With a cover that resembles the box of a famous Cairo cupcake chain, Karoline Kamel offers a complex text that is nothing like the predictable simplicity of a cupcake. Kamel offers an intimate account which is not necessarily autobiographic but is certainly revealing of the big and small questions that Kamel shares with other …
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Jerry Pinto is the proverbial writer who needs no introduction. He has written books for adults and children, poetry, edited several anthologies of fiction and nonfiction, and translates into English from Marathi, Konkani, and Hindi. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2016 for his debut novel Em and the Big Hoom. The novel …
Ruth Ozeki is a novelist, director – and Zen Buddhist priest. Her books are beloved because they address issues of science and technology, religion, environmental politics, and popular culture using unique and hybrid storytelling styles. Her debut novel, My Year of the Flesh was published in 1998. Her third novel, A story for the times …
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Interviewed by The Cryptonomist Gracy Chen, director of Bitget, about the future of crypto and exchanges in 2023. Can you introduce yourself and your background? I was previously a presenter and producer on the technology and finance channel of Phoenix TV, one of Asia’s largest media conglomerates. It was also around this time that some …
Comment on this story Comment Laura Zigman once tried to write her family story as a memoir, but she didn’t think there was enough drama. “There’s only so much you can say about growing up in the shadows of your parents’ grief,” he tells me. New evidence differs. “Small world,” the deepest and most dramatic …
Local retired teacher Florence Gillan has been making up stories for as long as she can remember. “I first started writing when I was very young, I just loved to read,” she told the Democrat. “It was like an addiction, and then I started telling my little sister stories in bed at night, and then …
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Anne Rice’s Interview with a Vampire was a huge hit for AMC. The series, inspired by Rice’s novel of the same name, recently wrapped up its first season with the reveal of vampire Armando as the story prepares to jump to Europe in the already announced second season, meaning fans have plenty more to look …
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What a year 2022 was for writer Julia May Jonas. In February, Simon & Schuster published her widely acclaimed debut novel, Vladimir. Lincoln Center Theater LCT3 is now presenting the world premiere of her play Your own personal exegesislasts until December 31. Here he tells us about this new work, which our critic called “a …