aube Rey Lescure | April 3, 2024

Little Cash, Lots of Censorship: Bothayna Al-Essa on Opening a Bookstore in Kuwait

Little Cash, Lots of Censorship: Bothayna Al-Essa on Opening a Bookstore in Kuwait

“I wonder how much of a dreamer I was, and why—at the time—I didn’t see myself as a dreamer.”

By Bothayna Al-Essa | April 3, 2024

The Past is a Fairy Tale: On Remembering and Forgetting in Modern Ireland

The Past is a Fairy Tale: On Remembering and Forgetting in Modern Ireland

Clair Wills Considers the Making of Her Mother’s Family Fables

By Clair Wills | April 3, 2024

Susan Murphy Roshi on Earth as Koan

Susan Murphy Roshi on Earth as Koan

This Week from the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | April 3, 2024

Claire Jiménez has won the 2024 PEN/Faulkner Award for <em>What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez.</em>

Claire Jiménez has won the 2024 PEN/Faulkner Award for What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez.

By Literary Hub | April 2, 2024

Here are the winners of the 2024 Windham-Campbell Prizes.

Here are the winners of the 2024 Windham-Campbell Prizes.

By Drew Broussard | April 2, 2024

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Maryse Condé, international literary giant, has died at 90.

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The Language of American Jewishness: On Delmore Schwartz, Grace Paley, and the Duties of Freedom

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Why you should read some Samuel Delany today (and every day).

Why you should read some Samuel Delany today (and every day).

By Brittany Allen | April 1, 2024

Unions at Oxford University Press and Barnes & Noble are continuing to organize the book world.

Unions at Oxford University Press and Barnes & Noble are continuing to organize the book world.

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Take a peek at a new collection of rare Sylvia Plath ephemera.

Take a peek at a new collection of rare Sylvia Plath ephemera.

By Emily Temple | April 1, 2024

Nosh a novel at the pun-filled Edible Book Festival.

Nosh a novel at the pun-filled Edible Book Festival.

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Seizures, Strokes, and... Spurts of Creativity? On the Symptoms of a Brain Tumor

Seizures, Strokes, and... Spurts of Creativity? On the Symptoms of a Brain Tumor

Rod Nordland Considers the Enduring Mysteries of Cancer's Effects on the Human Body

By Rod Nordland | April 1, 2024

Ream Shukairy on Telling Muslim Stories in an Islamophobic World

Ream Shukairy on Telling Muslim Stories in an Islamophobic World

“May we speak up the veins in our necks bulge. May we walk confidently into rooms demanding to be heard.”

By Ream Shukairy | April 1, 2024

In Defense of Food Memory in Immigrant Fiction

In Defense of Food Memory in Immigrant Fiction

Jessica Yu on the Power of an Oft-Maligned Trope

By Jessica Zhan Mei Yu | April 1, 2024

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