Podcasts about Nadine Gordimer

To nasz ostatni przystanek w Południowej Afryce – a zarazem najbardziej literacki. Odwiedzamy afrykanerskie Soplicowo, gdzie narodowy poemat zaskakująco przypomina... "Pana Tadeusza". Tropimy polskie (a czasem litewsko-łotewskie czy żydowskie) wątki w życiorysach noblistów z RPA – J. M. Coetzee i Nadine Gordimer. Poznajemy też Sub, czyli Sarę Goldblatt z Radomia, pierwszą poetkę piszącą po afrikaans i cichą redaktorkę narodowego wieszcza Afrykanerów. Na koniec opowieść o rodzinie, która chowała sekrety przed dziećmi, mówiąc do siebie po... malajsku.

Our book is: The World She Edited: Katharine S. White at the New Yorker (Mariner Books, 2024) by Dr. Amy Reading, which is a lively and intimate biography of trailblazing and era-defining New Yorker editor Katharine S. White. White helped build the magazine's prestigious legacy and transform the 20th century literary landscape for women. In the summer of 1925, Katharine Sergeant Angell White walked into The New Yorker's midtown office and left with a job as an editor. The magazine was only a few months old. Over the next thirty-six years, White would transform the publication into a literary powerhouse.  This exquisite biography brings to life the remarkable relationships White fostered with her writers and how these relationships nurtured an astonishing array of literary talent. She edited a young John Updike, to whom she sent seventeen rejections before a single acceptance, as well as Vladimir Nabokov, with whom she fought incessantly, urging that he drop needlessly obscure, confusing words. White's biggest contribution, however, was her cultivation of women writers whose careers were made at The New Yorker—Janet Flanner, Mary McCarthy, Elizabeth Bishop, Jean Stafford, Nadine Gordimer, Elizabeth Taylor, Emily Hahn, Kay Boyle, and more. She cleared their mental and financial obstacles, introduced them to each other, and helped them create now classic stories and essays. She propelled these women to great literary heights and, in the process, reinvented the role of the editor, transforming the relationship to be not just a way to improve a writer's work but also their life. Based on years of scrupulous research, acclaimed author Amy Reading creates a rare and deeply intimate portrait of a prolific editor—through both her incredible tenure at The New Yorker, and her famous marriage to E.B. White—and reveals how she transformed our understanding of literary culture and community. Our guest is: Dr. Amy Reading. Her book, The World She Edited: Katharine S. White at The New Yorker, is a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography. She is also the author of The Mark Inside: A Perfect Swindle, a Cunning Revenge, and a Small History of the Big Con. Her work has been supported by fellowships from the National Endowment of the Humanities and the New York Public Library, among others. She lives in upstate New York, where she serves on the board of her local independent bookstore, Buffalo Street Books. Our host is: Dr. Christina Gessler, who is the creator, producer and show host of the Academic Life podcast. She uses her PhD in history to explore what stories we tell, and what happens to those we never tell. Listeners may enjoy this playlist: Claire Myers Owens and the Banned Book Dear Miss Perkins Leaving Academia The Misadventures of A Rare Bookseller We Take Our Cities With Us Welcome to Academic Life, the podcast for your academic journey—and beyond! You can support the show by downloading or sharing episodes. Join us again to learn from more experts inside and outside the academy, and around the world. Missed any of the 240+ Academic Life episodes? Find them here. And thank you for listening! 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

Our book is: The World She Edited: Katharine S. White at the New Yorker (Mariner Books, 2024) by Dr. Amy Reading, which is a lively and intimate biography of trailblazing and era-defining New Yorker editor Katharine S. White. White helped build the magazine's prestigious legacy and transform the 20th century literary landscape for women. In the summer of 1925, Katharine Sergeant Angell White walked into The New Yorker's midtown office and left with a job as an editor. The magazine was only a few months old. Over the next thirty-six years, White would transform the publication into a literary powerhouse.  This exquisite biography brings to life the remarkable relationships White fostered with her writers and how these relationships nurtured an astonishing array of literary talent. She edited a young John Updike, to whom she sent seventeen rejections before a single acceptance, as well as Vladimir Nabokov, with whom she fought incessantly, urging that he drop needlessly obscure, confusing words. White's biggest contribution, however, was her cultivation of women writers whose careers were made at The New Yorker—Janet Flanner, Mary McCarthy, Elizabeth Bishop, Jean Stafford, Nadine Gordimer, Elizabeth Taylor, Emily Hahn, Kay Boyle, and more. She cleared their mental and financial obstacles, introduced them to each other, and helped them create now classic stories and essays. She propelled these women to great literary heights and, in the process, reinvented the role of the editor, transforming the relationship to be not just a way to improve a writer's work but also their life. Based on years of scrupulous research, acclaimed author Amy Reading creates a rare and deeply intimate portrait of a prolific editor—through both her incredible tenure at The New Yorker, and her famous marriage to E.B. White—and reveals how she transformed our understanding of literary culture and community. Our guest is: Dr. Amy Reading. Her book, The World She Edited: Katharine S. White at The New Yorker, is a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography. She is also the author of The Mark Inside: A Perfect Swindle, a Cunning Revenge, and a Small History of the Big Con. Her work has been supported by fellowships from the National Endowment of the Humanities and the New York Public Library, among others. She lives in upstate New York, where she serves on the board of her local independent bookstore, Buffalo Street Books. Our host is: Dr. Christina Gessler, who is the creator, producer and show host of the Academic Life podcast. She uses her PhD in history to explore what stories we tell, and what happens to those we never tell. Listeners may enjoy this playlist: Claire Myers Owens and the Banned Book Dear Miss Perkins Leaving Academia The Misadventures of A Rare Bookseller We Take Our Cities With Us Welcome to Academic Life, the podcast for your academic journey—and beyond! You can support the show by downloading or sharing episodes. Join us again to learn from more experts inside and outside the academy, and around the world. Missed any of the 240+ Academic Life episodes? Find them here. And thank you for listening! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

Our book is: The World She Edited: Katharine S. White at the New Yorker (Mariner Books, 2024) by Dr. Amy Reading, which is a lively and intimate biography of trailblazing and era-defining New Yorker editor Katharine S. White. White helped build the magazine's prestigious legacy and transform the 20th century literary landscape for women. In the summer of 1925, Katharine Sergeant Angell White walked into The New Yorker's midtown office and left with a job as an editor. The magazine was only a few months old. Over the next thirty-six years, White would transform the publication into a literary powerhouse.  This exquisite biography brings to life the remarkable relationships White fostered with her writers and how these relationships nurtured an astonishing array of literary talent. She edited a young John Updike, to whom she sent seventeen rejections before a single acceptance, as well as Vladimir Nabokov, with whom she fought incessantly, urging that he drop needlessly obscure, confusing words. White's biggest contribution, however, was her cultivation of women writers whose careers were made at The New Yorker—Janet Flanner, Mary McCarthy, Elizabeth Bishop, Jean Stafford, Nadine Gordimer, Elizabeth Taylor, Emily Hahn, Kay Boyle, and more. She cleared their mental and financial obstacles, introduced them to each other, and helped them create now classic stories and essays. She propelled these women to great literary heights and, in the process, reinvented the role of the editor, transforming the relationship to be not just a way to improve a writer's work but also their life. Based on years of scrupulous research, acclaimed author Amy Reading creates a rare and deeply intimate portrait of a prolific editor—through both her incredible tenure at The New Yorker, and her famous marriage to E.B. White—and reveals how she transformed our understanding of literary culture and community. Our guest is: Dr. Amy Reading. Her book, The World She Edited: Katharine S. White at The New Yorker, is a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography. She is also the author of The Mark Inside: A Perfect Swindle, a Cunning Revenge, and a Small History of the Big Con. Her work has been supported by fellowships from the National Endowment of the Humanities and the New York Public Library, among others. She lives in upstate New York, where she serves on the board of her local independent bookstore, Buffalo Street Books. Our host is: Dr. Christina Gessler, who is the creator, producer and show host of the Academic Life podcast. She uses her PhD in history to explore what stories we tell, and what happens to those we never tell. Listeners may enjoy this playlist: Claire Myers Owens and the Banned Book Dear Miss Perkins Leaving Academia The Misadventures of A Rare Bookseller We Take Our Cities With Us Welcome to Academic Life, the podcast for your academic journey—and beyond! You can support the show by downloading or sharing episodes. Join us again to learn from more experts inside and outside the academy, and around the world. Missed any of the 240+ Academic Life episodes? Find them here. And thank you for listening! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies

