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On this episode, Austin Waters, a friend of mine from high school, describes how he has had lots of experience with many different types of reading and writing. We discuss reading plays, how we read so many good books in high school, and how competition in reading can be detrimental. Books mentioned in this episode: What Betsy's reading: West With Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak Books Highlighted by Austin: Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie In Cold Blood by Truman Capote Assata: an Autobiography by Assata Shakur Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too by Jomny Sun There are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America by Alex Kotlowitz Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien Blue Highways: A Journey into America by William Least Heat-Moon Someone Like You by Roald Dahl My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist by Mark Leyner Never Home Alone: From Microbes to Millipedes, Camel Crickets, and Honeybees, the Natural History of Where We Live by Rob Dunn All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page. Other books mentioned in this episode: Educated by Tara Westover Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson & GB Trudeau A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole Redwall by Brian Jacques Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Animal Farm by George Orwell The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkein The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz Decoded by Jay-Z The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald The Banshees of Inisherin by Martin McDonagh Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri by Martin McDonagh On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders Yellowface by R.F. Kuang The Epic of Gilgamesh trans. Andrew George Nothing to Be Frightened Of by Julian Barnes The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes Jesus and John Wayne by Kristin Kobes Du Mez Let This Radicalize You by Kelly Hayes & Mariame Kaba Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver Hamlet by William Shakespeare The Tempest by William Shakespeare Macbeth by William Shakespeare The Odyssey by Homer No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon Manhood for Amateurs by Michael Chabon Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton On The Calculation of Volume Book I by Solvej Balle, trans. Barbara J. Haveland House of Fury by Evelio Rosero, trans. Victor Meadowcroft On The Clock by Claire Baglin, trans. Jordan Stump
La breve y maravillosa vida de Oscar Wao es un monumento literario a los perdedores, a los que no encajan ni aquí ni allá. Díaz convierte la tragedia dominicana en una epopeya nerd, donde el amor por lo marginal (cómics, fantasía) es un acto político. La novela grita que el colonialismo no terminó, solo mutó: en racismos internalizados, en familias rotas, en niños que prefieren Moria a Mango Street. Como dice Yunior: "El fukú no es una maldición, es la historia. Y la historia es una mierda que nunca se va."AVISO LEGAL: Los cuentos, poemas, fragmentos de novelas, ensayos y todo contenido literario que aparece en Crónicas Lunares di Sun podrían estar protegidos por derecho de autor (copyright). Si por alguna razón los propietarios no están conformes con el uso de ellos por favor escribirnos al correo electrónico cronicaslunares.sun@hotmail.com y nos encargaremos de borrarlo inmediatamente. Si te gusta lo que escuchas y deseas apoyarnos puedes dejar tu donación en PayPal, ahí nos encuentras como @IrvingSun https://paypal.me/IrvingSun?country.x=MX&locale.x=es_XC Síguenos en: Telegram: Crónicas Lunares di Sun Crónicas Lunares di Sun - YouTube https://t.me/joinchat/QFjDxu9fqR8uf3eR https://www.facebook.com/cronicalunar/?modal=admin_todo_tour Crónicas Lunares (@cronicaslunares.sun) • Fotos y videos de Instagram https://twitter.com/isun_g1 https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9lODVmOWY0L3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz https://open.spotify.com/show/4x2gFdKw3FeoaAORteQomp https://mx.ivoox.com/es/s_p2_759303_1.html https://tunein.com/user/gnivrinavi/favorites
This Day in Legal History: “Law Day” is BornOn this day in 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower issued a proclamation that did more than just slap a new label on the calendar—it attempted to reframe the ideological narrative of the Cold War itself. With Presidential Proclamation 3221, Eisenhower officially designated May 1 as Law Day, a symbolic counterweight to May Day, the international workers' holiday long associated with labor movements, socialist solidarity, and, in the American imagination, the creeping specter of communism.What better way to combat revolutionary fervor than with a celebration of legal order?Pushed by the American Bar Association, Law Day wasn't just a feel-good civics moment; it was a strategic act of Cold War messaging. While the Soviet bloc paraded tanks through Red Square, the U.S. would parade its Constitution and wax poetic about the rule of law. In short, May Day was about the workers; Law Day was about the lawyers—and the system they claimed safeguarded liberty.But this wasn't just symbolic posturing. In 1961, Congress gave Law Day teeth by writing it into the U.S. Code (36 U.S.C. § 113), mandating that May 1 be observed with educational programs, bar association events, and a national reaffirmation of the “ideal of equality and justice under law.”Cynics might call it Constitution cosplay. Advocates call it civic literacy.Either way, Law Day has endured. Each year, the President issues a formal proclamation with a new theme—ranging from the judiciary's independence to access to justice. The ABA leads events, schools hold mock trials, and the legal community gets a rare day in the spotlight.In the grand tradition of American holidays, Law Day may not come with a day off or department store sales. But it's a reminder that the U.S. doesn't just celebrate its laws when it's convenient—it does so deliberately, and sometimes, geopolitically.A federal judge ruled that Apple violated a 2021 injunction meant to promote competition in its App Store by improperly restricting developers' payment options. U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers found that Apple defied her prior order in an antitrust case brought by Epic Games, the maker of Fortnite. The judge referred Apple and its vice president of finance, Alex Roman, to federal prosecutors for a possible criminal contempt investigation, citing misleading testimony and willful noncompliance. She emphasized that Apple had treated the injunction as a negotiation rather than a binding mandate.Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney praised the ruling as a win for developers and said Fortnite could return to the App Store soon. Apple had previously removed Epic's account after it allowed users to bypass Apple's in-app payment system. Despite the ruling, Apple maintains it made extensive efforts to comply while protecting its business model and plans to appeal. Epic argued that Apple continued to stifle competition by imposing a new 27% fee on external purchases and deterring users through warning messages. The judge rejected Apple's request to delay enforcement of her ruling and barred the company from interfering with developers' ability to communicate with users or imposing the new fee.US judge rules Apple violated order to reform App Store | ReutersPalestinian student Mohsen Mahdawi, a Columbia University graduate student and longtime Vermont resident, was released from U.S. immigration custody after a judge ruled he could remain free while contesting his deportation. The case stems from the Trump administration's efforts to remove non-citizen students who have participated in pro-Palestinian protests, arguing such activism threatens U.S. foreign policy. Mahdawi, who was arrested during a citizenship interview, has not been charged with any crime. Judge Geoffrey Crawford found he posed no danger or flight risk and compared the political environment to McCarthy-era crackdowns on dissent.Crawford emphasized that Mahdawi's peaceful activism was protected by the First Amendment, even as a non-citizen. Mahdawi was greeted by supporters waving Palestinian flags as he denounced his detention and vowed not to be intimidated. The Department of Homeland Security criticized the decision, accusing Mahdawi of glorifying violence and supporting terrorism, although no evidence or charges of such conduct were presented in court.Members of Vermont's congressional delegation condemned the administration's actions as a violation of due process and free speech. Mahdawi's release was seen as a symbolic blow to broader efforts targeting pro-Palestinian foreign students, while others in similar situations remain jailed. Columbia University reaffirmed that legal protections apply to all residents, regardless of citizenship status.The relevant takeaway here revolves around the First Amendment rights of non-citizens – Judge Crawford's ruling affirmed that lawful non-citizens enjoy constitutional protections, including freedom of speech. This principle was central to Mahdawi's release, reinforcing the legal standard that political expression—even controversial or unpopular—is not grounds for detention or deportation.Palestinian student released on bail as he challenges deportation from US | ReutersA federal judge in San Francisco is set to consider a critical legal question in ongoing copyright disputes involving artificial intelligence: whether Meta Platforms made "fair use" of copyrighted books when training its Llama language model. The case, brought by authors including Junot Díaz and Sarah Silverman, accuses Meta of using pirated copies of their work without permission or payment. Meta argues that its use was transformative, enabling Llama to perform diverse tasks like tutoring, translation, coding, and creative writing—without replicating or replacing the original works.The outcome could significantly impact similar lawsuits filed against other AI developers like OpenAI and Anthropic, all hinging on how courts interpret fair use in the context of AI training. Meta contends that its LLM's use of copyrighted material is covered under fair use because it generates new and transformative outputs, rather than duplicating the authors' content. Plaintiffs argue that this type of use violates copyright protections by extracting and repurposing the expressive value of their works for commercial AI systems.Technology firms warn that requiring licenses for such training could impede AI innovation and economic growth. Authors and content creators, on the other hand, view the unlicensed use as a threat to their financial and creative interests.Judge in Meta case weighs key question for AI copyright lawsuits | ReutersThe U.S. Supreme Court appears sharply divided over whether states can prohibit religious charter schools from receiving public funding, in a case that could significantly alter the legal landscape for church-state separation in education. The case centers on Oklahoma's rejection of St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School's bid to become the first publicly funded religious charter school in the country. Conservative justices, including Brett Kavanaugh, expressed concerns that excluding religious schools constitutes unconstitutional discrimination, while liberal justices emphasized the importance of maintaining a secular public education system.Chief Justice John Roberts is seen as a crucial swing vote. He questioned both sides, at times referencing prior rulings favoring religious institutions, but also signaling discomfort with the broader implications of authorizing religious charter schools. Justice Sotomayor raised hypothetical concerns about curriculum control, such as schools refusing to teach evolution or U.S. history topics like slavery.The case could affect charter school laws in up to 46 states and has implications for federal charter school funding, which mandates nonsectarian instruction. Justice Amy Coney Barrett recused herself, increasing the possibility of a 4-4 split, which would leave Oklahoma's decision to block St. Isidore intact without setting a national precedent.This case hinges on the constitutional balance between prohibiting government endorsement of religion (Establishment Clause) and ensuring equal treatment of religious institutions (Free Exercise Clause). The justices' interpretations of these principles will guide whether public funds can support explicitly religious charter schools.Supreme Court Signals Divide on Religious Charter Schools - Bloomberg This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.minimumcomp.com/subscribe
Esta semana hablamos de las acusaciones a Junot Díaz, su eventual cancelación y su legado literario.
Hello, playwrights! Big news—our full-length episodes are making a comeback this summer! Until then, we're excited to bring you Thank You Five, a series of short, slice-of-life episodes. In our first segment, we're hanging outside the Old Globe Theatre for the Powers New Voices Festival 2025 to see the staged reading of Marco Antonio Rodriguez's adaptation of Junot Díaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. Plus, we dive into Sarah Greenman's phenomenal new book and, as always, send you off with a fresh writing prompt to spark your creativity. Stay tuned, and happy writing!
