Editorial assistant Sara Wilson’s summer reading picks vary in content from knotty lovers’ quarrels to narratives gathered from the aftershock of warfare. She’s added some Neruda…
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The Bridge of BeyondSimone Schwarz-Bart, Barbara Bray, tr. New York Review Books Classics, 2013Born in 1938 on the southwest coast of France, Caribbean writer Simone Schwarz-Bart spent her childh…
New Windows into the Iranian American Experience: An Interview with Anita Amirrezvani & Persis Karim
May 15, 2013Left: Anita Amirrezvani Right: Persis KarimPerhaps best known to the American public for the memoir genre, Iranian American literature has expanded considerably since…
April 29, 2013Ben Myers and his newest book Lapse AmericanaApril means tax stresses and spring, whether for you spring involves heavy snowfall or seasonal allergies. But in the U.S. April is also national…
March 5, 2013Illustration by Jen RickardOn March 13 fiction star Amelia Gray will perform in Boston at the seven-year anniversary of the raucous phenomenon known as the Literary Death Match, a monthly competition…
February 12, 2013Photo Irina Patrascu/FlickrValentine’s Day looms. You have someone; you don’t have someone; you are caught between someones. Wherever you find yourself on the relationship spectrum, you’ll enjoy…
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