Our book is: The World She Edited: Katharine S. White at the New Yorker (Mariner Books, 2024) by Dr. Amy Reading, which is a lively and intimate biography of trailblazing and era-defining New Yorker editor Katharine S. White. White helped build the magazine's prestigious legacy and transform the 20th century literary landscape for women. In the summer of 1925, Katharine Sergeant Angell White walked into The New Yorker's midtown office and left with a job as an editor. The magazine was only a few months old. Over the next thirty-six years, White would transform the publication into a literary powerhouse.  This exquisite biography brings to life the remarkable relationships White fostered with her writers and how these relationships nurtured an astonishing array of literary talent. She edited a young John Updike, to whom she sent seventeen rejections before a single acceptance, as well as Vladimir Nabokov, with whom she fought incessantly, urging that he drop needlessly obscure, confusing words. White's biggest contribution, however, was her cultivation of women writers whose careers were made at The New Yorker—Janet Flanner, Mary McCarthy, Elizabeth Bishop, Jean Stafford, Nadine Gordimer, Elizabeth Taylor, Emily Hahn, Kay Boyle, and more. She cleared their mental and financial obstacles, introduced them to each other, and helped them create now classic stories and essays. She propelled these women to great literary heights and, in the process, reinvented the role of the editor, transforming the relationship to be not just a way to improve a writer's work but also their life. Based on years of scrupulous research, acclaimed author Amy Reading creates a rare and deeply intimate portrait of a prolific editor—through both her incredible tenure at The New Yorker, and her famous marriage to E.B. White—and reveals how she transformed our understanding of literary culture and community. Our guest is: Dr. Amy Reading. Her book, The World She Edited: Katharine S. White at The New Yorker, is a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography. She is also the author of The Mark Inside: A Perfect Swindle, a Cunning Revenge, and a Small History of the Big Con. Her work has been supported by fellowships from the National Endowment of the Humanities and the New York Public Library, among others. She lives in upstate New York, where she serves on the board of her local independent bookstore, Buffalo Street Books. Our host is: Dr. Christina Gessler, who is the creator, producer and show host of the Academic Life podcast. She uses her PhD in history to explore what stories we tell, and what happens to those we never tell. Listeners may enjoy this playlist: Claire Myers Owens and the Banned Book Dear Miss Perkins Leaving Academia The Misadventures of A Rare Bookseller We Take Our Cities With Us Welcome to Academic Life, the podcast for your academic journey—and beyond! You can support the show by downloading or sharing episodes. Join us again to learn from more experts inside and outside the academy, and around the world. Missed any of the 240+ Academic Life episodes? Find them here. And thank you for listening! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/biography

Our book is: The World She Edited: Katharine S. White at the New Yorker (Mariner Books, 2024) by Dr. Amy Reading, which is a lively and intimate biography of trailblazing and era-defining New Yorker editor Katharine S. White. White helped build the magazine's prestigious legacy and transform the 20th century literary landscape for women. In the summer of 1925, Katharine Sergeant Angell White walked into The New Yorker's midtown office and left with a job as an editor. The magazine was only a few months old. Over the next thirty-six years, White would transform the publication into a literary powerhouse.  This exquisite biography brings to life the remarkable relationships White fostered with her writers and how these relationships nurtured an astonishing array of literary talent. She edited a young John Updike, to whom she sent seventeen rejections before a single acceptance, as well as Vladimir Nabokov, with whom she fought incessantly, urging that he drop needlessly obscure, confusing words. White's biggest contribution, however, was her cultivation of women writers whose careers were made at The New Yorker—Janet Flanner, Mary McCarthy, Elizabeth Bishop, Jean Stafford, Nadine Gordimer, Elizabeth Taylor, Emily Hahn, Kay Boyle, and more. She cleared their mental and financial obstacles, introduced them to each other, and helped them create now classic stories and essays. She propelled these women to great literary heights and, in the process, reinvented the role of the editor, transforming the relationship to be not just a way to improve a writer's work but also their life. Based on years of scrupulous research, acclaimed author Amy Reading creates a rare and deeply intimate portrait of a prolific editor—through both her incredible tenure at The New Yorker, and her famous marriage to E.B. White—and reveals how she transformed our understanding of literary culture and community. Our guest is: Dr. Amy Reading. Her book, The World She Edited: Katharine S. White at The New Yorker, is a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography. She is also the author of The Mark Inside: A Perfect Swindle, a Cunning Revenge, and a Small History of the Big Con. Her work has been supported by fellowships from the National Endowment of the Humanities and the New York Public Library, among others. She lives in upstate New York, where she serves on the board of her local independent bookstore, Buffalo Street Books. Our host is: Dr. Christina Gessler, who is the creator, producer and show host of the Academic Life podcast. She uses her PhD in history to explore what stories we tell, and what happens to those we never tell. Listeners may enjoy this playlist: Claire Myers Owens and the Banned Book Dear Miss Perkins Leaving Academia The Misadventures of A Rare Bookseller We Take Our Cities With Us Welcome to Academic Life, the podcast for your academic journey—and beyond! You can support the show by downloading or sharing episodes. Join us again to learn from more experts inside and outside the academy, and around the world. Missed any of the 240+ Academic Life episodes? Find them here. And thank you for listening! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

Our book is: The World She Edited: Katharine S. White at the New Yorker (Mariner Books, 2024) by Dr. Amy Reading, which is a lively and intimate biography of trailblazing and era-defining New Yorker editor Katharine S. White. White helped build the magazine's prestigious legacy and transform the 20th century literary landscape for women. In the summer of 1925, Katharine Sergeant Angell White walked into The New Yorker's midtown office and left with a job as an editor. The magazine was only a few months old. Over the next thirty-six years, White would transform the publication into a literary powerhouse.  This exquisite biography brings to life the remarkable relationships White fostered with her writers and how these relationships nurtured an astonishing array of literary talent. She edited a young John Updike, to whom she sent seventeen rejections before a single acceptance, as well as Vladimir Nabokov, with whom she fought incessantly, urging that he drop needlessly obscure, confusing words. White's biggest contribution, however, was her cultivation of women writers whose careers were made at The New Yorker—Janet Flanner, Mary McCarthy, Elizabeth Bishop, Jean Stafford, Nadine Gordimer, Elizabeth Taylor, Emily Hahn, Kay Boyle, and more. She cleared their mental and financial obstacles, introduced them to each other, and helped them create now classic stories and essays. She propelled these women to great literary heights and, in the process, reinvented the role of the editor, transforming the relationship to be not just a way to improve a writer's work but also their life. Based on years of scrupulous research, acclaimed author Amy Reading creates a rare and deeply intimate portrait of a prolific editor—through both her incredible tenure at The New Yorker, and her famous marriage to E.B. White—and reveals how she transformed our understanding of literary culture and community. Our guest is: Dr. Amy Reading. Her book, The World She Edited: Katharine S. White at The New Yorker, is a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography. She is also the author of The Mark Inside: A Perfect Swindle, a Cunning Revenge, and a Small History of the Big Con. Her work has been supported by fellowships from the National Endowment of the Humanities and the New York Public Library, among others. She lives in upstate New York, where she serves on the board of her local independent bookstore, Buffalo Street Books. Our host is: Dr. Christina Gessler, who is the creator, producer and show host of the Academic Life podcast. She uses her PhD in history to explore what stories we tell, and what happens to those we never tell. Listeners may enjoy this playlist: Claire Myers Owens and the Banned Book Dear Miss Perkins Leaving Academia The Misadventures of A Rare Bookseller We Take Our Cities With Us Welcome to Academic Life, the podcast for your academic journey—and beyond! You can support the show by downloading or sharing episodes. Join us again to learn from more experts inside and outside the academy, and around the world. Missed any of the 240+ Academic Life episodes? Find them here. And thank you for listening! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/academic-life

Our book is: The World She Edited: Katharine S. White at the New Yorker (Mariner Books, 2024) by Dr. Amy Reading, which is a lively and intimate biography of trailblazing and era-defining New Yorker editor Katharine S. White. White helped build the magazine's prestigious legacy and transform the 20th century literary landscape for women. In the summer of 1925, Katharine Sergeant Angell White walked into The New Yorker's midtown office and left with a job as an editor. The magazine was only a few months old. Over the next thirty-six years, White would transform the publication into a literary powerhouse.  This exquisite biography brings to life the remarkable relationships White fostered with her writers and how these relationships nurtured an astonishing array of literary talent. She edited a young John Updike, to whom she sent seventeen rejections before a single acceptance, as well as Vladimir Nabokov, with whom she fought incessantly, urging that he drop needlessly obscure, confusing words. White's biggest contribution, however, was her cultivation of women writers whose careers were made at The New Yorker—Janet Flanner, Mary McCarthy, Elizabeth Bishop, Jean Stafford, Nadine Gordimer, Elizabeth Taylor, Emily Hahn, Kay Boyle, and more. She cleared their mental and financial obstacles, introduced them to each other, and helped them create now classic stories and essays. She propelled these women to great literary heights and, in the process, reinvented the role of the editor, transforming the relationship to be not just a way to improve a writer's work but also their life. Based on years of scrupulous research, acclaimed author Amy Reading creates a rare and deeply intimate portrait of a prolific editor—through both her incredible tenure at The New Yorker, and her famous marriage to E.B. White—and reveals how she transformed our understanding of literary culture and community. Our guest is: Dr. Amy Reading. Her book, The World She Edited: Katharine S. White at The New Yorker, is a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography. She is also the author of The Mark Inside: A Perfect Swindle, a Cunning Revenge, and a Small History of the Big Con. Her work has been supported by fellowships from the National Endowment of the Humanities and the New York Public Library, among others. She lives in upstate New York, where she serves on the board of her local independent bookstore, Buffalo Street Books. Our host is: Dr. Christina Gessler, who is the creator, producer and show host of the Academic Life podcast. She uses her PhD in history to explore what stories we tell, and what happens to those we never tell. Listeners may enjoy this playlist: Claire Myers Owens and the Banned Book Dear Miss Perkins Leaving Academia The Misadventures of A Rare Bookseller We Take Our Cities With Us Welcome to Academic Life, the podcast for your academic journey—and beyond! You can support the show by downloading or sharing episodes. Join us again to learn from more experts inside and outside the academy, and around the world. Missed any of the 240+ Academic Life episodes? Find them here. And thank you for listening! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/communications