In this episode of the Project Narrative Podcast, Jim Phelan and Christopher González discuss Junot Díaz's 2024 flash fiction, “The Books of Losing You.” Christopher González is a graduate of The Ohio State University. He is Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Department of English at Southern Methodist University, and González has also… Continue reading Episode 35: Jim Phelan & Christopher González — Junot Díaz's “The Books of Losing You”
This week, to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month, hear from Marie Arana, the Literary Director of the Library of Congress. Joined by author Juan Martinez, Arana discusses the importance of preserving and uplifting Latino history and her new book LatinoLand: A Portrait of America's Largest and Least Understood Minority.This conversation originally took place May 19, 2024 and was recorded live at the American Writers Festival.AWM PODCAST NETWORK HOMEAbout LatinoLand:"A perfect representation of Latino diversity" (The Washington Post), LatinoLand draws from hundreds of interviews and prodigious research to give us both a vibrant portrait and the little-known history of our largest and fastest-growing minority, in "a work of prophecy, sympathy, and courage" (Junot Díaz, Pulitzer Prize-winning author).LatinoLand is an exceptional, all-encompassing overview of Hispanic America based on personal interviews, deep research, and Marie Arana's life experience as a Latina. At present, Latinos comprise twenty percent of the US population, a number that is growing. By 2050, census reports project that one in every three Americans will claim Latino heritage.But Latinos are not a monolith. They do not represent a single group. The largest groups are Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Salvadorans, and Cubans. Each has a different cultural and political background. Puerto Ricans, for example, are US citizens, whereas some Mexican Americans never immigrated because the US-Mexico border shifted after the US invasion of 1848, incorporating what is now the entire southwest of the United States. Cubans came in two great waves: those escaping communism in the early years of Castro, many of whom were professionals and wealthy, and those permitted to leave in the Mariel boat lift twenty years later, representing some of the poorest Cubans, including prisoners.As LatinoLand shows, Latinos were some of the earliest immigrants to what is now the US—some of them arriving in the 1500s. They are racially diverse—a random infusion of white, Black, indigenous, and Asian. Once overwhelmingly Catholic, they are becoming increasingly Protestant and Evangelical. They range from domestic workers and day laborers to successful artists, corporate CEOs, and US senators. Formerly solidly Democratic, they now vote Republican in growing numbers. They are as culturally varied as any immigrants from Europe or Asia.Marie Arana draws on her own experience as the daughter of an American mother and Peruvian father who came to the US at age nine, straddling two worlds, as many Latinos do. "Thorough, accessible, and necessary" (Ms. magazine), LatinoLand unabashedly celebrates Latino resilience and character and shows us why we must understand the fastest-growing minority in America.MARIE ARANA is a Peruvian-American author of nonfiction and fiction as well as the inaugural Literary Director of the Library of Congress. She is the recipient of a 2020 literary award from the American Academy of Arts & Letters. Among her recent positions are: Director of the National Book Festival, the John W. Kluge Center's Chair of the Cultures of the Countries of the South, and Writer at Large for the Washington Post. For many years, she was editor-in-chief of the Washington Post's book review section, Book World. Marie has also written for the New York Times, the National Geographic, Time Magazine, the International Herald Tribune, Spain's El País, Colombia's El Tiempo, and Peru's El Comercio, among many other publications. Her sweeping history of Latin America, Silver, Sword, and Stone, was named Best Nonfiction Book of 2019 by the American Library Association, and was shortlisted for the 2020 Andrew Carnegie Medal of Excellence. Her biography of Simón Bolívar won the 2014 Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Marie's memoir, American Chica, was a finalist for the 2001 National Book Award. She has also published two prizewinning novels, Cellophane and Lima Nights.JUAN MARTINEZ is the author of the novel Extended Stay (2023) and the story collection Best Worst American (2017). He lives near Chicago and is an associate professor at Northwestern University. His work has appeared in McSweeney's, The Chicago Quarterly Review, Huizache, Ecotone, NIGHTMARE, NPR's Selected Shorts, Mississippi Review and elsewhere, and is forthcoming in Ploughshares and The Sunday Morning Transport.
El pasado mes de julio, el diario estadounidense The New York Times publicó una lista de “Los 100 mejores libros del Siglo XXI” que no tardó en dar de qué hablar. En este episodio, entretenido y profundo como el resto, Dani y Carla se sumergen en los libros que ellas han leído de la polémica lista y los que creen son los grandes ausentes. Si son amantes de la lectura o están buscando qué leer no pueden dejar de escuchar este episodio. Además, las invitamos a participar en el club de lectura de nuestro Patreon en el que ya discutimos “Los días del abandono” de Elena Ferrante (puesto 92 en la lista) y en la que seguramente seguiremos leyendo esos títulos y otros de interés. Libros de la lista del New York Times (con su posición correspondiente) leídos por Dani y Carla: 92 “Los días del abandono”, Elena Ferrante. 91 “La mancha humana”, Philip Roth. 81 “Temporada de huracanes”, Fernanda Melchor. 80 “La niña perdida”, Elena Ferrante. Libro 4 de la serie de “Las dos amigas”. 79 “Manual para mujeres de la limpieza”, Lucía Berlín. 59 “Middlesex”, Jeffrey Eugenides. 38 “Detectives salvajes”, Roberto Bolaño. 27 “Americanah”, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. 13 “El año del pensamiento mágico”, Joan Didion. 11 “La maravillosa vida breve de Óscar Wao”, Junot Díaz. 9 “Nunca me abandones”, Kazuo Ishiguro. 1 “La amiga estupenda”, Elena Ferrante. Libro 1 de “Las dos amigas”. La lista completa la pueden conseguir en un post publicado el 15 de julio en el Instagram de @nytbooks. Otros libros mencionados en el episodio: “Los años”, Annie Ernaux. “Fármaco”, Almudena Sánchez. “Me llamo Lucy Barton”, Elizabeth Strout. “Las Malas”, Camila Sosa Villada. “Pura pasión”, Annie Ernaux. “El acontecimiento”, Annie Ernaux. “Medio sol amarillo”, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. “Criar en feminismo”, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. “Lo que no tiene nombre”, Piedad Bonnet. “Noches azules”, Joan Didion. “Despojos: Sobre el matrimonio y la separación”, Rachel Cusk. “Un trabajo para toda la vida: Sobre la experiencia de ser madre”, Rachel Cusk. “2666”, RobertoBolaño. “La hija oscura”, Elena Ferrante. “La vida mentirosa de los adultos”, Elena Ferrante. “Una educación”, Tara Westover. “Nada se opone a la noche”, Delphine De Vigan. Charlas TED “Todos deberíamos ser feministas”, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Series “Olive Kitteridge”, HBO. “My Brilliant Friend”, HBO. “La vida mentirosa de los adultos”, Netflix. Películas “La hija oscura”. “Nunca me abandones”. Podcast “Grandes infelices. Luces y sombras de grandes novelistas”. Spotify. Patrion Apóyanos en Patrion / podemosvivirestahistoria Suscríbete, déjanos un comentario y comparte con tus amigas ¿Dónde nos puedes encontrar? En nuestra redes sociales: • Carla Candia Casado es @agobiosdemadre • Daniela Kammoun es @danikammoun
In this episode of The Read Well Podcast, I sit down with acclaimed author Junot Diaz to explore the art of reading. Junot offers practical advice on how to navigate complex texts and discusses why literature is crucial in our lives. We also take a closer look at his distinctive writing style and the themes that define his work. Perfect for anyone passionate about reading and learning.Follow the launch of my bookstore at https://edgewaterbookstore.com/Send Me a Text Message with Your QuestionsSupport the Show.IMPORTANT LINKS:
The idea of the Great American Novel is controversial, passé, hubristic, and . . . always fascinating to talk about. This week, inspired by a recent list of potential candidates for the Great American Novel published in The Atlantic, we dive in and talk about the concept, the history, the list, and our votes for other contenders. What book(s) would get your vote?ShownotesBooks* The MANIAC, by Benjamin Labatut* Lesser Ruins, by Mark Haber* Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe, by Kapka Kassabova* Elixir: In the Valley at the End of Time, by Kapka Kassabova* To the River: A Balkan Journey of War and Peace, by Kapka Kassabova* Anima: A Wild Pastoral, by Kapka Kassabova* Dante: The Inferno, translated by Robert Hollander and Jean Hollander* Phineas Finn, by Anthony Trollope* The Eustace Diamonds, by Anthony Trollope* Phineas Reduce, by Anthony Trollope* Mortal Leap, by MacDonald Harris* Moby-Dick, by Herman Melville* Uncle Tom's Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe* James, by Percival Everett* The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain* Augustus, by John Williams* Butcher's Crossing, by John Williams* Absalom, Absalom!, by William Faulkner* Passing, by Nella Larsen* The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald* So We Read On: How The Great Gatsby Came to Be and Why It Endures, by Maureen Corrigan* The Making of Americans, by Gertrude Stein* An American Tragedy, by Theodore Dreiser* Light in August, by William Faulkner* The