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Under the Israeli occupation of the '70s and '80s, writers in Gaza
had to go to considerable lengths to ever have a chance of seeing
their work in print. Manuscripts were written out longhand,
invariably under pseudonyms, and smuggled out of the Strip to
Jerusalem, Cairo or Beirut, where they then had to be typed up.
Consequently, fiction grew shorter, novels became novellas, and
short stories flourished as the city's form of choice. Indeed, to
Palestinians elsewhere, Gaza became known as 'the exporter of
oranges and short stories'. This anthology brings together some of
the pioneers of the Gazan short story from that era, as well as
younger exponents of the form, with ten stories that offer glimpses
of life in the Strip that go beyond the global media headlines;
stories of anxiety, oppression, and violence, but also of
resilience and hope, of what it means to be a Palestinian, and how
that identity is continually being reforged; stories of ordinary
characters struggling to live with dignity in what many have called
'the largest prison in the world'.
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Sarah Coolidge; Caio Fernando Abreu, Angelica Freitas, Carol Bensimon, Joao Gilberto Noll, …
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- An anthology at the intersection of writing & visual art
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Jess Chandler, Aimee Selby, Hana Noorali & Lynton Talbot; Foreword by Isabel Waidner; Contributions by Fatema Abdoolcarim, Victoria Adukwei Bulley, Bebe Ashley, Anna Barham, Paul Becker, Adam Christensen, Sophie Collins, CAConrad, Rory Cook, Jesse Darling, Anais Duplan, Inua Ellams, Olamiju Fajemisin, Caspar Heinemann, Johanna Hedva, Sophie Jung, Sharon Kivland, Tarek Lakhrissi, Ghislaine Leung, Quinn Latimer, Jordan Lord, Dasha Loyko, Charlotte Prodger, Laure Prouvost; Afterword by Vahni Capildeo; Designed by Traven T. Croves; Contributions by …
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"A fascinating, if disturbing, window onto the origins of racism."
-Publishers Weekly "The eighteenth-century essays published for the
first time in Who's Black and Why? contain a world of
ideas-theories, inventions, and fantasies-about what blackness is,
and what it means. To read them is to witness European
intellectuals, in the age of the Atlantic slave trade, struggling,
one after another, to justify atrocity." -Jill Lepore, author of
These Truths: A History of the United States The first translation
and publication of sixteen submissions to the notorious
eighteenth-century Bordeaux essay contest on the cause of black
skin-an indispensable chronicle of the rise of scientifically
based, anti-Black racism. In 1739 Bordeaux's Royal Academy of
Sciences announced a contest for the best essay on the sources of
"blackness." What is the physical cause of blackness and African
hair, and what is the cause of Black degeneration, the contest
announcement asked. Sixteen essays, written in French and Latin,
were ultimately dispatched from all over Europe. The authors ranged
from naturalists to physicians, theologians to amateur savants.
Documented on each page are European ideas about who is Black and
why. Looming behind these essays is the fact that some four million
Africans had been kidnapped and shipped across the Atlantic by the
time the contest was announced. The essays themselves represent a
broad range of opinions. Some affirm that Africans had fallen from
God's grace; others that blackness had resulted from a brutal
climate; still others emphasized the anatomical specificity of
Africans. All the submissions nonetheless circulate around a common
theme: the search for a scientific understanding of the new concept
of race. More important, they provide an indispensable record of
the Enlightenment-era thinking that normalized the sale and
enslavement of Black human beings. These never previously published
documents survived the centuries tucked away in Bordeaux's
municipal library. Translated into English and accompanied by a
detailed introduction and headnotes written by Henry Louis Gates,
Jr., and Andrew Curran, each essay included in this volume lays
bare the origins of anti-Black racism and colorism in the West.
John Van Buren's 'Travel journal for a trip to Europe, 1838-1839'
is a record of the a year he spent in England, Scotland, Ireland,
Belgium and Holland, primarily for his father, Martin Van Buren,
the 8th President of the United States. A fly-on-the-wall view of
the political and social situation in Europe was invaluable to the
President at a highly sensitive moment in Anglo-American relations,
and provides a rich and insightful view for historians of the
period. Published in its entirety for the first time, Van Buren's
objective and good-humoured observations present fresh insights
into complex and compelling personalities and relationships on both
sides of the Atlantic, providing an invaluable and highly readable
resource for scholars and students of the period, as well as for
the general reader.