Our book is: The World She Edited: Katharine S. White at the New Yorker (Mariner Books, 2024) by Dr. Amy Reading, which is a lively and intimate biography of trailblazing and era-defining New Yorker editor Katharine S. White. White helped build the magazine's prestigious legacy and transform the 20th century literary landscape for women. In the summer of 1925, Katharine Sergeant Angell White walked into The New Yorker's midtown office and left with a job as an editor. The magazine was only a few months old. Over the next thirty-six years, White would transform the publication into a literary powerhouse.  This exquisite biography brings to life the remarkable relationships White fostered with her writers and how these relationships nurtured an astonishing array of literary talent. She edited a young John Updike, to whom she sent seventeen rejections before a single acceptance, as well as Vladimir Nabokov, with whom she fought incessantly, urging that he drop needlessly obscure, confusing words. White's biggest contribution, however, was her cultivation of women writers whose careers were made at The New Yorker—Janet Flanner, Mary McCarthy, Elizabeth Bishop, Jean Stafford, Nadine Gordimer, Elizabeth Taylor, Emily Hahn, Kay Boyle, and more. She cleared their mental and financial obstacles, introduced them to each other, and helped them create now classic stories and essays. She propelled these women to great literary heights and, in the process, reinvented the role of the editor, transforming the relationship to be not just a way to improve a writer's work but also their life. Based on years of scrupulous research, acclaimed author Amy Reading creates a rare and deeply intimate portrait of a prolific editor—through both her incredible tenure at The New Yorker, and her famous marriage to E.B. White—and reveals how she transformed our understanding of literary culture and community. Our guest is: Dr. Amy Reading. Her book, The World She Edited: Katharine S. White at The New Yorker, is a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography. She is also the author of The Mark Inside: A Perfect Swindle, a Cunning Revenge, and a Small History of the Big Con. Her work has been supported by fellowships from the National Endowment of the Humanities and the New York Public Library, among others. She lives in upstate New York, where she serves on the board of her local independent bookstore, Buffalo Street Books. Our host is: Dr. Christina Gessler, who is the creator, producer and show host of the Academic Life podcast. She uses her PhD in history to explore what stories we tell, and what happens to those we never tell. Listeners may enjoy this playlist: Claire Myers Owens and the Banned Book Dear Miss Perkins Leaving Academia The Misadventures of A Rare Bookseller We Take Our Cities With Us Welcome to Academic Life, the podcast for your academic journey—and beyond! You can support the show by downloading or sharing episodes. Join us again to learn from more experts inside and outside the academy, and around the world. Missed any of the 240+ Academic Life episodes? Find them here. And thank you for listening! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/journalism

Welcome to Episode 219! In this episode, we recap some exciting Biblio Adventures, including trips to the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, the Montague Book Mill, the Montague Center Library, and an author event at RJ Julia Booksellers with Betsy Lerner. Chris talks about a handful of picture books she read: The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs – written by Chana Stiefel, illustrated by Susan Gal The City Tree – written by Shira Boss, illustrated by Lorena Alvarez I Am Bat – written and illustrated by Morg Hood The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt – written by Riel Nason, illustrated by Byron Eggenschwiler She Made a Monster: How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein – written by Lynn Fulton, illustrated by Felicita Sala Emily read two short stories: “Loot” by Nadine Gordimer from the collection Loot and Other Stories “Seams” by Olga Tokarczuk from The Best Short Stories 2022: The O. Henry Prize Winners And between the two of us, we read three novels: The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich If I Stopped Haunting You by Colby Wilkens Sandwich by Catherine Newman We also discuss what we're #currentlyreading, would like to read, and more. Reminder that the fourth quarter readalong for our Year of Reading Romance is A Little Bit Country by Brian D. Kennedy. See the show notes for details. We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we enjoyed recording it!

In the summer of 1925, Katharine Sergeant Angell White walked into The New Yorker's midtown office and left with a job as an editor. The magazine was only a few months old. Over the next thirty-six years, White would transform the publication into a literary powerhouse. The World She Edited: Katharine S. White at The New Yorker (Mariner Books, 2024) brings to life the remarkable relationships White fostered with her writers and how these relationships nurtured an astonishing array of literary talent. She edited a young John Updike, to whom she sent seventeen rejections before a single acceptance, as well as Vladimir Nabokov, with whom she fought incessantly, urging that he drop needlessly obscure, confusing words. White's biggest contribution, however, was her cultivation of women writers whose careers were made at The New Yorker--Janet Flanner, Mary McCarthy, Elizabeth Bishop, Jean Stafford, Nadine Gordimer, Elizabeth Taylor, Emily Hahn, Kay Boyle, and more. She cleared their mental and financial obstacles, introduced them to each other, and helped them create now classic stories and essays. She propelled these women to great literary heights and, in the process, reinvented the role of the editor, transforming the relationship to be not just a way to improve a writer's work but also their life. Based on years of scrupulous research, acclaimed author Amy Reading creates a rare and deeply intimate portrait of a prolific editor--through both her incredible tenure at The New Yorker, and her famous marriage to E.B. White--and reveals how she transformed our understanding of literary culture and community. Amy Reading is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment of the Humanities and the New York Public Library. She is the author of The Mark Inside: A Perfect Swindle, A Cunning Revenge, and A Small History of the Big Con. She lives in upstate New York, where she has served on the executive board of Buffalo Street Books, an indie cooperative bookstore, since 2018. Recommended Books: Catherine Lacey, Biography of X Clara Bingham, The Movement Maggie Dougherty, The Equivalents  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 Against World Literature, is forthcoming 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

In the summer of 1925, Katharine Sergeant Angell White walked into The New Yorker's midtown office and left with a job as an editor. The magazine was only a few months old. Over the next thirty-six years, White would transform the publication into a literary powerhouse. The World She Edited: Katharine S. White at The New Yorker (Mariner Books, 2024) brings to life the remarkable relationships White fostered with her writers and how these relationships nurtured an astonishing array of literary talent. She edited a young John Updike, to whom she sent seventeen rejections before a single acceptance, as well as Vladimir Nabokov, with whom she fought incessantly, urging that he drop needlessly obscure, confusing words. White's biggest contribution, however, was her cultivation of women writers whose careers were made at The New Yorker--Janet Flanner, Mary McCarthy, Elizabeth Bishop, Jean Stafford, Nadine Gordimer, Elizabeth Taylor, Emily Hahn, Kay Boyle, and more. She cleared their mental and financial obstacles, introduced them to each other, and helped them create now classic stories and essays. She propelled these women to great literary heights and, in the process, reinvented the role of the editor, transforming the relationship to be not just a way to improve a writer's work but also their life. Based on years of scrupulous research, acclaimed author Amy Reading creates a rare and deeply intimate portrait of a prolific editor--through both her incredible tenure at The New Yorker, and her famous marriage to E.B. White--and reveals how she transformed our understanding of literary culture and community. Amy Reading is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment of the Humanities and the New York Public Library. She is the author of The Mark Inside: A Perfect Swindle, A Cunning Revenge, and A Small History of the Big Con. She lives in upstate New York, where she has served on the executive board of Buffalo Street Books, an indie cooperative bookstore, since 2018. Recommended Books: Catherine Lacey, Biography of X Clara Bingham, The Movement Maggie Dougherty, The Equivalents  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 Against World Literature, is forthcoming 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