Sound and the Fury, by William Faulkner* Nightwood, by Djuna Barnes* I Am Alien to Life: Selected Stories, by Djuna Barnes* Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston* The Big Sleep, by Raymond Chandler* Ask the Dust, by John Fante* Wait Until Spring, Bandini, by John Fante* U.S.A., by John Dos Passos* The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck* In a Lonely Place, by Dorothy B. Hughes* All the King's Men, by Robert Penn Warren* The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, by Carson McCullers* The Street, by Ann Petry* The Mountain Lion, by Jean Stafford* A Time to Be Born, by Dawn Powell* The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger* Fahrenheit 451, by Raymond Bradbury* Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison* Charlotte's Web, by E.B. White* The Adventures of Augie March, by Saul Bellow* Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov* The Bookshop, by Penelope Fitzgerald* Giovanni's Room, by James Baldwin* The Haunting of Hill House, by Shirley Jackson* No-No Boy, by John Okada* Peyton Place, by Grace Metalious* Pale Fire, by Vladimir Nabokov* Another Country, by James Baldwin* Catch-22, by Joseph Heller* One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, by Ken Kesey* A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle* The Zebra-Striped Hearse, by Ross MacDonald* The Group, by Mary McCarthy* The Bell Jar, by Sylvia Plath* The Crying of Lot 49, by Thomas Pynchon* A Sport and a Pastime, by James Salter* Couples, by John Updike* Portnoy's Complaint, by Philip Roth* Sabbath's Theater, by Philip Roth* American Pastoral, by Philip Roth* The Human Stain, by Philip Roth* The Great American Novel, by Philip Roth* Divorcing, by Susan Taubes* Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut* Play It As It Lays, by Joan Didion* Sula, by Toni Morrison* Song of Solomon, by Toni Morrison* Beloved, by Toni Morrison* Are You There God, It's Me, Margaret, by Judy Blume* Desperate Characters, by Paula Fox* Log of the S.S. Mrs Unguentine, by Stanley Crawford* The Revolt of the Cockroach People, by Oscar Zeta Acosta* Oreo, by Fran Ross* The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. Le Guin* Winter in the Blood, by James Welch* Corregidora, by Gayl Jones* Speedboat, by Renata Adler* Dancer from the Dance, by Andrew Hollerman* The Stand, by Stephen King* Ceremony, by Leslie Marmon Silko* Housekeeping, by Marilynne Robinson* Machine Dreams, by Jayne Anne Phillips* Lark & Termite, by Jayne Anne Phillips* Shelter, by Jayne Anne Phillips* Little, Big: Or, the Fairies' Parliament, by John Crowley* Blood Meridian, by Cormac McCarthy* Dawn, by Octavia Butler* Geek Love, by Kathryn Dunn* Watchmen, by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons* American Psycho, by Brett Easton Ellis* House of Leaves, by Mark C. Danielewski* The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, by Michael Chabon* The Last Samurai, by Helen DeWitt* The Quick and the Dead, by Joy Williams* Erasure, by Percival Everett* The Corrections, by Jonathan Franzen* The Russian Debutante's Handbook, by Gary Shteyngart * The Namesake, by Jhumpa Lahiri* The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Díaz* Nevada, by Imogen Binnie* Open City, by Teju Cole* The Fifth Season, by N.K. Jemisin* Lincoln in the Bardo, by George Saunders* Sabrina, by Nick Drnaso* Lost Children Archive, by Valeria Luiselli* Nothing to See Here, by Kevin Wilson* The Old Drift, by Namwali Serpell* No One Is Talking About This, by Patricia Lockwood* The Love Song of W.E.B. Du Bois, by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers* Biography of X, by Catherine Lacey* Miss MacIntosh, My Darling, by Marguerite Young* The Age of Innocence, by Edith Wharton* The House of Mirth, by Edith Wharton* Americanah, by Chimamanda Ngozie Adiche* Lonesome Dove, by Larry McMurtry* The Savage Detectives, by Roberto Bolaño, translated by Natasha WimmerLinks* The Great American Novel from The Atlantic* John William DeForest's original article about The Great American Novel* A.O. Scott “Tracking the ever-elusive Great American Novel* Episode 37: Hotel NovelsThe Mookse and the Gripes Podcast is a book chat podcast. Every other week Paul and Trevor get together to talk about some bookish topic or another. We hope you'll continue to join us!Many thanks to those who helped make this possible! If you'd like to donate as well, you can do so on Substack or on our Patreon page. These subscribers get periodic bonus episode and early access to all episodes! 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In Episode 166, author Andrew Boryga joins me to discuss his debut novel, Victim, a funny and gripping satire about success and identity. Through the adventures of Javier, Victim explores what “diversity” means, why society loves a victim narrative, and the pitfalls of chasing fame online. Boryga combines humor with biting social commentary without sacrificing heart. This is a juicy and highly discussable story! In our chat, Andrew shares his inspiration behind the book, his decade long road to publication, and what he finds most effective in a satirical novel. Plus, Andrew shares some fantastic book recommendations! This post contains affiliate links through which I make a small commission when you make a purchase (at no cost to you!). Highlights A spoiler-free overview of Victim. Andrew shares the inspiration and decade-long development of the story. How his journalism background is reflected in his book. Why Andrew decided to craft Javier's story as a memoir. Andrew's journey to finding an agent and getting published. Why Andrew followed his dream of writing fiction, rather than publishing an essay collection like many publishing insiders were advising him. The way his story drafts and characters evolved over time. How his MFA workshop helped shaped the story. Riding that fine line for a balanced satire: focusing on the social commentary without going over the top. The themes Andrew is exploring in his next book! Andrew's Book Recommendations [34:19] Two OLD Books He Loves Bodega Dreams by Ernesto Quiñonez | Amazon | Bookshop.org [34:30] Loving Day by Mat Johnson | Amazon | Bookshop.org [36:11] Other Book Mentioned: Pym by Mat Johnson [37:56] Two NEW Books He Loves The Birthparents by Frank Santo | Amazon | Bookshop.org [38:09] Blackouts by Justin Torres | Amazon | Bookshop.org [40:38] Other Book Mentioned: We the Animals by Justin Torres [40:57] One Book He DIDN'T Love Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah | Amazon | Bookshop.org[42:13] Other Book Mentioned: The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz [43:21] One NEW RELEASE He's Excited About Oye by Melissa Mogollon (May 14, 2024) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [44:14] Last 5-Star Book Andrew Read Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder | Amazon | Bookshop.org [45:37] Other Books Mentioned Yellowface by R. F. Kuang [27:31] The Sellout by Paul Beatty [31:14] About Andrew Boryga Website | Instagram | X (formerly Twitter) Andrew Boryga is a writer, editor, and author from the Bronx, New York, currently residing in Miami, Florida with his wife and two children. Victim is his debut novel. Boryga began his career writing for a local newspaper in the Bronx at age 16, eventually securing an internship with The New York Timesby age 18. His nonfiction writing has since been featured in prominent publications such as The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The Paris Review, and The Daily Beast, among others. Boryga's contributions to writing education extend beyond his own work, encompassing teaching roles for elementary school students, college students, and incarcerated individuals in Florida. He has also shared his insights on writing and the writing life through lectures at various academic institutions. Throughout his career, Boryga has been awarded prizes by Cornell University, The University of Miami, The Susquehanna Review, and The Michener Foundation.
Watch in YouTube Mentioned: My other podcast! Ink and Magic Psy-Changeling series by Nalini Singh Pre-order my new book, Daughter of the Merciful Deep My upcoming revision course – https://myimaginaryfriends.net/revision Final Imaginary Worldbuilding course cohort in January – https://lpen.co/worlds My author newsletter: https://lpenelope.com/newsletter Footnotes newsletter: https://myimaginaryfriends.net/footnotes The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen Pushing Daisies TV The Muse Writers Center - https://the-muse.org Insight Timer - https://insighttimer.com/ Junot Díaz Substack - https://junot.substack.com/ The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing. Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast | Get the Footnotes newsletter & become an Imaginary Best Friend: https://myimaginaryfriends.net Support the show: Website | Instagram | Facebook Music credit: Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
On this episode of Match+Book, librarian Paul Kibala recommends books where authors are from or take place in New Jersey. Check out these materials with your EBPL or LMxAC library card by clicking here: https://ilove.ebpl.org/adults/news/matchbook-s5-ep2-new-jersey-recommendations American Pastoral by Philip Roth Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
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Junot Díaz reads his story “The Ghosts of Gloria Lara,” which appears in the November 6, 2023, issue of the magazine. Díaz is the author of the story collections “Drown” and “This Is How You Lose Her,” and the novel “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,” for which he won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction in 2008.
