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What the US can learn from apartheid-era book bans in South Africa
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBooks are often targeted when they are sympathetic to the oppressed. Eskay Lim / EyeEm via Getty...
Salman Rushdie’s Legacy Resonates Now More Than Ever
The Oprah Magazine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn the opening paragraph of his memoir entitled Joseph Anton, Salman Rushdie writes about first receiving the call from a BBC reporter asking for a...
Geraldine Brooks, Saeed Jones win Anisfield-Wolf prize
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNovels by Geraldine Brooks and Lan Samantha Chang and poetry by Saeed Jones are among this year's winners of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, presented for literature “that confronts racism and ...
Tristram Powell, brilliant director who flourished in the golden age of BBC arts coverage – obituary
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 months agoTristram Powell, who has died aged 83, was a film, television and occasional stage director who...