In the summer of 1925, Katharine Sergeant Angell White walked into The New Yorker's midtown office and left with a job as an editor. The magazine was only a few months old. Over the next thirty-six years, White would transform the publication into a literary powerhouse. The World She Edited: Katharine S. White at The New Yorker (Mariner Books, 2024) brings to life the remarkable relationships White fostered with her writers and how these relationships nurtured an astonishing array of literary talent. She edited a young John Updike, to whom she sent seventeen rejections before a single acceptance, as well as Vladimir Nabokov, with whom she fought incessantly, urging that he drop needlessly obscure, confusing words. White's biggest contribution, however, was her cultivation of women writers whose careers were made at The New Yorker--Janet Flanner, Mary McCarthy, Elizabeth Bishop, Jean Stafford, Nadine Gordimer, Elizabeth Taylor, Emily Hahn, Kay Boyle, and more. She cleared their mental and financial obstacles, introduced them to each other, and helped them create now classic stories and essays. She propelled these women to great literary heights and, in the process, reinvented the role of the editor, transforming the relationship to be not just a way to improve a writer's work but also their life. Based on years of scrupulous research, acclaimed author Amy Reading creates a rare and deeply intimate portrait of a prolific editor--through both her incredible tenure at The New Yorker, and her famous marriage to E.B. White--and reveals how she transformed our understanding of literary culture and community. Amy Reading is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment of the Humanities and the New York Public Library. She is the author of The Mark Inside: A Perfect Swindle, A Cunning Revenge, and A Small History of the Big Con. She lives in upstate New York, where she has served on the executive board of Buffalo Street Books, an indie cooperative bookstore, since 2018. Recommended Books: Catherine Lacey, Biography of X Clara Bingham, The Movement Maggie Dougherty, The Equivalents  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 Against World Literature, is forthcoming 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/history

In the summer of 1925, Katharine Sergeant Angell White walked into The New Yorker's midtown office and left with a job as an editor. The magazine was only a few months old. Over the next thirty-six years, White would transform the publication into a literary powerhouse. The World She Edited: Katharine S. White at The New Yorker (Mariner Books, 2024) brings to life the remarkable relationships White fostered with her writers and how these relationships nurtured an astonishing array of literary talent. She edited a young John Updike, to whom she sent seventeen rejections before a single acceptance, as well as Vladimir Nabokov, with whom she fought incessantly, urging that he drop needlessly obscure, confusing words. White's biggest contribution, however, was her cultivation of women writers whose careers were made at The New Yorker--Janet Flanner, Mary McCarthy, Elizabeth Bishop, Jean Stafford, Nadine Gordimer, Elizabeth Taylor, Emily Hahn, Kay Boyle, and more. She cleared their mental and financial obstacles, introduced them to each other, and helped them create now classic stories and essays. She propelled these women to great literary heights and, in the process, reinvented the role of the editor, transforming the relationship to be not just a way to improve a writer's work but also their life. Based on years of scrupulous research, acclaimed author Amy Reading creates a rare and deeply intimate portrait of a prolific editor--through both her incredible tenure at The New Yorker, and her famous marriage to E.B. White--and reveals how she transformed our understanding of literary culture and community. Amy Reading is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment of the Humanities and the New York Public Library. She is the author of The Mark Inside: A Perfect Swindle, A Cunning Revenge, and A Small History of the Big Con. She lives in upstate New York, where she has served on the executive board of Buffalo Street Books, an indie cooperative bookstore, since 2018. Recommended Books: Catherine Lacey, Biography of X Clara Bingham, The Movement Maggie Dougherty, The Equivalents  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 Against World Literature, is forthcoming 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/gender-studies

In the summer of 1925, Katharine Sergeant Angell White walked into The New Yorker's midtown office and left with a job as an editor. The magazine was only a few months old. Over the next thirty-six years, White would transform the publication into a literary powerhouse. The World She Edited: Katharine S. White at The New Yorker (Mariner Books, 2024) brings to life the remarkable relationships White fostered with her writers and how these relationships nurtured an astonishing array of literary talent. She edited a young John Updike, to whom she sent seventeen rejections before a single acceptance, as well as Vladimir Nabokov, with whom she fought incessantly, urging that he drop needlessly obscure, confusing words. White's biggest contribution, however, was her cultivation of women writers whose careers were made at The New Yorker--Janet Flanner, Mary McCarthy, Elizabeth Bishop, Jean Stafford, Nadine Gordimer, Elizabeth Taylor, Emily Hahn, Kay Boyle, and more. She cleared their mental and financial obstacles, introduced them to each other, and helped them create now classic stories and essays. She propelled these women to great literary heights and, in the process, reinvented the role of the editor, transforming the relationship to be not just a way to improve a writer's work but also their life. Based on years of scrupulous research, acclaimed author Amy Reading creates a rare and deeply intimate portrait of a prolific editor--through both her incredible tenure at The New Yorker, and her famous marriage to E.B. White--and reveals how she transformed our understanding of literary culture and community. Amy Reading is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment of the Humanities and the New York Public Library. She is the author of The Mark Inside: A Perfect Swindle, A Cunning Revenge, and A Small History of the Big Con. She lives in upstate New York, where she has served on the executive board of Buffalo Street Books, an indie cooperative bookstore, since 2018. Recommended Books: Catherine Lacey, Biography of X Clara Bingham, The Movement Maggie Dougherty, The Equivalents  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 Against World Literature, is forthcoming 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

In the summer of 1925, Katharine Sergeant Angell White walked into The New Yorker's midtown office and left with a job as an editor. The magazine was only a few months old. Over the next thirty-six years, White would transform the publication into a literary powerhouse. The World She Edited: Katharine S. White at The New Yorker (Mariner Books, 2024) brings to life the remarkable relationships White fostered with her writers and how these relationships nurtured an astonishing array of literary talent. She edited a young John Updike, to whom she sent seventeen rejections before a single acceptance, as well as Vladimir Nabokov, with whom she fought incessantly, urging that he drop needlessly obscure, confusing words. White's biggest contribution, however, was her cultivation of women writers whose careers were made at The New Yorker--Janet Flanner, Mary McCarthy, Elizabeth Bishop, Jean Stafford, Nadine Gordimer, Elizabeth Taylor, Emily Hahn, Kay Boyle, and more. She cleared their mental and financial obstacles, introduced them to each other, and helped them create now classic stories and essays. She propelled these women to great literary heights and, in the process, reinvented the role of the editor, transforming the relationship to be not just a way to improve a writer's work but also their life. Based on years of scrupulous research, acclaimed author Amy Reading creates a rare and deeply intimate portrait of a prolific editor--through both her incredible tenure at The New Yorker, and her famous marriage to E.B. White--and reveals how she transformed our understanding of literary culture and community. Amy Reading is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment of the Humanities and the New York Public Library. She is the author of The Mark Inside: A Perfect Swindle, A Cunning Revenge, and A Small History of the Big Con. She lives in upstate New York, where she has served on the executive board of Buffalo Street Books, an indie cooperative bookstore, since 2018. Recommended Books: Catherine Lacey, Biography of X Clara Bingham, The Movement Maggie Dougherty, The Equivalents  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 Against World Literature, is forthcoming 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/biography

In the summer of 1925, Katharine Sergeant Angell White walked into The New Yorker's midtown office and left with a job as an editor. The magazine was only a few months old. Over the next thirty-six years, White would transform the publication into a literary powerhouse. The World She Edited: Katharine S. White at The New Yorker (Mariner Books, 2024) brings to life the remarkable relationships White fostered with her writers and how these relationships nurtured an astonishing array of literary talent. She edited a young John Updike, to whom she sent seventeen rejections before a single acceptance, as well as Vladimir Nabokov, with whom she fought incessantly, urging that he drop needlessly obscure, confusing words. White's biggest contribution, however, was her cultivation of women writers whose careers were made at The New Yorker--Janet Flanner, Mary McCarthy, Elizabeth Bishop, Jean Stafford, Nadine Gordimer, Elizabeth Taylor, Emily Hahn, Kay Boyle, and more. She cleared their mental and financial obstacles, introduced them to each other, and helped them create now classic stories and essays. She propelled these women to great literary heights and, in the process, reinvented the role of the editor, transforming the relationship to be not just a way to improve a writer's work but also their life. Based on years of scrupulous research, acclaimed author Amy Reading creates a rare and deeply intimate portrait of a prolific editor--through both her incredible tenure at The New Yorker, and her famous marriage to E.B. White--and reveals how she transformed our understanding of literary culture and community. Amy Reading is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment of the Humanities and the New York Public Library. She is the author of The Mark Inside: A Perfect Swindle, A Cunning Revenge, and A Small History of the Big Con. She lives in upstate New York, where she has served on the executive board of Buffalo Street Books, an indie cooperative bookstore, since 2018. Recommended Books: Catherine Lacey, Biography of X Clara Bingham, The Movement Maggie Dougherty, The Equivalents  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 Against World Literature, is forthcoming 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/american-studies