This week at the Story Works Round Table, Alida and Kathryn discuss characterization, with examples from a short story by Junot Díaz. They analyze how Díaz introduces characters through the narrator's perspective, using just a few sharp details to create vivid impressions of complex people are are inspired to re-examine their own character descriptions. Hear the latest from A Room Full of Books & Pencils, “Does Reading Make Us Better People?” Show notes and more: https://storyworkspodcast.com Get Alida's musings on life, writing, and the writing life in A Room Full of Books & Pencils. booksandpencils.substack.com Are you ready to get more out of your writing, to grow your writing skills, and get that novel done faster? Do you want community, feedback, and mentoring? Check out group coaching. www.wordessential.com/fictioncoaching
This week at the Story Works Round Table, Alida and Kathryn discuss characterization, with examples from a short story by Junot Díaz. They analyze how Díaz introduces characters through the narrator's perspective, using just a few sharp details to create vivid impressions of complex people are are inspired to re-examine their own character descriptions. Hear the latest from A Room Full of Books & Pencils, “Does Reading Make Us Better People?” Show notes and more: https://storyworkspodcast.com Get Alida's musings on life, writing, and the writing life in A Room Full of Books & Pencils. booksandpencils.substack.com Are you ready to get more out of your writing, to grow your writing skills, and get that novel done faster? Do you want community, feedback, and mentoring? Check out group coaching. www.wordessential.com/fictioncoaching
Ob Literaturkritik oder Lektorat, ob Agenturen oder Autor:innennetzwerke, ob Veranstaltungsorte oder Buchhandel: Der deutschsprachige Literaturbetrieb ist weiß, weiß, weiß. Er ist so weiß, bildungsbürgerlich und homogen, dass jeder davon abweichende soziale Hintergrund nach wie vor zu etwas Besonderem gemacht wird. Sinthujan Varatharajah und Moshtari Hilal haben beide in letzter Zeit wichtige Bücher veröffentlicht: Sinthujan Varatharajah »an alle orte, die hinter uns liegen«, Moshtari Hilal »Hässlichkeit«. Im Literaturpodcast der Hanser-Verlage sprechen sie mit Emily Modick und Florian Kessler darüber, wie sich für sie das Büchermachen in den 2020er Jahren anfühlt – und wozu überhaupt man in einem weißen bildungsbürgerlichen Verlag veröffentlichen sollte. Wenn euch diese Folge gefallen hat, bewertet sie doch gerne auf der Podcast-Plattform eurer Wahl! Bei Fragen, Meinungen oder Anmerkungen schreibt uns gerne an rauschen@hanser.de. Show Notes: Moshtari Hilal: Hässlichkeit. Hanser Verlag, 2023. Sinthujan Varatharajah: an alle orte, die hinter uns liegen. hanserblau, 2022. Moshtari Hilal, Sinthujan Varatharajah: Englisch in Berlin. Ausgrenzungen in einer kosmopolitischen Gesellschaft. Wirklichkeit Books 2022. Junot Díaz: MFA vs. POC. https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/mfa-vs-poc
This week guest host Elena is joined by Genesis and Agonza, two rising Latinae artists to discuss their projects and celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. They discuss the importance of being visible in their work so that kids can see people like them achieving great things. They also chat about the origins of Halloween, horror, and Spanish children's books. During The Last Chapter they discuss reading snacks! Podcast disclaimer Like what you hear? Rate and review Down Time on Apple Podcasts or your podcast player of choice! If you'd like to submit a topic for The Last Chapter you can send your suggestions to downtime@cranstonlibrary.org. Our theme music is Day Trips by Ketsa and our ad music is Happy Ukulele by Scott Holmes. Thanks for listening! Books Born to Rise by Kim Fuller Plátanos Go With Everything by Lissette Norman, Sara Palacios, and Kianni N. Antigua Cadáver Exquisito by Agustina Bazterrica Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird: Stories by Agustina Bazterrica On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong You Are Your Best Thing edited by Tarana Burke and Brené Brown Too Many Tamales by Gary Soto Not a Monster by Claudia Guadalupe Martinez and Laura González Islandborn by Junot Díaz and Leo Espinosa If Dominican Were a Color by Sili Recio and Brianna McCarthy AV Reservation Dogs (2021-2023) Other Agonza Art RI Latino Arts
The British writer LP Hartley opened his novel “The Go-Between” with an unforgettable line “The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.” There's a long-standing idea of literature being a vehicle to explore these “foreign countries”, be they temporal or geographical or cultural. My guest today has been one of the most innovative voices with regard to the immigrant experience, especially through his 2007 novel “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao”. Junot Díaz is a Dominican-American writer who won the Pulitzer Prize for that novel, thanks to its incredibly modern story-telling. The prose was insane, with different characters' vernacular switching on and off, the timelines, inspirations, characters felt incredibly fresh and exciting. It's the story of a young Dominican-American boy who navigates this new world of America, whilst pining for the homeland of the Dominican Republican, and he copes with this, and with the turmoil of adolescence, by immersing himself in typical teen nerd culture of comics, and sci-fi. If you haven't read that book, then I strongly suggest that you do. Junot Diaz is now a Professor of Creative Writing at MIT (the Massachussetts Institute of Technology) as well as a contributing editor to the Boston Review of Fiction. In this episode, we talk about his inspirations for his work, his process and what makes him tick as an artist. A list of the books mentioned in the episode: The book I've never heard of: Incantations and Other Stories, by Anjana Appachana (1991) Best book of the last 12 months: “The Sellout” by Paul Beatty (2015) Most disappointing book of the last 12 months: “Star Maker”, by Olaf Stapledon (1937) Which book would he take to a desert island: Either “Beloved” by Toni Morrison (1987) or “Dhalgren”, a sci-fi novel by Samuel Delany (1975) What book changed his mind: “City of Quartz” by Mike Davis (1990) Follow me @litwithcharles for more book reviews and recommendations!
“The Frozen Rabbi” heißt ein im Jahr 2010 erschienenes Buch des amerikanischen Autors Steve Stern. Es ist sowohl in der englischen wie der deutschen Ausgabe einer vorn drauf und die erste und offensichtliche Frage, die sich der Leser stellt, ist natürlich, ob “Der gefrorene Rabbi”, so der deutsche Titel, eine Metapher ist. Wir erfahren die Antwort ganz erstaunlich auf der allerersten Seite im Buch. Nein, der Rabbi ist so real, wie es einem Romanhelden möglich ist. Und natürlich, ja, ist er auch ein Gleichnis, wir lesen schließlich Literatur. Auf dieser ersten Seite also erfahren wir, wie der Teenager Bernie in Memphis, Tennessee, nach einem Stück Fleisch zum Reinonanieren sucht, denn er hat gerade inspiriert “Portnoys Beschwerden” von Philip Roth gelesen, und der Roth ist nun mal für jede Schweinerei zu haben, der alte weise (sic!) Mann. Bernie geht dazu in die Abstellkammer des elterlichen Hauses, öffnet den mannsgroßen ur-uralt Gefrierschrank seiner Eltern und wie er sich durch die Schichten von Tiefkühlpizza und Hamburger-Patties nach unten wühlt, stößt er dort auf einen klaren Block Eis, in dem ein kleiner, hunzeliger Mann, mit einem Schtreimel auf dem Kopf, liegt und ihn anstarrt. Ein Schtreimel ist diese dicke, runden Fellmütze die man auf den Köpfen chassidischer Juden von Jerusalem bis Brooklyn sieht und wer diese Erläuterung braucht ist der perfekte Leser des hier zu besprechenden seltsamen, aber ganz hervorragenden Buches. Bernie allerdings bedarf der Erläuterung nicht, ist sein Haushalt doch ein jüdischer, wenn auch ein eher säkulärer. Auch ist Bernie ein Teenager um die Jahrtausendwende, und außer an Essen und Wichsen an nicht viel zu interessieren. Er schließt also die Gefriertruhe und vergisst augenblicklich, was er gesehen hat. Bis zum Zeitpunkt, als seine Eltern auf Kurzurlaub, im Haus der Strom ausfällt und er meint sich an irgendwas erinnern zu müssen, dass da irgendwas war.. bis neben ihm ein schlotternder alter Mann steht, eine triefende Pelzmütze auf dem Kopf und ihn anspricht, in einer Sprache, die er nicht versteht.Das Buch lässt uns so überrascht sitzen wie den Bernie und springt zurück in's Jahr 1889. Der noch quicklebendige Rabbi heißt Eliezer ben Zephyr, so erfahren wir, und er besitzt recht besondere spirituelle Fähigkeiten. Er vermag es in zenartige Zustände zu geraten, in denen er seine irdische Hülle verlassen kann und in den Himmel fliegt, sich von außen betrachtet, mit Gott spricht, und was man da oben sonst noch an religiösem Supermanstuff machen kann. Das Ganze ist nicht so furchtbar eso-ernsthaft wie man denkt. Das Judentum sieht sich schließlich als positive Religion und selbst ohne den ach so sprichwörtlichen jüdischen Humor zu bemühen, versucht man in dieser doch bei aller religiösen Ernsthaftigkeit eine gewisse Leichtigkeit in die von Gott aufgetragenen Riten zu bringen. Wer schon mal ein Purim-Fest gesehen hat, hat eine Vorstellung. Und so begreift der Rabbi seine Ausflüge auch eher als Erholung vom anstrengenden Alltag Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts, weniger als Kontakt zu seinem unaussprechlichen Gott. Also liegt er da so in einem See irgendwo auf dem Gebiet des heutigen Polen oder der Ukraine, ein damals russisches Gebiet, in dem sich Juden streng reglementiert ansiedeln durften, und träumt sich aus seinem Körper heraus. Plötzlich jedoch bricht ein Sturm und ein Regen über dem See herein, die Temperatur fällt rapide und unser Rabbi gefriert binnen weniger Augenblicke bei lebendigem Leib und freiem Geist ein. Der Rabbi ist mindestens so überrascht wie der örtliche Eisstecher, Salo Frostbissen, der im Winter Blöcke von Eis aus dem See sägt und diese in eine Höhle schafft und für den Sommer einlagert, denn Salo findet den Rabbi ein paar Wochen später, wie er da so im Eis liegt, hackt einen Quader von Eis um ihn herum frei und verbringt diesen in seine Eishöhle, mit dem Plan, ihn würdig zu begraben. Woraus nichts wird, sonst wäre der Roman schnell zu Ende. Denn Salo wird in des gefrorenen Rabbi Bann gezogen, er sitzt bald stundenlang in der Eishöhle neben ihm, spürt irgendeine tiefe Verbindung und ist der erste einer Reihe von dem Rabbi verfallenden Hütern und Beschützern, die im Buch erst zur letzten Jahrtausendwende endet - bei Bernie allein zu Haus.Wir springen nun munter vom noch gefrorenen Rabbi zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts zum soeben entfrosteten um das Jahr 2000 herum. Und sobald man realisiert, dass man die Begleiter des gefrorenen Rabbis durch das 20. Jahrhundert begleiten wird, kann man das durchaus umfangreiche Buch nicht mehr weglegen. Diese kleine Geschichte des Judentum im 20. Jahrhundert beginnt bei den Aschkenasim im Osten Europas, streift Zionisten in Palästina und endet bei den jüdischen Emigranten in die USA. Ausgehend von der Familie des Eisstechers Salo irgendwo bei Łódź, setzt sie sich fort in verschiedenen Shtetls und Ghettos in Europa, es folgt eine Überfahrt in die USA kurz vorm ersten Weltkrieg. Die Weltwirtschaftskrise der späten zwanziger Jahre in New York taucht auf und nicht nur als deutschem Leser wird uns spätestens jetzt natürlich etwas schwummrig. Die Handlung im Roman nähert sich den Neunzehnhundertvierziger Jahren und wir stellen fest, dass Steve Stern den Holocaust in gerade einmal zwei, drei Absätzen erwähnt und auch nur aus der Sicht eines Zionisten im damals britisch besetzen Palästina. What is happening?!Nun, Geschichte kann nie vollständig erzählt werden. Es ist viel - zu viel - geschehen im 20. Jahrhundert, wir hatten alle Geschichtsunterricht. Und ein Buch hat nur ein paar hundert Seiten zur Verfügung, wie schreibt man also eine Story über und mit Juden in diesem Jahrhundert, was schreibt man rein in die Geschichte, was lässt man weg? Die Shoa? No way. Nun, den Holocaust, als tatsächliche Erzählung, wegzulassen