In Ma Jian's new novel, a family floats through a turbulent China

In Women Writing Violence, Shreerekha Subramanian provides an intense and close reading of a few literary texts which are indisputably feminist novels. In these she sets out to make a case for defining women and their experience of violence and loss ...

The books—The Heart of Need and Other Stories by Augusto Antonio A. Aguila; Discernments by Ralph Semino Galán; and Falling into the Manhole: A Memoir by John Jack G. Wigley—were launched recently by the (Poets & Playwrights, Essayists, ...

Yakub Memon, the convict in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case whose death sentence was confirmed by the Supreme Court, has been awarded a Master's degree in English literature by the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). Memon (pictured...

New York, meet your newest public libraries. Holding no more than about 20 books for old and young, the 10 new Little Free Libraries — miniature lending libraries where anyone can take or leave a book under the honor system — will pop up all ...

Of the great names in Indian English Literature in recent times, Nandini Sahu occupies a significant place. Her poetic firmament is illumined with her journey of her self, her love for nature and life. Hers is a strong poetic voice. In a candid ...

ISLAMABAD: The first-ever Islamabad Literature Festival will kick off at a local hotel today (Tuesday) with a number of literary celebrities participating to acknowledge the role of writers in the development of society. The two-day festival will be ...

After more than a year of preparation, the renowned London-based literary magazine Granta has finally launched in China. Unlike its English edition, with four regular issues each year, the Chinese edition will have two or three themed issues each ...

The School of Letters at Mahatma Gandhi University should have maintained the original vision of being a space for interdisciplinary research and learning, says U. R. Ananthamurthy, renowned author and former Vice-Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi ...

The trend of transgender-oriented literature by transgenders themselves is on the rise | N Vinoth kumar Gone are the days when transgenders were seen as aliens by a majority of common people. The transgender community is gradually marching forward ...