In the summer of 1925, Katharine Sergeant Angell White walked into The New Yorker's midtown office and left with a job as an editor. The magazine was only a few months old. Over the next thirty-six years, White would transform the publication into a literary powerhouse. The World She Edited: Katharine S. White at The New Yorker (Mariner Books, 2024) brings to life the remarkable relationships White fostered with her writers and how these relationships nurtured an astonishing array of literary talent. She edited a young John Updike, to whom she sent seventeen rejections before a single acceptance, as well as Vladimir Nabokov, with whom she fought incessantly, urging that he drop needlessly obscure, confusing words. White's biggest contribution, however, was her cultivation of women writers whose careers were made at The New Yorker--Janet Flanner, Mary McCarthy, Elizabeth Bishop, Jean Stafford, Nadine Gordimer, Elizabeth Taylor, Emily Hahn, Kay Boyle, and more. She cleared their mental and financial obstacles, introduced them to each other, and helped them create now classic stories and essays. She propelled these women to great literary heights and, in the process, reinvented the role of the editor, transforming the relationship to be not just a way to improve a writer's work but also their life. Based on years of scrupulous research, acclaimed author Amy Reading creates a rare and deeply intimate portrait of a prolific editor--through both her incredible tenure at The New Yorker, and her famous marriage to E.B. White--and reveals how she transformed our understanding of literary culture and community. Amy Reading is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment of the Humanities and the New York Public Library. She is the author of The Mark Inside: A Perfect Swindle, A Cunning Revenge, and A Small History of the Big Con. She lives in upstate New York, where she has served on the executive board of Buffalo Street Books, an indie cooperative bookstore, since 2018. Recommended Books: Catherine Lacey, Biography of X Clara Bingham, The Movement Maggie Dougherty, The Equivalents  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 Against World Literature, is forthcoming 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

In the summer of 1925, Katharine Sergeant Angell White walked into The New Yorker's midtown office and left with a job as an editor. The magazine was only a few months old. Over the next thirty-six years, White would transform the publication into a literary powerhouse. The World She Edited: Katharine S. White at The New Yorker (Mariner Books, 2024) brings to life the remarkable relationships White fostered with her writers and how these relationships nurtured an astonishing array of literary talent. She edited a young John Updike, to whom she sent seventeen rejections before a single acceptance, as well as Vladimir Nabokov, with whom she fought incessantly, urging that he drop needlessly obscure, confusing words. White's biggest contribution, however, was her cultivation of women writers whose careers were made at The New Yorker--Janet Flanner, Mary McCarthy, Elizabeth Bishop, Jean Stafford, Nadine Gordimer, Elizabeth Taylor, Emily Hahn, Kay Boyle, and more. She cleared their mental and financial obstacles, introduced them to each other, and helped them create now classic stories and essays. She propelled these women to great literary heights and, in the process, reinvented the role of the editor, transforming the relationship to be not just a way to improve a writer's work but also their life. Based on years of scrupulous research, acclaimed author Amy Reading creates a rare and deeply intimate portrait of a prolific editor--through both her incredible tenure at The New Yorker, and her famous marriage to E.B. White--and reveals how she transformed our understanding of literary culture and community. Amy Reading is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment of the Humanities and the New York Public Library. She is the author of The Mark Inside: A Perfect Swindle, A Cunning Revenge, and A Small History of the Big Con. She lives in upstate New York, where she has served on the executive board of Buffalo Street Books, an indie cooperative bookstore, since 2018. Recommended Books: Catherine Lacey, Biography of X Clara Bingham, The Movement Maggie Dougherty, The Equivalents  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 Against World Literature, is forthcoming 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/journalism

TW: Gewalt gegen Frauen, Mord Maggie Nelson setzt sich in dem Gedichtband "Jane: A Murder" mit dem gewaltvollen Tod ihrer Tante als junge Studentin auseinander. Gerade als "Jane" erscheint, erfährt sie, dass der ungeklärte Fall um ihren Mord wieder aufgenommen wurde. In "The Red Parts: Autobiography of a Trial" begleitet sie den Prozess, in dem der Mörder ihrer Tante gefunden werden soll und verwebt den Bericht mit Erzählungen über ihr eigenes Aufwachsen. Sie wirft nicht nur einen kritischen Blick auf True Crime, sowie die fiktionalisierte Darstellung von Gewalt gegen Frauen, sondern zeigt auch, wie belastend das Nacherzählen von Gewalt für Betroffene und Angehörige sein kann. Weiterlesen: Aminatta Forna, "Nadine Gordimer helped me see how fiction writing can illuminate reality", The Guardian, 20.8.2013.

TW: Gewalt gegen Frauen, Mord Maggie Nelson setzt sich in dem Gedichtband "Jane: A Murder" mit dem gewaltvollen Tod ihrer Tante als junge Studentin auseinander. Gerade als "Jane" erscheint, erfährt sie, dass der ungeklärte Fall um ihren Mord wieder aufgenommen wurde. In "The Red Parts: Autobiography of a Trial" begleitet sie den Prozess, in dem der Mörder ihrer Tante gefunden werden soll und verwebt den Bericht mit Erzählungen über ihr eigenes Aufwachsen. Sie wirft nicht nur einen kritischen Blick auf True Crime, sowie die fiktionalisierte Darstellung von Gewalt gegen Frauen, sondern zeigt auch, wie belastend das Nacherzählen von Gewalt für Betroffene und Angehörige sein kann. Weiterlesen: Aminatta Forna, "Nadine Gordimer helped me see how fiction writing can illuminate reality", The Guardian, 20.8.2013.

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In this episode of the Project Narrative Podcast, Jim Phelan and Jakob Lothe discuss Nadine Gordimer's short story, “Is There Nowhere Else We Can Meet?” Jakob Lothe is Professor of English Emeritus at the University of Oslo, where he taught from 1993 to 2020. Some of Lothe's publications include Conrad's Narrative Method, Narrative in Fiction… Continue reading Episode 31: Jim Phelan & Jakob Lothe — Nadine Gordimer's “Is There Nowhere Else We Can Meet?”

Nadine Gordimer ble født i Springs, en liten gruveby i nærheten av Johannesburg. Hun debuterte i 1949 med novellesamlingen Face to Face (Ansikt til ansikt), og allerede her viste hun noe av det som kjennetegnet hennes holdning til samfunnet omkring henne: Man velger hva slags menneske man vil være, men man velger på grunnlag av forutsetninger. Det er en ubrytelig sammenheng mellom frihet til individuelt, eksistensielt valg og sosial og politisk frihet og rettferdighet. -- Øivind Hånes (født 5. januar 1960 i Nedre Eiker) er en norsk forfatter, musiker, komponist og plateprodusent.For romanen Pirolene i Benidorm (2005) ble han nominert til Nordisk råds litteraturpris. Hånes er oversatt til tysk, russisk og litauisk.I tillegg til sitt skjønnlitterære forfatterskap har Hånes gitt ut en rekke faktabøker om mat og vin.Som musiker har Hånes spilt inn flere plater, bl.a. på sitt eget plateselskap Bajkal Records.