kann sich nur ein jüdischer Autor leisten und selbst für einen solchen ist es eine Entscheidung, die wohlbegründet sein muss. Das Faszinierende und wie ich finde enorm Mutige ist, dass Stern diese Begründung nicht gibt, man muss als Leser selbst drauf kommen. Aber es ist auch nicht kompliziert:Der im Eis gefrorene Rabbi ist natürlich eine Metapher, er steht für die Spiritualität, die jüdische Religion, ihre vielen Strömungen, von absurder Orthodoxie (bis man mal in die Kabbala schaut und merkt, dass diese noch wahnsinniger ist) bis zu den modernen, fast säkulären Strömungen die Zusammenhalt schaffen, wenn man über den Globus, über Kulturen oder Einkommensschichten verstreut lebt. Im Buch hat der Rabbi im Eis immer einen Begleiter, eine Bewacherin, jemanden, der auf ihn acht gibt und dafür belohnt wird. Das passiert so subtil, dass die Protagonisten (und wir Leserinnen) das, was geschieht oft genug nicht als Schutz oder gar Belohnung begreifen können. Nach Salo dem Eisstecher, der auf dem ersten Weg des Eisblockes von Boibicz nach Łódź wenigsten seine Frau “kennenlernt” (it's a long story), ist die zweite “Begleiterin” Jocheved, seine Tochter, die schön, talentiert und einfallsreich ist. Sie merkt bald, dass man mit ein bisschen Geschick, Gewürz und Liebe aus den öden Eisblöcken, die ihr Vater für einen Eisfabrikenten schleppt, Speiseeis machen kann. Sie unterstützt ihre Familie, wird immer schöner, selbstbewusster und erfolgreicher - um plötzlich überfallen zu werden. Durch's Ghetto streunenden Kriminelle verschleppen sie von der Straße, sie wird über Monate unter Drogen in einem Bordell gefangen gehalten und missbraucht. Als sie schließlich frei kommt und einen langen Entzug hinter sich hat, kann sie sich nicht mehr als Frau betrachten, der Schmerz, die “Shandeh”, ist zu groß. In Selbstgesprächen nennt sie sich nun Max. Sie/Er fliehen nach Amerika und sie werden lange brauchen, um wieder so etwas wie glücklich zu werden. Permanent unsicher nutzen sie die Ambivalenz ihrer Existenz und treten in immer neuen Rollen und Verkleidungen auf, ständig auf der Flucht und es wird viel Zeit vergehen bis aus Max wieder Jocheved wird, eine selbstbewusste, zupackende Frau, die in hohen Alter respektiert sterben wird. Sie ist die Person, die am meisten Berührungspunkte mit den anderen Begleitern und Beschützerinnen des Rabbi haben wird, am meisten Einfluss, gewollt oder ungewollt, auf die Geschichte und Geschichten im Buch und wer die Holocaustmetapher nicht begreift muss dann doch zu etwas anspruchsloserer Literatur greifen.Das ganze klingt dramatisch und düster und wird dem Buch sowas von ungerecht, dass es einfach nur wehtut. Das müssen wir ändern.Also, “Der gefrorene Rabbi” ist ein ganz wunderbares Buch, speziell für deutsche Leserinnen und Leser, und zwar aus einem ganz anderen Grund als man denkt. Da Steve Stern seine Story in den osteuropäischen Dörfern, Shtetls und Ghettos beginnen lässt, und dort natürlich jiddisch gesprochen wird, vergeht keine Seite ohne einen kleinen jiddischen Spruch, eine Weisheit oder, ganz wunderbar aus dem Munde Salos des Eisstecher Ehefrau ein permanenter Strom an Beschimpfungen. Diese werden nicht übersetzt und erinnern damit an den 2008 erschienenen Roman “Das kurze wundersame Leben des Oscar Wao” von Junot Díaz, den Irmgard Lumpini damals recht begeistert hier besprochen hatte, in diesem natürlich in der Kombination Englisch/Spanisch. Las ich den Oscar Wao, begeistert ob der Lebendigkeit und Authentizität, die die Zweisprachigkeit erzeugt und gleichzeitig verwirrt, ob meines nahezu nichtexistenten Spanisch, Siesta Óle!, bin ich mit meiner deutschen Muttersprache natürlich prädestiniert, das Jiddische in “Der gefrorene Rabbi” kinderleicht zu entziffern und mich sehr stolz zu fühlen, wenn es mir ohne den im Kindle eingebauten Übersetzer gelingt. Schon deshalb ist das Buch eine lehrreicher Spaß, aber es wird besser, tauchen doch ganz nebenbei auf fast jeder Seite jüdische Riten, Bräuche, rituelle und säkuläre Gegenstände auf, die nach Fußnoten und Erklärungen schreien - und leider fehlen. Aber Dank moderner Lesetechnologie, sprich der in E-Book-Readern eingebauten Möglichkeit, Worte in der Wikipedia nachzuschlagen, ist das heute gottlob kein Problem mehr. Wir lernen also von “Zivug Hashamayim”, ein Paar wie füreinander geschaffen, die der “Shadkhn”, der Heiratsmakler, hoffentlich zueinander führt, auch wenn die gerade in Osteuropa aktiven Denker der “Haskalah”, der jüdischen Aufklärung, die Praxis der arrangierten Heirat ablehnen. Für jeden, der sich ein bisschen für Geschichte und Gesellschaft interessiert oder auch nur monatlich ein Kneipenquiz mit leichtem Ehrgeiz bestreitet, ein Quell des Wissens und der Inspiration. Und für Leser, denen das immer noch nicht genug Lehrstoff ist, schreibt Steve Stern in einem zwar einfachen Englisch, benutzt aber auf fast jeder Seite Worte, die der anglophile Connoisseur mit einem kleinen Jauchzen “What a strange little word!” elektronisch nachschlägt und dabei lernt, dass die Frau von Salo wohl zu recht “irascible” ist, also schnell gereizt, ob der zwar hübsch klingenden “dilapidated abodes” in denen sie leben muss, die aber dennoch nur “verfallenen Behausungen” gewesen sind und das ein “cuspidor” ein Spucknapf ist - braucht man nicht oft, das Wort, aber wenn, dann dringend. Die deutsche Übersetzung steht dem Ganzen wunderbarerweise in nichts nach, transportiert sie doch wirklich liebevoll den sprachlichen Reichtum und den Humor der Geschichte. Hatte ich erwähnt, dass das Buch wirklich lustig ist? Die Szenen, wie sich der aufgetaute Rabbi im Jahr 2000 zurechtfindet (ganz hervorragend, er macht gleichmal einen kleinen religiösen Kult auf) sind subtile Gesellschaftskritik und obwohl der Roman nahe am Klamauk endet, worüber ich mich null beschwere, bleibt einem hier ab und an ein Lachen im Hals stecken, denn, wir erinnern uns, der Rabbi hat das 20. Jahrhundert verschlafen. Wie er das Wort “Kristallnacht” das erste mal hört, stockt uns kurz der Atem. Aber auch im Ghetto zu Beginn des Buches lernen wir, wie man sich als ausgestoßene Minderheit Licht in die Dunkelheit bringt, durch Humor, gerne dunkelgrau, durch Zusammenhalt, gerne im Streit und immer wieder durch Einfallsreichtum, den Willen sich nicht unterkriegen zu lassen und - das der rote Faden im Buch - durch irgendeine Form der Spiritualität. Wenn ich das als Atheist lese rolle ich selbst als der, der's geschrieben hat mit den Augen und ja, es ist ein seltsam Ding, dieses Buch. Es ist ein Roadmovie, eine spannende Story, es ist Fun - und nicht nur weil es um Juden geht, durchzieht es ein Nebel von Melancholie. Die Religion ist auf jeder Seite des Buches präsent, wird aber unaufgeregt verschliffen von ihrer Alltäglichkeit zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts und gebrochen von ihrer Absurdität zu Beginn des 21. im Angesicht unseres aufgeklärten Zeitalters. Das hilft es mir als Goy, nicht permanent zu seufzen und die Augen zu verleiern. Es trägt, im Gegenteil, dazu bei, Verständnis dafür zu entwickeln, dass Menschen glauben. Nicht im Sinne von organisierter Religion: diese taucht im Buch immer wieder auf, aber wird durchaus lächerlich gemacht und sei es nur durch die Absurdität, dass der nach hundert Jahren aufgetaute Rabbi als erstes mal einen Judea-Eso-Feelgood-Tempel gründet. Nein, Steve Stern erzählt in “Der gefrorene Rabbi” eine Story über Juden im 20. Jahrhundert, die sich von ihrem Glauben getragen emanzipieren, aus dem Ghetto, aus der Diaspora oder einfach nur aus dem Eisblock ihrer eigenen Geschichte und das ist ein wirkliches Leseerlebnis. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lobundverriss.substack.com
Ayer cuando supe del archivo definitivo de la querella por acoso sexual contra el presidente de la Cámara de Cuentas solo pude pensar quién le devuelve la amargura vivida, quién resarce la trísteza de su familia y su entorno, quién recompone los lazos que debieron haberse roto por una situacion que ahora hay que ver como el inicio de una campaña no contra Janel Ramírez, sino contra ese organo del Estado. No hay que estar en la NASA, solo ver en los reportes de los Diarios, que quienes se montaron en la campaña avieza contra Janel Ramírez son los mismos que, fracasado ese intento, viajan en el tren del juicio político. El archivo del caso no me sorprende, varios abogados que consulté en su momento me dijeron que la querella no tenía asidero legal. Pero recuerdo la llamada irritada de una amiga del movimiento feminista cuando el hecho sucedió y como incluso me propuso se convocará a una acción contra el acosador. Mee too no estaba tan lejos. Mi respuesta fue: por principio creo en las mujeres que denuncian acoso. Para una mujer en esta sociedad la exposición pública es muy dura y somos juzgadas con mayor dureza. Sin embargo dado el matiz político que observé por la participación de algunos comunicadores mantuve una actitud cauta. Virginia Ofelia Correa Jiménez y Bella Massiel García son ahora un daño colateral para quienes asumieron esa estrategia. No creo que tengan el dinero para borrar sus nombres de la web como estilan los políticos corruptos del mundo incluyendo el presidente de un partido en la RD. Les voy a leer par de párrafos de una crónica de la agencia INFOBAE a propósito de la acusacion de acoso sexual contra el escritor dominico americano Junot Díaz que ocurrió por allá por el 2018. Cuando Díaz, único dominicano ganador del premio Púlitzer, fue acusado por una ex alumna. Por aquí los Vincho que nunca tendrán su gloria se ensañaron contra el autor simplemente porque alguna vez había defendido a los dominicanos de ascendencia haitiana desnacionalizados por la sentenci
In this special weekend re-release, Zibby interviews New York Times bestselling author Min Jin Lee about Pachinko, a gorgeous, page-turning saga (and National Book Award finalist!) about four generations of a poor Korean immigrant family fighting to control their destiny in 20th-century Japan."A powerful meditation on what immigrants sacrifice to achieve a home in the world. Pachinko confirms Lee's place among our finest novelists."―Junot Díaz"An exquisite, haunting epic...moments of shimmering beauty and some glory, too, illuminate the narrative...Lee's profound novel...is shaped by impeccable research, meticulous plotting, and empathic perception."―BooklistPurchase on Zibby's Bookshop: https://bit.ly/3O3XDvhPurchase on Bookshop: https://bit.ly/3O0YRaLSubscribe to Zibby's weekly newsletter here.Purchase Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books merch here. Now there's more! Subscribe to Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books on Acast+ and get ad-free episodes. https://plus.acast.com/s/moms-dont-have-time-to-read-books. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Shanna Germain joins us this week to discuss a wide range of topics! Shanna is an award-winning author, editor, and game designer. She is one of the co-founders of Monte Cook Games and was the Lead Designer on No Thank You, Evil! and has contributed to dozens of other game products, including the upcoming Old Gods of Appalachia RPG. In this episode, we dig into, amongst other things: The choices we make on our journey as creatives, Finish the thing! Just finish it, Her number one creativity tip - embrace the mess, Being a designer and writer at the same time, Worldbuilding as a designer versus as a writer, Remember, as a designer you are not the storyteller, the GM is, Making space for the under-represented, and The key to great worldbuilding! *(Oh, and the movie that Shanna can't remember is Children of Men. And the four people she lists in the quickfire question round are Mary Oliver, Amy Bloom, Junot Díaz, and Pedro Pascal.) Give it a listen You can find Shanna at: -> Monte Cook Games -> Shanna's Website -> Shanna's Patreon Find The Corner of Story and Game: -> Facebook -> Instagram -> Twitter -> Email: gerald@storyandgame.com If you have any questions or comments on this, or any other, episode, please let me know. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast to hear more conversations with professionals in the video game, tabletop game, and fiction industries.
