Page 19 - Literature
Hunchprose: Hoskote's poems offer a bastion of truth in a post-truth world
In our post-truth world, where the difference between fact and fiction collapses too easily, poetry is the last residue of truth, capable of excavating histories or creating new ones.
JLF 2021: Virtual Jaipur Literature Fest's author book gets fatter
On from February 19 to 28, it is expected to bring the most talked about books, literary themes and authors of 2020 directly to audiences across the world in the comfort of their living rooms
Jaipur Literature Festival to be held virtually from February 19 to 28
The 14th edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) will be held virtually from February 19 to 28
Kapila Vatsyayana, grand matriarch of cultural research demanded excellence
Her towering presence and extenuating scholarship that will be difficult to match in times to come, writes Kishore Singh
What literature tells about people's struggle with faith during pandemic
Giovanni Boccaccio's "The Decameron" - sales of which have reportedly risen during the coronavirus - faith and religion are mocked and satirized
Indian-origin author Avni Doshi's Burnt Sugar in 2020 Booker Prize longlist
Avni Doshi's "Burnt Sugar" and two titles from Bloomsbury - "Apeirogon" by Colum McCann and "Such a Fun Age" - by Kiley Reid are among the 13 books in the 50,000 pounds Booker Prize 2020 longlist
Online storytelling that will have kids entertained and adults nostalgic
Complicated times can be helped by simple measures.
Root poetry
Mohanty's book brings us to darkness and end, but gently
Aide and abet
In epic literature, the chief aide is painted in many shades of grey too
An Indian non-profit is first TED Audacious Project to be chosen from Asia
The Project is an initiative that "shows what humanity can accomplish when bold ideas meet visionary, generous supporters"
Long-playing novelists
There has been only exception to this urge to write and write and write: J D Salinger. He wrote just one highly successful novel, The Catcher in the Rye
Cyclones from silence
Cyclones have been common in Dash's native Odisha and they frequent his book as well
The short and the long of it
How many stories should make up a collection?
Smart public-speaking programmes to bring out the orator in your child
Several such Indian and global programmes, aimed at school and college students, have actually helped them prepare for higher education and chart their career path
From the stomach of whales
'The way words are used is a running leitmotif in this collection', says the author
Things Fall Apart: Chinua Achebe & the 'colonisation' of African literature
Published 60 years ago this year by Heinemann in London, Things Fall Apart has sold more than 10m copies and been translated into more than 50 languages
The poetic voice of the Caribbean that demanded to be heard
Walcott's expansive universe revolved around a tiny sun, the island of St Lucia
