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Reading Lists
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Combining memoir, history, and political analysis, Nikolaos van Dam’s recommended books both bring to life the day-to-day struggles of a single family and provide broader insight into Syria today.... -
A supplement to the May 2012 issue of WLT. Berlin Cityscapes Berlin Tales Helen Constantine, ed., tr. Lyn Marven (Oxford University Press, 2009)....
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To accompany Roger Robinson's web exclusive piece "Marathons of Memory, Marathons of Life" and his essay "Filling the Unforgiveble Minute: The Literature of Running" in the print...
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The following post-independence books have served as important literary markers: Fiction, Poetry & DramaAgha Shahid Ali, The Veiled Suite: Collected Poems (Pe...
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The current issue of WLT features an interview with Danish writer Carsten Jensen, author of the maritime novel We, the Drowned. Here is a list of recommended maritime fiction by the...
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Through a variety of stories, voices, and genres, Ru Freeman's recommendations offer unique perspectives on Sri Lanka. By discussing cricket as a meditation on politics, postcolonialism at a dista...
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Kenzaburo Oe Oe received the 1994 Nobel Prize in Literature (see WLT, Winter 2002, 4–51). His most recent work in English is The Changeling (2010). Haruki Murakami After Oe, M...
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In celebration of the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature, WLT intern Kaitlin Hawkins asked some of the writers featured in the January 2012 issue about the chil...
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With apocalyptic topics ranging from dystopia to nuclear disaster, this reading list compiled by WLT intern Kaitlin Hawkins also conjures ideas of end-days in all forms from poetry to pro...
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In this new series, WLT asks distinguished authors to recommend books about specific subjects within their area of expertise. In this installment, we've asked Iraqi writer Weam Namou...
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Kenya is a country in transition. For decades, the country enjoyed a reputation as an oasis of peace in a troubled east African region. But behind this façade of peace, Kenya's full potential cont...
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David Barnes & Megan Fernandes, eds. Strangers in Paris: New Writing Inspired by the City of Light (Tightrope, 2011) Geoff Dyer Paris Trance (North Point Press, 2000) Co...
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Asked to recommend three titles that would provide greater insight into Zimbabwe today, Brian Chikwava turned to both fiction and nonfiction, listing a novel, a memoir, and a collection of stories...
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Discover new authors to read from Armenia to Uzbekistan in WLT's post-Soviet reading list. Links to read or purchase each book are provided. Armenia • Azerbaijan • Belarus • Estonia • Georgia...
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