Junot Díaz, Dominican-American Pulitzer Prize-winning author, essayist, and professor – chops it up with Antonio Tijerino on this month's episode of Fritanga. Born in the Dominican Republic and raised in New Jersey, Junot is known for his poignant and authentic portrayals of the Latinx experience in the United States. He is the author of the critically acclaimed Drown; The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, which won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award; and This Is How You Lose Her, a New York Times bestseller and National Book Award finalist. His literary work has been celebrated for its raw honesty and fearless exploration of complex themes such as identity, race, immigration, love, and loss. Currently, Junot is the fiction editor at Boston Review and the Rudge and Nancy Allen Professor of Writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.On the pod, Junot joins us from Japan to explore the intersection of activism and writing. We talk about identity, grace, and embracing our “inner weirdness” while learning about his upbringing and cultural inspirations. Finally, we wrap up the conversation by discussing the lack of representation of Latinx voices in the publishing industry, and the importance of creating opportunities for emerging creatives.SHOW RESOURCES:- Click here to learn more about Junot's work. - Click here to watch Junot's powerful 2016 Hispanic Heritage Awards acceptance speech referenced in this episode.
Today, Courtney Zoffness discusses Spilt Milk (memoirs), why pregnancy and early parenthood is a fertile time for creatives (haha see what I did there), moving between fiction and nonfiction, “going long,” working with McSweeney's, and more! Courtney Zoffness is the author of the memoir-in-essays SPILT MILK, out now in paperback. Spilt Milk was named a best debut of the year by BookPage and Refinery29, and a “must-read” by Publishers Weekly and Good Morning America. Also a fiction writer, Zoffness was the second-ever woman to win the Sunday Times Short Story Award, the most valuable international prize for short fiction, amid entries from 38 countries. She joined a list of winners that includes Anthony Doerr and Junot Díaz. Other honors include an Emerging Writers Fellowship from The Center for Fiction and two residency fellowships from MacDowell. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, The Paris Review Daily, Guernica, No Tokens, and elsewhere. Zoffness holds graduate degrees from the Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Arizona, and a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. She's taught at a dozen different institutions and delivered readings and talks at venues across the US and abroad. Currently she directs the creative writing program at Drew University. She lives with her family in Brooklyn, NY. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tuvimos la apertura de hablar con el escritor Junot Díaz, en una conversación que empezó siendo sobre sus obras y terminó en temas políticos, sociales, de historia, lectura y mucho más.
H. G. Carrillo was a writer's writer—not a household name, but esteemed in literary circles. He began writing later in life, and was in his mid-forties when his first novel, “Loosing My Espanish,” was published. The book, which describes a Cuban-immigrant experience, was hailed as a triumph of Latino fiction; Junot Díaz praised the author's “formidable” talent, calling his “lyricism pitch-perfect and his compassion limitless.” Carrillo went on to literary positions in and outside of the academy. He was an early casualty of the COVID pandemic, dying in the spring of 2020 at the age of fifty-nine. But his obituary—instead of tying a bow on the historical record—unspooled in quite a different direction, revealing secrets that Carrillo had worked for decades to conceal. For two years, the staff writer D. T. Max has been trying to trace what happened, and why.
En este episodio Nicole pone a Carol a responder preguntas del libro "La breve y maravillosa vida de Oscar Wao". Es una lectura que hay que repetir, acompáñenos a recordar esta obra tan maravillosa. Libro: La breve y maravillosa vida de Oscar Wao de Junot Díaz
Show notes: Debut books and authors feel like unicorns of the publishing world. But are they, really? Every author had to start somewhere, right? Today, we're talking about debut novels that we've loved and debut novels that we are excited to read. Trust us, there are books for everyone in this episode! Click here to join us on Patreon to get an exclusive bookish goodie every single Friday. With fun bonus episode series like: Monthly Overflow Books, Backlist Book Club, The New Books in Our Lives plus a private community for RTL Book Nerds only, you're going to love being a part of our Patreon. Not only that, but you're helping to support our show by saying I LOVE WHAT YOU DO. Find the time stamped show notes below with links to all of the fun things we mentioned. Something Bookish: [4:01] S: Henry and Sarah picked out books for each other. [4:57] M: Mia has finally been reading the stack of physical books that's overflowing by her window. Support indie bookstores by shopping our picks on Bookshop.org! Debut Books Discussed: [11:08] M: The Secret History by Donna Tartt | Amazon // Bookshop [12:44] S: The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare | Amazon // Bookshop [13:43] M: Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng | Amazon // Bookshop [14:54] S: The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan | Amazon // Bookshop [16:08] M: The Push by Ashley Audrain | Amazon // Bookshop [17:14] S: Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn | Amazon // Bookshop [18:31] M: My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell | Amazon // Bookshop [20:14] S: Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley | Amazon // Bookshop [20:58] M: Carrie by Stephen King | Amazon // Bookshop [22:18] S: The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner | Amazon // Bookshop Other Debut Books Mentioned: [23:48] M: Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt | Amazon // Bookshop The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz | Amazon // Bookshop All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood | Amazon // Bookshop The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger | Amazon // Bookshop The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern | Amazon // Bookshop The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath | Amazon // Bookshop [24:11] S: We Are the Brennans by Tracy Lange | Amazon // Bookshop A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum | Amazon // Bookshop The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker | Amazon // Bookshop The Idea of You by Robinne Lee | Amazon // Bookshop Red, White, & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston | Amazon // Bookshop Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight | Amazon // Bookshop The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin | Amazon // Bookshop What Comes After by Joanne Tompkins | Amazon // Bookshop Every Summer After by Carley Fortune | Amazon // Bookshop Debut Books We're Excited to Read Soon: [24:49] S: Maame by Jessica George (Jan 31, 2023) | Amazon // Bookshop [25:17] M: Wandering Souls by Cecile Pin (Mar 2, 2023) | Amazon // Bookshop [26:01] S: My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Tallent | Amazon // Bookshop [26:43] M: There There by Tommy Orange | Amazon // Bookshop [27:27] S: Stay With Me by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ | Amazon // Bookshop [28:40] M: On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong | Amazon // Bookshop Follow RTL on Instagram: @readingthroughlifepod Follow Sarah on Instagram: @tkvcommunity Follow Mia on Instagram: @miasutton5 * The books noted above contain affiliate links. This means that we may get a small kickback if you purchase through our links, at no additional cost to you.
En colaboración Irma Uribe, especialista en literatura infantil, habló de libros sobre islas. "Lola", de la autoría de Junot Díaz. Es la historia de una familia que migra, y el descubrimiento de la identidad propia de una niña.
Americko-dominikánsky spisovateľ Junot Díaz vo svojej knihe Krátky neobyčajný život Oscara Waa prináša príbeh milého, plachého a trochu grambľavého mladíka s nadváhou, ktorý potajme sníva o tom, že sa stane dominikánskym Tolkienom a že vďaka tomu konečne nájde lásku. Táto unikátna a sarkastická zmes histórie, fikcie a početných popkultúrnych odkazov vyvolala okamžite po vydaní obrovský rozruch a získala prakticky všetky významné literárne ocenenia, vrátane Pulitzerovej ceny za literatúru.
