Ever since early Islam, Jews have been dubbed the people of the book. The title stuck in European lands too, a deferential nod to the role of the Hebrew Bible in the Western canon, the breadth of Je…
Elisabeth Gallas
July 3, 2019
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A centennial celebration of poet Nissim Ezekiel compiled by his daughter, poet Kavita Ezekiel Mendonca, Nissim Ezekiel, Poet and Father…
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I encountered Kristen Arnett’s work soon after the publication of her debut novel, Mostly Dead…
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As part of an annual collaboration sponsored by World Literature Today and the University of…
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after Mahler’s 5th Symphony, 2nd Movement – Stürmisch bewegt, mit größter VehemenzThe explosion had…
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Abdilatif Abdallah (b. 1946, Mombasa) is a major Swahili poet who was, until recently, largely unknown…