When does a book transcend from contemporary literature to a classic? Does someone have to confirm its classic status? And can all Booker Prize novels be considered classics just by being part of the Booker canon? This, and more, is what Jo and James are trying to get to the heart of in this week's episode. Listen in as they discuss what makes a classic novel and chat about which Booker books should be known as classics. In this episode Jo and James: Consider what makes a classic Each pick three novels from the Booker Library that are – or should be – considered classics Discuss the plots of their chosen novels and why they are deserving of classic status Reading list: Something to Answer For by P.H. Newby: https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/something-to-answer-for A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr: https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/a-month-in-the-country How Late It Was, How Late by James Kelman: https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/how-late-it-was-how-late St. Urbain's Horseman by Mordecai Richler: https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/st-urbains-horseman Atonement by Ian McEwan: https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/atonement The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro: https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/the-remains-of-the-day The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood: https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/the-handmaids-tale Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart: https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/shuggie-bain Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally: https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/schindlers-ark The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje: https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/the-english-patient Autobiography by Morrisey The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie: https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/midnights-children The Siege of Krishnapur by J.G. Farrell: https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/the-siege-of-krishnapur The Conservationist by Nadine Gordimer: https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/the-conservationist Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey: https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/oscar-and-lucinda The Ghost Road by Pat Barker: https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/the-ghost-road Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee: https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/disgrace Staying On by Paul Scott: https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/staying-on The Famished Road by Ben Okri: https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/the-famished-road Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell: https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/cloud-atlas The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst: https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/the-line-of-beauty Autumn by Ali Smith: https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/autumn Crudo by Olivia Laing No One is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood: https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/no-one-is-talking-about-this Waterland by Graham Swift: https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/waterland G. by John Berger: https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/g Read Alex Clark's piece, “Which novels in the Booker Prize archives should be considered classics?”: https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/features/which-booker-prize-novels-should-be-considered-classics A full transcript of the episode is available at our website: https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/features/the-booker-prize-podcast-episode-33-what-makes-a-classic-novel Follow The Booker Prize Podcast so you never miss an episode. Visit http://thebookerprizes.com/podcast to find out more about us, and follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Tiktok @thebookerprizes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2023 skulle en av våra största författare fyllt 100 år. I en essä från 2014 minns kulturredaktionens Katarina Wikars en människa som alltid blickade utåt. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. ESSÄ: Detta är en text där skribenten reflekterar över ett ämne eller ett verk. Åsikter som uttrycks är skribentens egna. Essän sändes första gången 2014.I tio år har hon varit död nu, författaren Sara Lidman, oändligt uppmärksammad redan under sin långa levnad, hennes debut Tjärdalen som kom 1953 sålde i häpnadsväckande 80.000 exemplar, och också hennes romansvit om Jernbanan som hon skrev från mitten av sjuttiotalet och tio år framåt med några sena eftersläntrare älskades - av både läsare och kritiker. Och samtidigt hennes energi och världssamvete, hur hon engagerade sig för gruvarbetarna i Kiruna under strejken och mot apartheid i Sydafrika och hur hon i tio års tid stred mot Vietnamkriget, hundratals debattartiklar och föredrag, Sara Lidman var både i gamla testamentet och i västerbottendialekten och i världspolitiken samtidigt, en sant glokal människa. Om det ordet hade funnits då. Inblick och utblick. Lokal och global samtidigt. Just den här hösten kommer en riktigt tjock bok om Sara Lidman, men också av. Det är hennes författardagböcker från Missenträsk 1975-1985, som litteraturprofessorn Annelie Bränström Öhman redigerat. Missenträsk är barndomshemmet i Västerbotten dit Sara flyttade just 1975, från världen och från en olycklig utdragen kärlek i Stockholm till sina gamla föräldrar, Andreas och Jenny, för att vara med dem deras sista år. Och det var de här åren som Sara också skrev de fem första delarna av Jernbarnesviten. Historien om Didrik Mårtenssons vanära och fall, historien om järnvägen som skulle förbinda Norrland med Sverige. Är dagboken en del av författarskapet? Det är det första hon frågar sig, ABÖ, eller tillhör den privatlivet? Och naturligtvis är det så, att en redan död författare kan ju inte sitta och sovra själv, välja vilken sida man vill visa upp utåt, men Sara Lidmans vaxdukshäften och handskrivna kollegieblock ger som ABÖ säger, en bild av en författare i arbete. Och efter att ha läst en sexhundra sidor kan jag nog bara hålla med, Sara Lidman skriver liksom ut sig själv ur dagboken.Men det här med livet och litteraturen och korsbefruktningarna. Saras pappa Andreas som verkar ha varit den viktigaste inspirationskällan var en man full av berättelser om de som levt före, hon hade en sån skattkista att ösa ur, historien om farfar var till viss del en förebild för Didrik i romansviten, men även drömmar kunde knådas och få sin litterära form, och så mycket tid hon satt i arkiven, för att få all fakta rätt. Gränsen mellan liv och fiktion är citat från förordet” en mild störning, en kännbar friktion både för läsare och utgivare.”Stilens munterhet heter denna författardagbok, efter en dagboksnotering från nittiotalet: En text måste vara lättsinnig på ytan, medan allvaret är dolt. Och jag märker att jag söker mig till de delar som handlar om själva skrivandet, ABÖ har inte velat sovra i dagböckerna, menar att urvalsprincipen kan leda till missriktad välvilja både mot författaren och läsaren. Och ibland när jsg ledsnar på Sara Lidmans egen ledsnad vid medmänniskorna och hastar lite förbi, så kommer den igen, den där försonligheten, kärleken, dessa himlar och gryningar. Ett gediget förord har hon skrivit ABÖ, där hon drar ut olika teman ur dagböckerna, som en ledstång för alla oss som inte känner författarskapet, och ett efterord om dagboken som kvinnolitterär tradition, som mobilt andrum, biktrum och övningsrum. Hon pekar på elementet av fiktion och ett tilltal som väntar på sin läsekrets. Kanske en författare alltid har nån som sneglar över axeln. Är aldrig bara för sig. Jag vet inte. Det går ju inte och sitta här och recensera en dagbok men det som griper tag i mig är Saras omsorg om föräldrarna, som båda dör redan 1976, och sen fortsätter de att ge sig till känna, Sara Lidman skriver om ljusskenet efter fadern, ropen från modern, själva husets sorg är ett begrepp hon återvänder till, och hennes fråga allteftersom hon själv åldras och Jernbanesviten förlöper är ska hon hinna skriva fram till sin mor, till Jennys sorg. Något annat hon handfast ägnar sig åt i huset i Missenträsk är själva ommöbleringen för att nå fram till den ultimata skrivplatsen och ställningen, hon målar om, byter rum, står, sitter, ligger, skaffar skrivmaskin efter att länge skrivit för hand och sen talat in texten på kassettband och lämnat för renskrift.Här finns också något utmärkande för författarskapet som ABÖ kallar för att stå i svarsberedskap. Sara växelbrukar engagemanget i världen med romanskrivandet, säger romanen stammar sina svar på en livslång utmaning, artikeln är stubbe och stubin. Har hon svikit kampen, har hon svikit Vietnam, men de här åren kommer hon också fram till att jag har ett Vietnam i Västerbotten.Och byn, Missenträsk är också något vars förtroende man inte kan missbruka, ett åtagande som måste fullföljas. Gud låt mig leva och skriva något bra om denna by, skriver hon.Ett annat teman är hennes fixering vid trä, något hon själv liknar vid alkoholism, det där ha-begäret. Ingen shoppar längre med samma självförakt som Sara Lidman. Hon kallar det: En rutten fläck i min karaktär. Och när hon är hemma hos kolleger kan hon utbrista: Jag skulle aldrig våga bo så här vackert. Det skulle ta all min tid och skam.Men kommer på mig själv med att sakna en Sara Lidman jag såg på teve en gång och som talade så vackert om att alltid vara förälskad och jag minns vad Elisabeth Rynell skrev om Sara i sin bok Skrivandets sinne häromåret: hur Sara sa att romangestalter måste älskas till liv, att de åtminstone på någon fläck måste bli älskade även de vidrigaste. Att hitta något älskansvärt i alla, och stå ut med att utsäga det. Inte ställa en förstående diagnos utan älska fram dem.Och med det för ögonen ger jag mig vidare in i Stilens munterhet. Lär mig ord som drömstulen och fördystra, ett sväv och förfåglad. Och när hon ibland som om författaren och Nobelpristagaren och vännen Nadine Gordimer och annan skrivarkollaga utbrister: De upplever bara det de kan skryta med. De omkommer aldrig, så frågar hon sig genast i nästa mening: Och som om inte detsamma kunde sägas om mig? Så blir då hennes dagböcker också en ständigt värkande självprövning.ABÖ har i möjligaste mån sparat hålen och luckorna som fanns i den handskrivna dagboken, menar att det är där som författarens närvaro är allra mest påtaglig. Citat: Här faller ljuset in. De många klockornas tickande kan höras – då och då ett frasande, suckande, susande som när någon vänder blad, byter ställning i stolen och slutligen reser sig upp för att titta ut genom fönstret.Och jag går hem och vattnar min stickling som i tredje led kommer från Missenträsk, min alldeles egna Sara Lidman-blomma.Katarina Wikars, medarbetare på Sveriges Radios kulturredaktion

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1035, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Nobel Winners By Category 1: Mikhail Gorbachev. Peace. 2: Nadine Gordimer. Literature. 3: Alexander Fleming. Medicine. 4: Max Planck. Physics. 5: Linus Pauling(the first time). Chemistry. Round 2. Category: Clean 4-Letter Words 1: Dial and Zest are 4-letter brands of this. soap. 2: Everything "will come out in" this. the wash. 3: The bird that found land for Noah, or the soap that's 1/4 moisturizing lotion. Dove. 4: Meaning free from dirt or taint, it's used in describing food and drug laws. pure. 5: The knob on a radio, or the antibacterial soap you'd use on your hands if the knob was dirty. Dial. Round 3. Category: College Rhyme Time 1: A pack of playing cards for a Pasadena school with a Jet Propulsion Lab. a Caltech deck. 2: A ballroom dress for a Washington, D.C. university function. a Georgetown gown. 3: Precipitation falling on a New Orleans college. Tulane rain. 4: A stroke of unexpected good luck for a Durham college. a Duke fluke. 5: A tennis court divider at a university for the hearing impaired. a Gallaudet net. Round 4. Category: Office Supplying 1: The WorkCentre 5325, makin' copies! Copyin' for the office! Makin' '90s "SNL" references!. Xerox. 2: The 4-color mini ballpoint pen. Bic. 3: Carla in human resources brought in this alliterative brand's Smirk and Wink doughnuts. Krispy Kreme. 4: Scotch heavy duty shipping tape. 3M. 5: "The world's best pencil". Dixon Ticonderoga. Round 5. Category: Water We Doing 1: Just 50 miles separates the U.S. and Russia across this strait. the Bering Strait. 2: A Great Lake indeed, it stretches from Duluth to Ontario to Sault Ste. Marie. Lake Superior. 3: Appropriately, this 160-mile-long river in Canada flows past London; it passes Woodstock and Chatham as well. the Thames. 4: The northwest corner of the Indian Ocean is this grade-"A" sea. the Arabian Sea. 5: Lakes Maggiore and Garda empty into tributaries of this 400-mile-long Italian river. the Po. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/ AI Voices used

