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A detail from the cover to Black Panther Vol 3 #1; art by Mark Texeira and Joe Quesada

Friday Lit Links: Week of February 16

February 16, 2018 |

A snowy hillside landscape with the city of PyongCheong at its base.

Travels in Literature

Destination: PyeongChang

February 14, 2018 |

A photo of Buchi Emecheta from the cover of The Slave Girl

Cultural Cross Sections

Searching for Menarche in Postcolonial Literature: Buchi Emecheta’s The Bride Price

February 12, 2018 |

A top down shot of a writing desk with a manual typewriter, some plants, a cup of coffee, and implements associated with printmaking.

Friday Lit Links: Week of February 9

February 09, 2018 |

A long shot of the Bates Room in the Boston Public Library

Cultural Cross Sections

The Last Free Space

February 05, 2018 |

Books crowd the entrance to a building in Italy

Friday Lit Links: Week of February 2

February 02, 2018 |

A photo of author Leila Slimani juxtaposed with the cover of the American edition of her book, The Perfect Nanny

On the Imperfections of the Perfect Nanny

January 31, 2018 |

Claribel Alegría

News and Events

In Remembrance: The Sword of Poetry (1924-2018)

January 26, 2018 |

Friday Lit Links: Week of January 26

January 26, 2018 |

The front of a book kiosk in Japan

Travels in Literature

Destination: Kyoto

January 24, 2018 |

The cover to Naomi Klein's No is Not Enough juxtaposed with a photo of the author

Naomi Klein’s Caretaking Manifesto

January 18, 2018 |

A photo of author Kiriti Sengupta juxtaposed with the cover to his book, Solitary Stillness

Poetic Transcendence: Exploring Kiriti Sengupta

January 17, 2018 |

Jenny Erpenbeck. Photo © Katharina Behling

News and Events

German Writer Jenny Erpenbeck to Headline Puterbaugh Festival at OU

January 09, 2018 |

The cover to Misuzu Kaneko's Are You an Echo with a photo of the author

Balancing Melancholy and Joy in the Work of Japanese Poet Misuzu Kaneko

January 10, 2018 |

Close up of a stained glass New Year's ball

A New Year’s Poem from Times Square

January 08, 2018 |

Returning the Gift Festival

Interviews with Six Native Women Writers, Part 3: Ruby Hansen Murray and Kimberly Blaeser

January 03, 2018 |

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