Vampires in the Victorian era stood as a symbol of their time. They represented the questions of a society faced with the tension between new scientific discoveries and the spiritualist movement – a ...
Even for readers who don’t typically gravitate toward fantasy, it’s impossible to ignore how massively popular the ...
Helen Macdonald’s 2014 memoir comes with a shelf full of awards, including the Samuel Johnson Prize for best British ...
A wander through a Hanoi bookstore leads to some discoveries about the Vietnamese literary scene, its evolution, and its unique connect with India ...
Sister of ‘Aavarana’ recalls the days spent hosting an extraordinary brother… In the preface to Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa’s ...
In her second novel, Patricia Lockwood wonders whether long COVID has replaced her old self with someone entirely different.
Nationally acclaimed poet Martín Espada will be at Worcester State University on Oct. 3 for a free poetry reading. Espada ...
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Kiran Desai’s book of life

Twenty years in the making, Desai’s bravura, Booker-shortlisted The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny is a love story, surrealist ...
“When you flip through our pages, we want you to feel seen, heard, and represented,” Claudio said. “We invite any Emerson ...
Nearly two decades after she became the toast of the literary world with ‘The Inheritance of Loss’, Kiran Desai has returned ...
Beyond things newly carried in, visitors can try their hand at old board games, or try to deduce and. re-construct now ...
The Poe Museum in Richmond beckons literature lovers and curious souls alike with its mysterious charm and literary treasures that would make even the most stoic visitor’s heart beat like a telltale ...