Smithsonian Magazine13h
Herman Melville’s Great American Novel, ‘Moby-Dick,’ Only Got Mixed Reviews When It First Hit Bookstores
The now-beloved book, which centers on a sailor seeking revenge against a sperm whale, was initially met with lukewarm sales, ...
The Harvard Crimson19h
The Spirit of the United States in Washington D.C.’s Art Scene
I get chills recalling the sheer power of art that I felt in this room at the National Portrait Gallery, as if the genius loci of Washington, D.C. was standing next to me like a ghost.
Norfolk Daily News23h
Two authors kick of college’s Plains Writer Series
Marcellus and Aliyah American Horse ... Marcellus is a professor of English at Wayne State. She earned her master of fine ...
Booker Prize-winner Samantha Harvey: ‘It can be hard to write from a white British perspective’
Before Tuesday night, the author Samantha Harvey had got used to thinking of herself as a bit of an underdog. “It’s not out ...
Publishers Weekly1d
A Book Demands That It Be Like a Beloved: PW Talks with Elina Harutyunyan
The literary agent with Armenia’s First Literary Agency describes the challenges facing the Armenian publishing industry and ...
The Stanford Daily2d
From the Community | Faculty, staff and undergrads: Why you must not ‘pitch in’ or ‘lend a hand’ in the event of a graduate worker strike
When graduate workers strike, they give leverage to other working groups aiming to negotiate better contracts with the University, write a group of graduate student alumni.
Princeton University2d
Africa World Initiative hosts Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah in conversation and in the classroom
Nobel laureate in literature Abdulrazak Gurnah captivated Princeton ... he was given abridged versions of British and ...