Jayne Anne Phillips's first book of stories, Black Tickets (published in 1979 when she was only 26), won the prestigious Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. Featured in Newsweek, Raymond Carver pronounced Black Tickets “stories unlike any in our literature…a crooked beauty” and established Jayne Anne as a writer “in love with the American language.” She was praised by Nadine Gordimer as “the best short story writer since Eudora Welty” and Black Tickets has since become a classic of the short story genre.  Since then, she's written an additional collection of short stories and six novels. Her latest, Night Watch, was longlisted for the National Book Award. It's considered part of a trilogy of war novels alongside Machine Dreams (about Vietnam) and Lark and Termite (about Korea). Others include Quiet Dell, Shelter, and Mother Kind. All of these works have garnered prizes, praise and critic attention. Jayne Anne Phillips joins Marrie Stone to talk about Night Watch. They discuss writing a Civil War story that speaks to our times, the research required of historical fiction and how to organize it, accessing the voices of another time, writing difficult scenes, how to manage the element of surprise for both the reader and the writer, and much more. For more information on Writers on Writing and additional writing tips, visit our Patreon page. To listen to past interviews, visit our website. We're also excited to announce the opening of our new bookstore on bookshop.org. We've stocked it with titles from our guests, as well as some of our own personal favorites. By purchasing through the store, you'll support both independent bookstores and our show. New titles will be added all the time (it's a work in progress). Finally, on Spotify you can listen to an album's worth of typewriter music like what you hear on the show. Look for the artist, Just My Type. Email the show at writersonwritingpodcast@gmail.com. We love to hear from our listeners. (Recorded on November 30, 2023)  Host: Barbara DeMarco-BarrettHost: Marrie StoneMusic and sound editing: Travis Barrett (Stream his music on Spotify, Apple Music, Etc.)

Hemos preparado para ustedes un episodio especial dedicado a la reconocida escritora sudafricana Nadine Gordimer, quien fuera poseedora de un gran talento para la expresión literaria. Nació en Springs, Sudáfrica, el 20 de noviembre de 1923, y murió a los 90 años, el 13 de junio de 2014 en Johannesburgo. Defensora férrea de la abolición del apartheid, Nadine Gordimer dejó un importante legado literario, que va desde novelas, relatos cortos. Leer este cuento nos permite disectar con mucha precisión el estilo narrativo y el peso propio de una autora que crea historias que transitan entre el recuerdo de aquel pasado del pueblo judío, la realidad de una sociedad alterada por la discriminación, la lucha por la libertad y la anarquía en Sudáfrica en tiempos del apartheid. Leer a Gordimer, además de la depurada calidad narrativa, significa adentrarse a través de temas que podrían pensarse como cerrados, hoy están más vigentes que nunca y han permeado por todo el mundo. Contacto: elbuencruel@gmail.com

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Heute vor 100 Jahren wurde die südafrikanische Schriftstellerin und Trägerin des Literaturnobelpreises Nadine Gordimer geboren.

Nadine Gordimer gilt als «Grand Dame» der südafrikanischen Literatur. Das Schreiben und ihr Engagement gegen die Apartheidpolitik Südafrikas gingen bei ihr Hand in Hand. 1991 ist sie mit dem Literaturnobelpreis ausgezeichnet worden.

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This week on The Joys of Binge Reading. Internationally published Kiwi author, Fiona Sussman. And The Doctor's Wife, a psychological thriller of a close friendship shattered by illness and unexpected death. Nothing in Stan Andino's unremarkable life could prepare him for the day he discovered his wife in the living room naked except for a black apron, bleaching out of stain in the carpet that only she can see.  Hi there. I'm your host Jenny Wheeler and on Binge Reading today Fiona talks about writing a story where a group of close friends discover the unexpected about themselves and one another after one of them is diagnosed with severe brain cancer. For Fiona, who was a doctor before becoming a full-time author, it's her first foray into bringing her experience as a medical practitioner to her fiction. This week's Giveaway - win a paperback And as our Giveaway this week, we've got a paperback copy of The Doctor's Wife, which is a finalist in New Zealand's Ngaio Marsh Mystery Awards to be decided later this month. Enter the draw to win a copy of The Doctor's Wife here https://the-joys-of-binge-reading.ck.page/de8c1c9777 ENTER DRAW TO WIN A COPY OF THE DOCTOR'S WIFE Links to books mentioned in the episode Ngaio Marsh Mystery Awards: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngaio_Marsh_Awards Ngaio Marsh; https://www.ngaiomarsh.org/ngaio-marsh Agatha Christie: https://www.agathachristie.com/ Dorothy Sayers: https://www.sayers.org.uk/ Marjorie Allingham: https://www.margeryallinghamcrime.com/biography/ Nadine Gordimer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadine_Gordimer Athol Fugard: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athol_Fugard Alan Paton: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Paton Geraldine Brooks: https://geraldinebrooks.com/ Kate Greenville: https://kategrenville.com.au/ Elizabeth Strout: https://www.elizabethstrout.com/ Helen Garner: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Garner Graeme Macrae Burnet, This Bloody Project, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graeme_Macrae_Burnet Malla Nunn, A Beautiful Place to Die, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malla_Nunn Fiona Kidman, This Mortal Boy, https://fionakidman.com/ And remember if you enjoy the show, leave us a review so others will find us too. Word of mouth is still the best way for friends to discover the show and great books they will love to read. Introducing Kiwi author Fiona Sussman You'll find Fiona at: Website: www.fionasussman.co.nz (Fiona has suspended her social media for the time being to focus on her writing) Fiona Sussman - The Doctor's Wife - shortlisted for the Ngaio Marsh Mystery Awards Jenny Wheeler: But now here's Fiona. Hello there, Fiona, and welcome to the show. It's so good to have you with us. Fiona Sussman: Hi, Jenny. It's a real treat to be on the Joys of Binge Reading. Thank you so much for inviting me. Jenny Wheeler: Now, it is an international show, but you're just across a few streets from me. it's wonderful to be able to talk to a local resident today for a change. We're talking about The Doctor's Wife, which is your fourth novel. Often crime novels – and this is categorized as a crime novel, although it's really, as you've said, a domestic thriller - it doesn't start with a death or a murder or a crime exactly. It starts with simmering tension between normal middle class couple and then quickly followed by a husband coming home and finding his wife doing something very unusual. She is naked except for a black apron. She's madly scrubbing at the carpet at an invisible stain that nobody but her can see. And this is a very dramatic way to introduce the fact that this woman is suffering from a serious illness. Tell us about the opening. A tense dinner quickly escalates Fiona Sussman: Yes, Jenny. I guess I was very mindful of the fact that this was a domestic thriller I was writing, so I wanted to escalate the tension fairly early on.

Lo Que Nos Cuenta El Cuento - El Hallazgo, Nadine Gordimer by Radiotelevisión de Veracruz

Antonella Cilento"Strane Coppie"www.lalineascritta.it“Scrivere dal Mondo: donne, visioni, guerra” è il tema della quindicesima edizione di Strane Coppie, festival che si sviluppa in un ciclo di incontri, dal 5 ottobre al 14 dicembre, e che si terrà a Napoli, nella prestigiosa sede del MUSAP – Museo Artistico Politecnico di Napoli, con il primo evento a Palazzo Reale e il secondo a Milano al Banco BPM nella Sala delle Colonne, nell'ambito della settimana ABI della Cultura.Mai come ora, temi importanti di ogni tempo, la guerra, il destino delle donne e i loro diritti, la loro voce e la nostra capacità di avere visione (e visioni), tornano al centro della scena. All'edizione di quest'anno prenderanno parte prestigiose protagoniste e importanti esponenti del mondo della cultura come Antonio Franchini, Giuseppe Montesano, Marta Morazzoni, Anna Toscano, Igiaba Scego, Titti Marrone, Valeria Viganò, Giuliana Misserville, José Vicente Quirante Rives, Maristella Lippolis, Sandra Petrignani, Alberto Rollo, Laura Bosio, coordinati nei loro incontri da Antonella Cilento (Repubblica e autrice Bompiani). Le strane coppie faranno incontrare Assia Djebar e Nadine Gordimer, Katherine Anne Porter e Susan Sontag, Clarice Lispector e Amparo Dávila, Laudomia Bonanni e Nathalie Sarraute, Anita Desai e Han Kang. Il primo degli incontri, che si svolgerà a Palazzo Reale di Napoli, sarà dedicato al centenario di Italo Calvino e ruoterà intorno alle protagoniste di due classici della letteratura tedesca immersi nel clima delle grandi guerre europee fra Cinque e Seicento di Achim von Arnim e Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen. Due opere scelte per la prestigiosa collana Cento pagine da un Italo Calvino che in quest'occasione osserveremo oltre che come scrittore anche come lettore ed editore. All'incontro parteciperanno Giuseppe Montesano e Antonio Franchini.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarewww.ilpostodelleparole.itQuesto show fa parte del network Spreaker Prime. Se sei interessato a fare pubblicità in questo podcast, contattaci su https://www.spreaker.com/show/1487855/advertisement

durée : 00:59:34 - Entendez-vous l'éco ? - par : Tiphaine de Rocquigny - Comment Nadine Gordimer a montré dans ses livres le profond lien entre l'apartheid et économie ? - invités : Benaouda Lebdai Professeur des Universités, spécialiste de littératures coloniales et postcoloniales; Gilles Teulié Professeur de civilisation britannique et du Commonwealth à Aix-Marseille Université

durée : 00:58:14 - Toute une vie - par : Anaïs Kien - Noter, décrire, écrire … pour dénoncer. Nadine Gordimer a consacré sa vie à l'écriture. Une écriture dans un contexte personnel et historique bien particulier. Élevée dans une famille blanche, elle prend fait et cause dans ses livres et dans sa vie pour les noirs.