In Against Marginalization: Convergences in Black and Latinx Literatures (Ohio State University Press, 2022), Jose O. Fernandez examines thematic, aesthetic, historical, and cultural commonalities among post-1960s Black and Latinx writers, showing how such similarities have propelled their fight against social, cultural, and literary marginalization by engaging, adopting, and subverting elements from the larger American literary tradition. Drawing on the work of scholars in both literary traditions--including those who engage with the civil rights movements of the 1960s and 1970s--Fernandez finds intriguing points of convergence. His cross-cultural and comparative analysis puts Black and Latinx authors and literary works into the same frame as he considers the plays of Amiri Baraka and Luis Valdez, the fiction of James Baldwin and Rudolfo Anaya, the essays of Ralph Ellison and Richard Rodriguez, novels by Alice Walker and Helena María Viramontes, and the short fiction of Edward P. Jones and Junot Díaz. Against Marginalization thus uncovers points of correspondence and convergence among Black and Latinx literary and cultural legacies, interrogating how both traditions have moved from a position of literary marginalization to a moment of visibility and critical recognition. Anna E. Lindner is a doctoral candidate in the Communication Department at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. On Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-american-studies
In Against Marginalization: Convergences in Black and Latinx Literatures (Ohio State University Press, 2022), Jose O. Fernandez examines thematic, aesthetic, historical, and cultural commonalities among post-1960s Black and Latinx writers, showing how such similarities have propelled their fight against social, cultural, and literary marginalization by engaging, adopting, and subverting elements from the larger American literary tradition. Drawing on the work of scholars in both literary traditions--including those who engage with the civil rights movements of the 1960s and 1970s--Fernandez finds intriguing points of convergence. His cross-cultural and comparative analysis puts Black and Latinx authors and literary works into the same frame as he considers the plays of Amiri Baraka and Luis Valdez, the fiction of James Baldwin and Rudolfo Anaya, the essays of Ralph Ellison and Richard Rodriguez, novels by Alice Walker and Helena María Viramontes, and the short fiction of Edward P. Jones and Junot Díaz. Against Marginalization thus uncovers points of correspondence and convergence among Black and Latinx literary and cultural legacies, interrogating how both traditions have moved from a position of literary marginalization to a moment of visibility and critical recognition. Anna E. Lindner is a doctoral candidate in the Communication Department at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. On Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/latino-studies
In Against Marginalization: Convergences in Black and Latinx Literatures (Ohio State University Press, 2022), Jose O. Fernandez examines thematic, aesthetic, historical, and cultural commonalities among post-1960s Black and Latinx writers, showing how such similarities have propelled their fight against social, cultural, and literary marginalization by engaging, adopting, and subverting elements from the larger American literary tradition. Drawing on the work of scholars in both literary traditions--including those who engage with the civil rights movements of the 1960s and 1970s--Fernandez finds intriguing points of convergence. His cross-cultural and comparative analysis puts Black and Latinx authors and literary works into the same frame as he considers the plays of Amiri Baraka and Luis Valdez, the fiction of James Baldwin and Rudolfo Anaya, the essays of Ralph Ellison and Richard Rodriguez, novels by Alice Walker and Helena María Viramontes, and the short fiction of Edward P. Jones and Junot Díaz. Against Marginalization thus uncovers points of correspondence and convergence among Black and Latinx literary and cultural legacies, interrogating how both traditions have moved from a position of literary marginalization to a moment of visibility and critical recognition. Anna E. Lindner is a doctoral candidate in the Communication Department at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. On Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
In Against Marginalization: Convergences in Black and Latinx Literatures (Ohio State University Press, 2022), Jose O. Fernandez examines thematic, aesthetic, historical, and cultural commonalities among post-1960s Black and Latinx writers, showing how such similarities have propelled their fight against social, cultural, and literary marginalization by engaging, adopting, and subverting elements from the larger American literary tradition. Drawing on the work of scholars in both literary traditions--including those who engage with the civil rights movements of the 1960s and 1970s--Fernandez finds intriguing points of convergence. His cross-cultural and comparative analysis puts Black and Latinx authors and literary works into the same frame as he considers the plays of Amiri Baraka and Luis Valdez, the fiction of James Baldwin and Rudolfo Anaya, the essays of Ralph Ellison and Richard Rodriguez, novels by Alice Walker and Helena María Viramontes, and the short fiction of Edward P. Jones and Junot Díaz. Against Marginalization thus uncovers points of correspondence and convergence among Black and Latinx literary and cultural legacies, interrogating how both traditions have moved from a position of literary marginalization to a moment of visibility and critical recognition. Anna E. Lindner is a doctoral candidate in the Communication Department at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. On Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies
In Against Marginalization: Convergences in Black and Latinx Literatures (Ohio State University Press, 2022), Jose O. Fernandez examines thematic, aesthetic, historical, and cultural commonalities among post-1960s Black and Latinx writers, showing how such similarities have propelled their fight against social, cultural, and literary marginalization by engaging, adopting, and subverting elements from the larger American literary tradition. Drawing on the work of scholars in both literary traditions--including those who engage with the civil rights movements of the 1960s and 1970s--Fernandez finds intriguing points of convergence. His cross-cultural and comparative analysis puts Black and Latinx authors and literary works into the same frame as he considers the plays of Amiri Baraka and Luis Valdez, the fiction of James Baldwin and Rudolfo Anaya, the essays of Ralph Ellison and Richard Rodriguez, novels by Alice Walker and Helena María Viramontes, and the short fiction of Edward P. Jones and Junot Díaz. Against Marginalization thus uncovers points of correspondence and convergence among Black and Latinx literary and cultural legacies, interrogating how both traditions have moved from a position of literary marginalization to a moment of visibility and critical recognition. Anna E. Lindner is a doctoral candidate in the Communication Department at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. On Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/intellectual-history
In Against Marginalization: Convergences in Black and Latinx Literatures (Ohio State University Press, 2022), Jose O. Fernandez examines thematic, aesthetic, historical, and cultural commonalities among post-1960s Black and Latinx writers, showing how such similarities have propelled their fight against social, cultural, and literary marginalization by engaging, adopting, and subverting elements from the larger American literary tradition. Drawing on the work of scholars in both literary traditions--including those who engage with the civil rights movements of the 1960s and 1970s--Fernandez finds intriguing points of convergence. His cross-cultural and comparative analysis puts Black and Latinx authors and literary works into the same frame as he considers the plays of Amiri Baraka and Luis Valdez, the fiction of James Baldwin and Rudolfo Anaya, the essays of Ralph Ellison and Richard Rodriguez, novels by Alice Walker and Helena María Viramontes, and the short fiction of Edward P. Jones and Junot Díaz. Against Marginalization thus uncovers points of correspondence and convergence among Black and Latinx literary and cultural legacies, interrogating how both traditions have moved from a position of literary marginalization to a moment of visibility and critical recognition. Anna E. Lindner is a doctoral candidate in the Communication Department at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. On Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/intellectual-history
In Against Marginalization: Convergences in Black and Latinx Literatures (Ohio State University Press, 2022), Jose O. Fernandez examines thematic, aesthetic, historical, and cultural commonalities among post-1960s Black and Latinx writers, showing how such similarities have propelled their fight against social, cultural, and literary marginalization by engaging, adopting, and subverting elements from the larger American literary tradition. Drawing on the work of scholars in both literary traditions--including those who engage with the civil rights movements of the 1960s and 1970s--Fernandez finds intriguing points of convergence. His cross-cultural and comparative analysis puts Black and Latinx authors and literary works into the same frame as he considers the plays of Amiri Baraka and Luis Valdez, the fiction of James Baldwin and Rudolfo Anaya, the essays of Ralph Ellison and Richard Rodriguez, novels by Alice Walker and Helena María Viramontes, and the short fiction of Edward P. Jones and Junot Díaz. Against Marginalization thus uncovers points of correspondence and convergence among Black and Latinx literary and cultural legacies, interrogating how both traditions have moved from a position of literary marginalization to a moment of visibility and critical recognition. Anna E. Lindner is a doctoral candidate in the Communication Department at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. On Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies
In Against Marginalization: Convergences in Black and Latinx Literatures (Ohio State University Press, 2022), Jose O. Fernandez examines thematic, aesthetic, historical, and cultural commonalities among post-1960s Black and Latinx writers, showing how such similarities have propelled their fight against social, cultural, and literary marginalization by engaging, adopting, and subverting elements from the larger American literary tradition. Drawing on the work of scholars in both literary traditions--including those who engage with the civil rights movements of the 1960s and 1970s--Fernandez finds intriguing points of convergence. His cross-cultural and comparative analysis puts Black and Latinx authors and literary works into the same frame as he considers the plays of Amiri Baraka and Luis Valdez, the fiction of James Baldwin and Rudolfo Anaya, the essays of Ralph Ellison and Richard Rodriguez, novels by Alice Walker and Helena María Viramontes, and the short fiction of Edward P. Jones and Junot Díaz. Against Marginalization thus uncovers points of correspondence and convergence among Black and Latinx literary and cultural legacies, interrogating how both traditions have moved from a position of literary marginalization to a moment of visibility and critical recognition. Anna E. Lindner is a doctoral candidate in the Communication Department at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. On Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies
Courtney Zoffness is the author of Spilt Milk, out now with McSweeney's, and forthcoming in paperback in September 2022. Spilt Milk was named a best debut of 2021 by BookPage and Refinery29, and a “must-read” by Good Morning America. Also a fiction writer, Zoffness won the 2018 Sunday Times Short Story Award, the most valuable international prize for short fiction, amid entries from 38 countries. She joined a list of winners that includes Anthony Doerr and Junot Díaz. Other honors include an Emerging Writers Fellowship from The Center for Fiction and two residency fellowships from MacDowell. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, The Paris Review, The Southern Review, Guernica, No Tokens, and other venues, and she had essays listed as “notable” in Best American Essays in2018 and 2019. Zoffness holds graduate degrees from the Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Arizona, and a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. She has taught English at a dozen different institutions, including Yale University and the University of Freiburg (Germany), and delivered readings and talks at venues across the US and abroad. Currently she directs the creative writing program at Drew University. She lives with her family in Brooklyn, New York. Books Recommended: Emerson Whitney, Heaven Carmen Marie Machado, In the Dream House Emily Fridlund, History of Wolves Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro as World Literature, is under contract with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Courtney Zoffness is the author of Spilt Milk, out now with McSweeney's, and forthcoming in paperback in September 2022. Spilt Milk was named a best debut of 2021 by BookPage and Refinery29, and a “must-read” by Good Morning America. Also a fiction writer, Zoffness won the 2018 Sunday Times Short Story Award, the most valuable international prize for short fiction, amid entries from 38 countries. She joined a list of winners that includes Anthony Doerr and Junot Díaz. Other honors include an Emerging Writers Fellowship from The Center for Fiction and two residency fellowships from MacDowell. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, The Paris Review, The Southern Review, Guernica, No Tokens, and other venues, and she had essays listed as “notable” in Best American Essays in2018 and 2019. Zoffness holds graduate degrees from the Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Arizona, and a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. She has taught English at a dozen different institutions, including Yale University and the University of Freiburg (Germany), and delivered readings and talks at venues across the US and abroad. Currently she directs the creative writing program at Drew University. She lives with her family in Brooklyn, New York. Books Recommended: Emerson Whitney, Heaven Carmen Marie Machado, In the Dream House Emily Fridlund, History of Wolves Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro as World Literature, is under contract with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