The most celebrated science fiction short story editor of our time,
multi-award-winning editor and Locus Magazine critic Jonathan
Strahan presents the definitive collection of best short science
fiction of 2020. With short works from some of the most lauded
science fiction authors, as well as rising stars, this science
fiction collection displays the top talent and cutting-edge
cultural moments that affect our lives, dreams, and stories. These
brilliant authors examine the way we live now, our hopes, and
struggles, all through the lens of the future. An assemblage of
future classics, this star-studded anthology is a must-read for
anyone who enjoys the vast and exciting world of science fiction.
'Seeing Mad' is an illustrated volume of scholarly essays about the
popular and influential humor magazine Mad, with topics ranging
across its 65-year history - up to last summer's downsizing
announcement that Mad will publish less new material and will be
sold only in comic book shops. Mad magazine stands near the heart
of post-WWII American humor, but at the periphery in scholarly
recognition from American cultural historians, including humor
specialists. This book fills that gap, with perceptive, informed,
engaging, but also funny essays by a variety of scholars. The
chapters, written by experts on humor, comics, and popular culture,
cover the genesis of Mad; its editors and prominent contributors;
its regular features and departments and standout examples of their
contents; perspectives on its cultural and political significance;
and its enduring legacy in American culture.
'Earlier in my life and in my transition, Gender Euphoria would be
the book that I needed' Chelsea Manning 'Upends the baked-in
narrative about pain and unhappiness . . . This book'll inspire
you' Christine Burns MBE GENDER EUPHORIA: a powerful feeling of
happiness experienced as a result of moving away from one's
birth-assigned gender. So often the stories shared by trans people
about their transition centre on gender dysphoria: a feeling of
deep discomfort with their birth-assigned gender, and a powerful
catalyst for coming out or transitioning. But for many
non-cisgender people, it's gender euphoria which pushes forward
their transition: the joy the first time a parent calls them by
their new chosen name, the first time they have the confidence to
cut their hair short, the first time they truly embrace themself.
In this groundbreaking anthology, nineteen trans, non-binary,
agender, gender-fluid and intersex writers share their experiences
of gender euphoria: an agender dominatrix being called 'Daddy', an
Arab trans man getting his first tattoos, a trans woman embracing
her inner fighter. What they have in common are their feelings of
elation, pride, confidence, freedom and ecstasy as a direct result
of coming out as non-cisgender, and how coming to terms with their
gender has brought unimaginable joy into their lives.
First Published in 1971. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
A fire broke out in the coal seams of their town years ago, and the
flames are still smoldering underground. Margaret and Fritzi, the
two sisters who are the heroines of Invitation to the Bold of
Heart, the debut novel by Swiss writers Dorothee Elmiger, are the
last remaining youth of this vanishing town. Their inheritance is
nothing but an abandoned swathe of land ruled by devastation. But
the sisters won't accept this state of affairs--they set out on an
expedition, determined to piece together the fragments of their
family history. Only by learning their own story can they look to
the future with hope. When they rediscover a long-forgotten river,
Margaret and Fritzi can sense a new life ahead. Invitation to the
Bold of Heart is a startling dystopian tale of hope and exploration
and a testament to the timeless need of youth to rebel against
authority. Praise for the German Edition "The reader, too, gets to
be at the mercy of this text--I myself turned into an echo chamber
when I read it."-- Hildegard Elisabeth Keller, author of My Secret
Is Mine: Studies on Religion and Eros in the German Middle Ages
The Length of Days features a wild cast of characters-Lithuanian,
Russian, and Ukrainian-and cameo appearances by Rosa Luxemburg, Amy
Winehouse, and others. Embedded narratives attributed to one
character, an alcoholic chemist-turned-massage-therapist, broaden
the reader's view of the funny, ironic, or tragic lives of people
who remained in the ill-fated Donbas after Russia's initial
aggression in 2014. Unexpected allies emerge to try to stop the
war, as characters criticize Ukraine's government at the time, its
self-interest, and failures to support its citizens in the east.
