Archive for October, 2011
• 1,October 27, 2011 •
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Posted in Interviews
Tags: Amitav Ghosh, Bengali Indian writer, Booker prize winner, books, British traders, China, fiction, Ibis trilogy, interviews, literature, novel, novelist, NPR, On Point, opium trade, River of smoke, Sea of Poppies, Tim ashbrook, watch & listen
• 1,October 26, 2011 •
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Posted in News
Tags: African literature, books, Chinua Achebe, fiction, Forbes magazine, literature, Man Booker International Prize, news, Nigerian author, novel, novelist, Things fall apart
• 1,October 26, 2011 •
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Tags: 19th century, books, Brazilian emperor, Brazilian rule, Charles IV, El imperio eres tú, fiction, Javier Moro Premio Planeta, literature, news, novel, novelist, Pedro I, Planeta Prize, Spain, Spanish literature, watch & listen
• 1,October 26, 2011 •
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Posted in At the Movies
Tags: Bella Swan, books, Edwar Cullen, entertainment, movies, Stephenie Meyer, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1, vampires, watch & listen, werewolves
• 1,October 26, 2011 •
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Tags: apocalypse, books, Canadian writer, fiction, interviews, literature, Margaret Atwood, novel, novelist, NPR, On Point, Oryx and Crake, science fiction, SciFi, The handmaid''s Tale, Tom Ashbrook, watch & listen
• 1,October 26, 2011 •
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Posted in New book
Tags: 1Q84, books, eoic masterpiece, fiction, Haruki Murakami, Japan, Japanese author, literature, novel, novelist, surreal romance, thriller, writing 2011
• 1,October 23, 2011 •
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Tags: Alydia Wever, Aruba, Caribbean, Cas di cultura, entertainment, events, Frida Kahlo, Mexican artist, Muhe Frida, multidisciplinary dance, watch & listen
• 1,October 22, 2011 •
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Posted in New book
Tags: books, Clark Accord, Dutch-Surinamese slavery period, Dutch-Surinamese writer, events, fiction, literature, novel, novelist, Plantation d'Amour, Posthumous book, Public Library Amsterdam, writing 2011
• 1,October 18, 2011 •
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Posted in Uncategorized
Tags: 18th Annual Caribbean American Heritage Awards, CARAH Awards, Caribbean, Caribbean Americans, events, fiction, immigration, literature, Maryse Condé, novelist, US
• 1,October 16, 2011 •
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Tags: album Di Fiesta, Aruba, Bendiciona, blessed, Christmas, culture, entertainment, Grupo di Betico, Hildward Croes, inspiration, Izaline Calister, jazz singer Curaçao, Juan Luis Guerra, Juan Luis Guerra y 4.40, music, Papiamento, watch & listen
• 1,October 15, 2011 •
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Tags: 2011 National Book Award, American authors, Andrew Krivak, books, Edith Pearlman Jesmy Ward, events, fiction, Julie Otsuka, literature, novel, novelist, Téa Obreht
• 1,October 14, 2011 •
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Tags: American University, Arabic literature, books, Cairo, Egypt, egyptian writer, fiction, literature, Naguib Mahfouz, Nobel Prize laureate, novelist, translation, Words Without Borders