Klagenfurt Update: Ernst Willner and More
In addition to Leif Randt’s Ernst Willner prize, the Festival of German-Language Literature has also announced its Ingeborg Bachmann, Kelag, 3sat, and for the first time ever, Audience Award for its submissions of new German literature. The Ingeborg Bachmann Prize, one of the most prestigious that the Festival awards, ...
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Catching the Prize in Klagenfurt: Leif Randt and the Ernst Willner
After a three day marathon of reading a seven-person panel of judges for the Festival of German-Language Literature announced Leif Randt as the winner of the Ernst Willner Prize for his novel Schimmernder Dunst uber CobyCounty (The Haze Over Coby County), translated by Stefan Tobler. The Festival, formerly known as the ...
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Asian Anthologies, Part III: Digital Geishas and Talking Frogs, The Best 21st Century Short Stories from Japan
Digital Geishas and Talking Frogs: The Best 21st Century Short Stories from Japan Edited by Helen Mitsios Foreword by Pico Iyer There are some pretty wild support groups out there. Acne support groups, jealousy support groups, lactose intolerance and tooth grinding. (And yes, these really do exist. I looked them up.) But ...
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Asian Anthologies, Part II: The Lotus Singers, Short Stories from Contemporary South Asia
The Lotus Eaters: Short Stories from Contemporary South Asia Edited by Trevor Carolan Foreword by Urvashi Butalia To escape from poverty a woman sells of her body in order to get by. You’ve heard this story before, haven’t you? Actually, you haven’t. Niaz Zaman of Bangladesh’s story “The Daily Woman” is part ...
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Asian Anthologies, Part I: Another Kind of Paradise, Short Stories from the New Asia-Pacific
Another Kind of Paradise: Short Stories from the New Asia-Pacific Edited by Trevor Carolan Foreword by Frank Stewart and Pat Matsueda (from Manoa: A Pacific Journal of International Writing ) It is generally agreed upon that, in general, short stories are…nice, like novels for those of us with short attention spans. They ...
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Outsell John Locke! Last Day for $4.99 eBooks!
Today is our last day to get our ebooks at $4.99! Don’t forget to buy your favorites before they go back to $9.99 (like Amazon…) and help us outsell John Locke. Check our our ebook best ...
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Resurrecting Adonis and Shaking Hands with the Swedes
To satisfy those fans of Arab literature, or those just getting turned on to the subject, Banipal is bringing out its newest issue, Banipal 41, available now. Founded in 1998 and published for the last thirteen years, Banipal is an independent Arab literature magazine distributing contemporary work from all parts of the ...
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