John Ashbery’s death in September gave my world a lurch, as the 90-year-old eminent American experimentalist was my favorite living...
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We have all seen old age in action and often it is not a pretty sight. Chances are, it strikes...
Since 2008, the Almost Island Dialogues have offered a literary gathering that offers what expansive literary festivals cannot – intimacy...
In Lithub, S. Shankar, author of 'Ghost in the Tamarind' lists 11 representative books that "serve as an introduction to...
On Privacy, Profile Writing, and Avoiding the First Person Interview: Durga Chew-Bose ... In Sehgal’s “First Words” columns for the Times...
Veteran editor Suchart Sawasdsri made a name for himself as a literary talent spotter on whose desk the manuscripts of...
Leading authors pick international classics that should be on student’s bookshelves, but are often neglected by universities. The Wretched of...
Epic of Gilgamesh The Epic of Gilgamesh is the first significant text in world literature, and a perfect example of the power...
Smritichitre by Lakshmibai Tilak is the gold standard of autobiographical writing in India. You will notice I do not say that...
Translating a poem into another language—its content, its form, its tone, its nuance—is, as almost everyone who has done it...
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