With elements of magical realism, the work combines poetry and a
wicked sense of humor with depth of political analysis, philosophy,
and moral interrogation. Witty references to popular
culture-Ukrainian and European-underline the international and
transnational aspects of Ukrainian literature. The novel ends on a
hopeful note even though by then the main characters have already
died twice: they return with greater power each time. As the
author's last novel written originally in the Russian language, The
Length of Days is a deeply Ukrainian work, set mostly in the
composite Donbas city of Z-an uncanny foretelling of what this
letter has come to symbolize since February 24, 2022, when Russia
launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Ghosts and vampires, zombies and werewolves. A mirror with danger
at its heart. A child is delighted to discover she is a witch, and
a village disappears under a fairy curse. Then a selkie finds her
way back to the waves, before a blood moon rises, bringing its own
secrets ... Full of the spooky and the gothic, fairy tales and
poetry, this is a brilliant and intriguing collection where nothing
and no one is as they seem. Bringing together authors from across
the UK: featuring Penny Ayers, Michael Bartlett, Patrick Booth,
Amaris Chase, Holly Anne Crawford, Ivor Daniel, Amanda Jane Davies,
Daphne Denley, J. J. Drover, Harriet Hitchen, Rebecca McDowall,
Jane Phillips, Angela Reddaway, Joe Robson, Margaret Royall, with
illustrations by Lorna Gray
Now Read On brings together literatures in English from around the world, combining an excellent choice of texts with sound methodological guidance.It contains approximately eighty texts and extracts from countries andcontinents including: *Africa *Australia *Great Britain *India *Malaysia *New Zealand *Philippines *Singapore Designed as course for both native and non-native English-speakers in how to read literature, this anthology begins with shorter starter texts and questions, and develops in complexity as the reader progresses through the book. Now Read On provides the user with *hands-on experience of working with a plurality of texts from around the world *questions, exercises, pointers and commentary, accompanying all the passages of literature, and providing the student with the tools and confidence to critically evaluate any text *an understanding of the major genres - poetry, short stories, drama and novels.
Originally published in 1978, this study presents a detailed
analysis of the major literary movements in Austria and Germany
from the end of the nineteenth century to the collapse of the Third
Reich. It examines the plethora of literary genres which marked the
transition from the nineteenth to the twentieth century: the
short-lived Naturalist movement rapidly giving way to various forms
of symbolism and neo-romanticism. The situation in Vienna is
studied in detail; the concept of modernism vis-a-vis expressionism
with special regard to Rilke and Kafka. The literature of the
Weimar period is also analysed, with emphasis on the symphonic
novels of the time and the anti-illusionist devices of Brecht. It
also draws a comparison between the literary situation in Nazi
Germany and the literature of exile, and the positions of Thomas
and Heinrich Mann, Brecht and Gottfried Benn are examined.
An enthralling collection of new and classic tales of the fearsome
Djinn, from bestselling, award-winning and breakthrough
international writers. Imagine a world filled with fierce, fiery
beings, hiding in our shadows, in our dreams, under our skins.
Eavesdropping and exploring; tormenting us, saving our souls. They
are monsters, saviours, victims, childhood friends. And they are
everywhere. On street corners, behind the wheel of a taxi, in the
chorus, between the pages of books. Every language has a word for
them. Every culture knows their traditions. Every religion, every
history has them hiding in their dark places. There is no part of
the world that does not know them. They are the Djinn. With stories
from Neil Gaiman, Nnedi Okorafor, Amal El-Mohtar, Catherine Faris
King, Claire North, E.J. Swift, Hermes (trans. Robin Moger), Jamal
Mahjoub, James Smythe, J.Y. Yang, Kamila Shamsie, Kirsty Logan,
K.J. Parker, Kuzhali Manickavel, Maria Dahvana Headley, Monica
Byrne, Saad Hossain, Sami Shah, Sophia Al-Maria and Usman Malik.
The most trusted anthology for complete works and helpful editorial
apparatus. The Tenth Edition supports survey and period courses
with NEW complete major works, NEW contemporary writers, and
dynamic and easy-to-access digital resources. NEW video modules
help introduce students to literature in multiple exciting ways.
These innovations make the Norton Anthology an even better teaching
tool for instructors and, as ever, unmatched value for students.
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George R. R. Martin, Neil Gaiman, Gardner Dozois
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This thrilling collection of twenty-one all-original stories, by an
all-star list of contributors, will delight and astonish in equal
measure with their cunning twists and dazzling reversals. George R.
R. Martin himself offers a brand-new A Game of Thrones tale,
chronicling one of the biggest rogues in the entire history of Ice
and Fire. Also featuring stories from Gillian Flynn, Joe
Abercrombie, Neil Gaiman, Patrick Rothfuss, Scott Lynch and more!
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