Literature News

As the semester wraps up, hell week may have some students a bit fed up with reading.

Of all the scrawled signatures, well-wishes and wisecracks in my senior high school yearbook, the one I treasure most was penned by my English teacher.

Inspired by her children to become an author, Noura Al No'man's goal to expand the science fiction genre in Arabic literature has seen her first novel Ajwan be one of five books to compete for the Best Young Adult Book Etisalat Award with plans to transform the story into a television series.

French authors routinely appear in the English-speaking world's lists of the best novels ever - Voltaire, Flaubert, and Proust... sometimes Dumas and Hugo too.

USA TODAY's Jocelyn McClurg scopes out the hottest books on sale each week. 1. Innocence by Dean Koontz What it's about: A young man, exiled from society because of his What it's about: A young man, exiled from society because of his looks, and a young woman who believes her father was murdered, form an unusual connection.

Year-end book lists can sometimes seem like a giant homework assignment you totally forgot about until the week before finals.

Adventures of the Untouchables is a gritty urban crime drama that interweaves action, interpersonal relationships, and the harsh realities of life on the streets.

Canadian short story master Alice Munro will be the toast of the book world Tuesday when her daughter Jenny receives the Nobel Prize in literature on her behalf in Stockholm.

Local writers will again have the opportunity to hone their skills with UNC Asheville's Great Smokies Writing Program workshops in poetry and prose beginning in February.

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Singer Zhan Xiaoli and her band often perform at Beijing's Penghao Theatre, which she says has a reputation as a place for people who love artistic and original works.

Touring Theatre to the East of England and beyond, Eastern Angles presents a curious 'extravaganza': The BrontA«s of Dunwich Heath 04 December 2013 - 11 January 2014 Eastern Angles proudly present their alternative festive extravaganza, The BrontA«s of Dunwich Heath .

Profiles in History run by Joe Maddalena is proud to announce The Property of a Distinguished American Private Collector Part lll.

Ann Tashi Slater writes about the late, great Cuban writer, poet, and lover of freedom, Reinaldo Arenas , and an interview she did with him thirty years ago.

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Stephanie Brody-Lederman, "The Family Meal" . Speak, memory, and watch as poets, writers and historians struggle to capture with some measure of accuracy that intangible, shape-shifting - and ever unknowable? - phenomenon called "the past."

The American Library Association and the Will and Ann Eisner Family Foundation opened applications today for the new Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grants for Libraries, which recognize libraries for their role in the growth of graphic literature.

More Dynamite is a collection of the poet Craig Raine's critical writings on literature and art from the past 20 or so years.

The immigrant experience has been documented in American literature since those first hardy souls landed at Plymouth, and as the immigrants keep coming, so too do their stories.

Terrys Fabrics has created an infographic called " Homes of Classic Literature ," which explores the architectural layouts of the houses in classic novels.