Courtney Zoffness is the author of Spilt Milk, out now with McSweeney's, and forthcoming in paperback in September 2022. Spilt Milk was named a best debut of 2021 by BookPage and Refinery29, and a “must-read” by Good Morning America. Also a fiction writer, Zoffness won the 2018 Sunday Times Short Story Award, the most valuable international prize for short fiction, amid entries from 38 countries. She joined a list of winners that includes Anthony Doerr and Junot Díaz. Other honors include an Emerging Writers Fellowship from The Center for Fiction and two residency fellowships from MacDowell. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, The Paris Review, The Southern Review, Guernica, No Tokens, and other venues, and she had essays listed as “notable” in Best American Essays in2018 and 2019. Zoffness holds graduate degrees from the Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Arizona, and a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. She has taught English at a dozen different institutions, including Yale University and the University of Freiburg (Germany), and delivered readings and talks at venues across the US and abroad. Currently she directs the creative writing program at Drew University. She lives with her family in Brooklyn, New York. Books Recommended: Emerson Whitney, Heaven Carmen Marie Machado, In the Dream House Emily Fridlund, History of Wolves Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro as World Literature, is under contract with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies
Courtney Zoffness is the author of Spilt Milk, out now with McSweeney's, and forthcoming in paperback in September 2022. Spilt Milk was named a best debut of 2021 by BookPage and Refinery29, and a “must-read” by Good Morning America. Also a fiction writer, Zoffness won the 2018 Sunday Times Short Story Award, the most valuable international prize for short fiction, amid entries from 38 countries. She joined a list of winners that includes Anthony Doerr and Junot Díaz. Other honors include an Emerging Writers Fellowship from The Center for Fiction and two residency fellowships from MacDowell. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, The Paris Review, The Southern Review, Guernica, No Tokens, and other venues, and she had essays listed as “notable” in Best American Essays in2018 and 2019. Zoffness holds graduate degrees from the Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Arizona, and a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. She has taught English at a dozen different institutions, including Yale University and the University of Freiburg (Germany), and delivered readings and talks at venues across the US and abroad. Currently she directs the creative writing program at Drew University. She lives with her family in Brooklyn, New York. Books Recommended: Emerson Whitney, Heaven Carmen Marie Machado, In the Dream House Emily Fridlund, History of Wolves Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro as World Literature, is under contract with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature
Forrest Gander, Christina MacSweeney, Megan McDowell, Achy Obejas, Nathan Scott McNamara To translate an author's work—staying faithful to their vision, style, and message, in a language not their own—is to assume an awesome responsibility: one that hasn't always gotten its just due as an art form. Four of today's most noteworthy and acclaimed translators of Latin American contemporary literature will shed light on the origins, rewards, pitfalls, and complexities of their discipline. Christina MacSweeney, a recipient of the Valle Inclan prize, has translated the works of leading Spanish-language authors including Valeria Luiselli, Jazmina Barrera, and Elvira Navarro. Megan McDowell, who received the English PEN award and whose works in translation have been nominated four times for the International Booker Prize, has translated many of the most important Latin American authors working today, including Samanta Schweblin, Alejandro Zambra, and Mariana Enriquez. Havana-born translator Achy Obejas, who has worked with Wendy Guerra, Rita Indiana, Junot Díaz, and Megan Maxwell, is also the author of a recent collection of poetry written in a mostly gender-free Spanish and English. And Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Forrest Gander, also a renowned translator, will share insights from his distinguished career. Find out why translation is a journey of never-ending discovery, creativity, and lessons in cross-cultural sensitivity and communication.Sponsored by the Center for the Art of Translation.
Junot Díaz was born in the Dominican Republic and raised in New Jersey. He is the author of the critically acclaimed Drown; The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, which won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award; and This Is How You Lose Her, a New York Times bestseller and National Book Award finalist. He is the recipient of a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship, PEN/Malamud Award, Dayton Literary Peace Prize, Guggenheim Fellowship, and PEN/O. Henry Award. We talk deeply about being an outsider, presenting the voice of outsiders and taking the time to find what you have to say. GUEST LINKS: Headshot credit should go to ©Nina Subin Tag for Social Media: @aragiauthors http://www.junotdiaz.com
What do J.K. Rowling, Junot Díaz, and Chris Brown all have in common? They all came up during our deep-dive into cancel culture! This week, join Kalima and Johanna for a discussion on their limits and what it means to call someone in.
Dando un recorrido por la dominicanidad, la inmigración, el bullying, la ciencia ficción, el amor y desamor, la familia y los caminos de todas las generaciones por estos temas es lo que venimos a contar hoy a través de la historia de Junot Díaz. Libro: La breve y maravillosa vida de Óscar Wao de Junot Díaz
Esta es una muestra de "Love song". La versión completa tiene una duración total de 9 h 45 min.Encuentra este audiolibro completo en https://bit.ly/lovesong_audiolibroNarrado por: Pablo Martínez GugelTras el formidable éxito de Taxi, considerada por la crítica como una de las mejores novelas españolas del año 2017, Carlos Zanón sigue ensanchando los horizontes de su universo imaginativo y nos sorprende de nuevo con una historia descarnada sobre tres personajes atrapados entre los hilos afectivos que les impiden llegar a ser ellos mismos. Sin revelar su identidad, tres músicos talentosos y de cierto éxito -una pareja y su mejor amigo- se embarcan en una gira estival por campings y locales de la costa mediterránea versionando canciones sólo de 1985. A bordo de una impecable Camper California, conducida por un chófer al que apodan vanidosamente Polidori, la banda -compuesta por Jim, Eileen y Cowboy- se lanza a tocar y correr, gozar y sufrir, entre composiciones pop, huesos fracturados y emociones difíciles de manejar. Y a medida que se acercan al final de su recorrido, frente a las costas de Cádiz, los protagonistas se enfrentan a la disyuntiva de quemarse o seguir, pero ya convertidos en otros, sin vuelta atrás. A partir de algunos referentes de su obra narrativa -la lealtad, el triángulo amoroso, la experiencia de la enfermedad y el arte como redención-, con personajes llenos de matices y vuelo, y un ritmo de vértigo, Carlos Zanón compone en Love Song un agitado viaje sentimental que trasciende cualquier intento de clasificación. La crítica ha dicho...«La prosa corrosiva pero siempre cariñosa de Zanón se pone al servicio de esos minutos mágicos en los que la confluencia de la música, la poesía, el virtuosismo y el saber estar sobre el escenario da sentido a nuestras vidas. Las vidas de quienes, como Zanón, quisimos entender de qué demonios iban las canciones que tanto nos gustaban.»La Vanguardia «Love Song, la nueva novela de Carlos Zanón, es una eficaz historia de carretera protagonizada por rockeros crepusculares. Saturada de música, invita a una lectura con banda sonora.»Babelia «Carlos Zanón vuelve a casa. A sus rockeros tristes, sus 'cowboys' solitarios y esas canciones de The Muffs, The Cure y Simple Minds que acaban fundiéndose en una suerte de repertorio tóxico y mutante. A sus perdedores crónicos y, en fin, a esa melancolía que se pega a la piel como hojas secas arrastradas por el viento. Vuelve a casa, sí, pero la casa ha cambiado. Ya no es la misma.»ABC Cultural «Personajes muy potentes. Narrador lúcido hasta la inclemencia. Una música que suena magníficamente bien. Para no perdérsela.»Alicia Giménez-Bartlett «Carlos Zanón ha desarrollado una forma de contar historias y crear personajes que lo distinguen entre muchos otros autores. El ritmo de su prosa cuidada late en cada oración, golpea, sacude.»Claudia Piñeiro «Carlos Zanón es poeta. Me gusta decirlo [...] para responder a quienes defienden una novela sin poesía, una narración documentada y ceñida a los hechos, periodística supongo... No sé bien qué defienden.»Lilian Neuman «El mundo que Zanón nos ofrece es por momentos árido y preciso como el de Cormac McCarthy, por momentos fresco y contundente como el de Junot Díaz, y con los ojos de Casavella y la nariz de Marsé escondidos entre los edificios.»Lluís Llort «Una intensa oda a la música, a la amistad y a la creatividad.»J. Menéndez Llamazares, El Norte de Castilla© 2022, Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, S. A. U.#penguinaudio #audiolibro #audiolibros #zanón #carloszanón See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
For the Season Finale of Season 2, we are running Shorts a bit differently. We're reading, “The Cheater's Guide to Love,” by Junot Diaz published in the New Yorker in 2012. It is also the final story in Diaz's 2012 short story collection, This is How You Lose Her, which was a finalist for the US national book award. However today, we're discussing the relationship between the reader and the writer. Today we will be focusing on the tricky and murky question of: how do the actions of a writer impact your reading of their work? Sources for this episode: Alcantara, Amanda. “Junot and Me (Too)” Latino USA. June 18, 2018. PRX/ Futuro Media Group. National Public Radio. https://www.latinousa.org/2018/06/22/junotdiazandmetoo/ De Leon, Aya. Reconciling Rage and Compassion: the Unfolding #MeToo Moment for Junot Diaz Diaz, Junot. "The Silence: The Legacy of Childhood Trauma." The New Yorker. April 16, 2018. Fassler, Joe. “How Junot Diaz Wrote a Sexist Character, but Not a Sexist Book.” The Atlantic. September 11, 2012. https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/09/how-junot-diaz-wrote-a-sexist-character-but-not-a-sexist-book/262169/ Gil'Adí, Maia. “I think about you, X—”: Re‐Reading Junot Díaz after “The Silence” Latino Studies (2020) 18:507–530; https://doi.org/10.1057/s41276-020-00280-6 Grady, Constance. A month after accusations of sexual misconduct, Junot Díaz is more or less unscathed, by Constance Grady, June 19, 2018. Vox Heredia, Alejandro. @Heredia_Alej, twitter thread from October 15, 2021 NPR, June 20, 2018 :” MIT Clears Junot Díaz Of Sexual Misconduct Allegations.” https://www.npr.org/2018/06/20/622094905/mit-clears-junot-diaz-of-sexual-misconduct-allegations Shapiro, Lila. “Misogyny is Boring as Hell.” Vulture. https://www.vulture.com/2018/06/misogyny-is-boring-carmen-maria-machado.html
Junot Díaz is a Pulitzer prize winning author and professor at MIT. He is a master of prose and takes us on a journey through the Latino immigrant experience. We can proudly name him one of today's best Latino authors in the world. We hope you enjoy this brief interview as much as we have. To Junot: You are an inspiration to us all. Many immigrants do not have the means to expose their arduous experience of going to a new land and living between two cultures. We thank you for enduring your hardships, they empowered you in ways we might not even know yet. [ A Martian in the island might be just what we need... ] Thanks for tuning in. See you soon. [ Subscribe and like for more awesome content
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