As part of the UCSC series “Dissent,” on 2/25/22 the novelist, activist, and scholar Meena KANDASAMY will speak about “Caste Fanaticism and Misogyny: The Hate Politics of Internet Hindutva.”
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In his new memoir 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows, the media artist Ai WeiWei documents the exile years shared with, and the enduring influence of his father, the poet AI QING.
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On behalf of women in Afghanistan, and despite their grim situation, Homeira QADERI rejects a defeatist stance.
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Fantasy writer and feminist, the “queen of Argentine sci-fi” Angélica GORODISCHER has moved on to a higher plane.
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On the longlist for the 2022 Dublin Literary Award, we note the names of IWP alums and colleagues KIM Soom, Meena KANDASAMY, Pilar QUINTANA and Russell VALENTINO.
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We are pleased to note that Sridala SWAMI’s new poetry collection, Run for the Shadows, appeared in late December 2021.
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Several IWP alumni appear on the just-out 2022 PEN America Literary Awards longlists, whether as translators—Jeremy TIANG, Piotr SOMMER—or as authors: Alejandra COSTAMAGNA, Najwan DARWISH, Mortada GZAR, LO Yi-Chin, Marie SILKEBERG.
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In Jeune Afrique, Umar TIMOL discusses biases inherent in recent literary prizes awarded to African writers.
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Among the twelve distinguished inaugural honorees of the International Writers programme, established in 2021 by the Royal Society of Literature to “recognise the contribution of writers across the globe to literature in English,” is Dubravka UGREŠIĆ.
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An enthusiastic review in NYTimes of In Case of Emergency, newly translated, by the Iranian novelist Mahsa MOHEBALI.
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