April 2016 – Encyclopedia of World Literature

American male writers

April 26, 2016January 26, 2019 LitmanLeave a Comment

AJacob AbbottM. H. AbramsAlexander AcimanLauren AckermanAndrew Adams (filmmaker)Hans Christian AdamsonJake AdelsteinStephen Adler (journalist)David AdlesonDale AhlquistMatthew AidE. E. AikenMerrill Kenneth AlbertPeter S. AlbinMike AlboJohn W. AldridgeJoseph H. AlexanderLarry Alexander (journalist)Alfred Allen (actor)Joe Allen (writer)Steve AllenMichael AlvearJoseph A. AmatoGary AmdahlMark AmesStephen AmidonDeepak AnanthapadmanabhaGeorge AnastasiaBarry Jean AnceletDave Anderson (sportswriter)Ray Anderson (entrepreneur)C. Dean AnderssonBrian AndreasT. Bill AndrewsSteve AndrioleJerry AndrusCharles […]

List of African writers by country

April 2, 2016January 26, 2019 LitmanLeave a Comment

Algeria[edit] See: List of Algerian writers Angola[edit] See: List of Angolan writers Benin[edit] See: List of Beninese writers Botswana[edit] {{#if: |{{{content}}}}}{{#ifeq: |yes |}} Galesiti Baruti, novelist and academic[1] Unity Dow (born 1959), judge, human rights activist and writer Bessie Head (1937–1986), novelist and short-story writer born in South AfricaTemplate:Listref Template:Listref Leetile Disang Raditladi (1910–1971), playwright and poetTemplate:Listref Barolong Seboni (born 1957), poet and academicTemplate:Listref […]

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The Troubled Task of Defining Southern Literature in 2021
In 2016, while touring in support of my debut novel, Only Love Can Break Your Heart, I appeared on a panel at the Mississippi Book Festival in Jackson. Despite (or perhaps because of) its troubled history, Mississippi is the Ground Zero of Southern literature, chiefly because of the towering omnipresence of Faulkner. But there’s also […]
Against the Myth of the Macho Craftsman
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Trio
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Why Should We Read Unfinished Novels?
Twice in the last three years I have taught an undergraduate course at Stanford called “Unfinished Novels.” The plan is simple: my students and I read a selection of pretty old novels that were left unfinished, either because the author died at some point during the composition process, or (in one case) because they lost […]

Month: April 2016

American male writers

List of African writers by country

“Insomnia”, TAHAR BEN JELLOUN.

Gonzalo Aurelio Esteva y Landero

James Joyce

10 modern Arab writers who are proving that Arabic still matters

The 10 Best Writers From Modern Turkey

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