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1+ week, 3+ day ago  (245+ words) The. Ink | Anand Giridharadas Why Toni Morrison stopped writing for readers and began writing for herself In the second installment of our conversation with "On Morrison" author Namwali Serpell, we trace Toni Morrison's evolution from uncertain fiction writer to fearless…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (302+ words) Brittle Paper Call for Submissions | Iska Press and Iskanchi Magazine Want Your Unruly African Writing Iska Press, the Utah-based independent publisher that describes itself as a home for "unruly African literature, is currently open for submissions on two fronts, and…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (91+ words) Page One, a reading from the Durango Public Library, 'How to Write an Autobiographical Novel' KSUT Public Radio Page One, a reading from the Durango Public Library, 'How to Write an Autobiographical Novel' This week's Page One reading is from…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (484+ words) Daily Pioneer Breaking the African stereotypes The launch and reading of The Alphabets of Africa by Abhay K was not merely a literary event at Oxford Book Store in Connaught place in Delhi " it was an act of re-seeing a…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (1411+ words) Over the years I've been asked when I plan to write a memoir. I've said never. It's my obsessive nature to move forward full speed without looking back. But as has been true of most important projects, this one picked…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (231+ words) From sad-fishing on Facebook to sensational Substack revelations " today's readers don't have to look far for confessional writing. Is this the end of autobiography? After giving myself a break from my memoir, it felt like I was falling behind, or…...

4+ week, 11+ hour ago  (657+ words) Exclusive: Author asked to remove reference to his "Jewish-Irishness" from book jacket of The Catcher in the Rye He was a reclusive author, who revealed little about himself or the inspiration for his 1951 masterpiece The Catcher in the Rye. Now…...