 A la manera de "bis", "otra" de un concierto, va este episodio adcional después del que formalmente definiera como el último de la temporada. Fuera de programa, lo llamarían los amigos de Les LuthiersUna nueva publicación de una vieja grabación. Un hallazgo, de Nadine Gordimer. var playerInstance = jwplayer("myElement"); playerInstance.setup({ file: "https://f002.backblazeb2.com/file/lecdet/Nuevas+publicaciones+viejas+grabaciones/125+Un+hallazgo+-+Nadine+Gordimer+-+nueva+publicaci%C3%B3n.mp3", width: 400, height: 24 });

Este episodio está dedicado a la conmemoración de la escritora sudafricana judía Nadine Gordimer en el centenario de su nacimiento (1923), analizaremos algunas claves autobiográficas e históricas de la Premio Nobel y algunos de los rasgos más característicos de su producción novelística. Tras situar a nuestra autora dentro del contexto de la literatura Sudafricana, nos centraremos en tres de sus novelas más aclamadas, escritas en tres décadas distintas: El último mundo burgués (The Late Bourgeois World,1966), Un capricho de la naturaleza (A Sport of Nature , 1987) y La historia de mi hijo (My Son's Story ,1990). El análisis de novelas concretas nos permitirá comprobar su progresión temática y estructural, comprobar la importancia de algunos personajes femeninos fuertes y convincentes, y verificar su constante empeño en denunciar y atacar el apartheid y el racismo en Sudáfrica. La catedrática de Literatura Norteamericana y decana de la Facultad de Filología de la Universidad Complutense Isabel Durán será la encargada de ofrecer esta conferencia.

Con Sergio del Molino y Eva Orúe, directora de la Feria del libro de Madrid, nos remontamos al año 2016 cuando Sergio del Molino titulaba con 'Los ególatras' un escrito en el que reivindicaba el ego de los autores y terminaba con algunas recomendaciones entre las que se encontraba el libro del que hablaremos hoy 'Francis Plug: cómo ser un autor público' de Paul Ewen.  Este libro se basa en experiencias y observaciones realizadas y vividas de primera mano en encuentros reales con autores. Escritores como Salman Rushdie, V.S Naipol, Margaret Atwood, Julian Barnes, Nadine Gordimer, Cotzee, Ian McEwan, John Banviller y Kazuo Ishiguro que tenían charlas con resultados tan catastróficos como hilarantes que ofrece dos puntos de vista de escritores: los tímidos y los ególatras. 

Franca Cavagnoli"Biografia di un vestito"Jamaica KincaidAdelphihttps://adelphi.it«E chi era veramente quella bambina? (Allora non lo chiesi perché allora non sapevo chiedere ma lo chiedo adesso). E chi aveva fatto il suo vestito?».Così comincia:"Il vestito che indosso in questa fotogra$a in bianco e nero, scattata quando avevo due anni, era di popeline giallo (un tessuto leggero di cotone dalla grana compatta, lavorato nella città francese di Avignone e portato in Inghilterra dagli Ugonotti, ma al tempo non potevo saperlo) e me lo aveva fatto mia madre. Questa sfumatura di giallo, il colore del vestito che indosso quando avevo due anni, era la stessa sfumatura di giallo della farina di mais cotta, che mia madre era sempre ansiosa di darmi in una forma (porridge) o in un'altra (fongie , la parte di farinacei del mio pasto di mezzogiorno) perché costava poco e quindi era facile procurarsela (ma al tempo non lo sapevo) e perché lei pensava che i cibi gialli, verdi o 12 arancio fossero particolarmente ricchi di vitamine e così la farina di mais cotta mi avrebbe fatto particolarmente bene."Jamaica Kincaid, nata Elaine Cynthia Potter Richardson è una scrittrice statunitense. Vive con la sua famiglia a North Bennington in Vermont.Nel 1973 ha cambiato il suo nome in Jamaica Kincaid perché la sua famiglia disapprovava il fatto che scrivesse. La sua prima esperienza di scrittura riguarda una serie di articoli per la rivista Ingenue. Ha lavorato per The New Yorker fino al 1995.Il suo romanzo Lucy (1990) è una descrizione immaginaria della sua esperienza di diventare adulta in un paese straniero e continua la narrazione della sua storia personale iniziata col romanzo Annie John (1985). Altri romanzi, quali The Autobiography of My Mother (1996), esplorano la questione del colonialismo e della rabbia che questo ricordo le provoca.Ha inoltre pubblicato una raccolta di racconti, At the Bottom of the River (1983) ed una di saggi, A Small Place. Insegna scrittura creativa alla Harvard University. Ha inoltre ricevuto una laurea honoris causa in lettere dalla Wesleyan University.Franca Cavagnoli ha pubblicato i romanzi Una pioggia bruciante (Feltrinelli 2015; Premio Città di Cuneo per il primo romanzo e finalista premio Bergamo; originariamente pubblicato da Frassinelli nel 2000), Luminusa (Frassinelli 2015), Non si è seri a 17 anni (Frassinelli 2007; finalista Premio l'Inedito Maria Bellonci), il saggio La voce del testo. L'arte e il mestiere di tradurre (Feltrinelli 2012; nuova edizione 2019; Premio Lo straniero 2013). Nel 2022 ha pubblicato per Orecchio Acerbo il suo primo libro per l'infanzia, La Bocca dell'Adda. Ha tradotto e curato, tra gli altri, opere di William S. Burroughs, J.M. Coetzee, Nadine Gordimer, James Joyce, Jamaica Kincaid, Katherine Mansfield, Toni Morrison, V.S. Naipaul, George Orwell, Robert Louis Stevenson e Mark Twain. Cura per Adelphi l'edizione italiana dell'epistolario di Samuel Beckett. Insegna Traduzione letteraria e Revisione del testo editoriale al Master in Editoria dell'Università degli Studi di Milano in collaborazione con la Fondazione Mondadori e l'Associazione Italiana Editori. Ha collaborato a Linea d'ombra, Diario e Alfabeta 2 e ora collabora a Il Manifesto, Alias e L'indice dei libri del mese.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.itQuesto show fa parte del network Spreaker Prime. Se sei interessato a fare pubblicità in questo podcast, contattaci su https://www.spreaker.com/show/1487855/advertisement

durée : 00:59:25 - Entendez-vous l'éco ? - par : Tiphaine de Rocquigny - Comment Nadine Gordimer a montré dans ses livres le profond lien entre l'apartheid et économie ? - invités : Benaouda Lebdai professeur des Universités, spécialiste de littératures coloniales et postcoloniales; Gilles Teulié professeur de civilisation britannique et du Commonwealth à Aix-Marseille Université

durée : 00:58:14 - Toute une vie - Noter, décrire, écrire … pour dénoncer. Nadine Gordimer a consacré sa vie à l'écriture. Une écriture dans un contexte personnel et historique bien particulier. Élevée dans une famille blanche, elle prend fait et cause dans ses livres et dans sa vie pour les noirs. - invités : Georges Lory Écrivain, poète et traducteur; Jean-Pierre Richard Traducteur; Jacqueline Derens Autrice, ancienne militante contre l'apartheid; Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse Auteure franco-rwandaise

Chinua Achebe, Ngugi wa Thiongó. Noen av de best kjente afrikanske romanforfatterne begynte alle å skrive under eller i kjølvannet av nasjonale frigjøringskamper, fra 1950-tallet og de neste tiårene.Hvilken rolle spilte denne litteraturen i å sette ord på kolonialismens konsekvenser, og i sentrale debatter om de nye nasjonene? Og hvordan har disse forfatterne formet nyere afrikansk litteratur?Tonje Vold er førsteamanuensis ved Institutt for lingvistiske og nordiske studier ved Universtitetet i Oslo, og har gjennom mange år jobbet med afrikansk og postkolonial litteratur. I 2019 ga hun ut boka Å lese verden. Fra imperieblikk og postkolonialisme til verdenslitteratur og økokritikk. Nå gir hun oss en innføring i en sentral epoke i afrikansk litteraturhistorie.Gjennom en serie foredrag vil Litteraturhuset gi en innføring i noen av de litterære tradisjonene fra det afrikanske kontinentet.Leseliste: Chinua Achebe (1930-2013). Things Fall Apart. 1958Dangarembga, Tsitsi (1988). Nervous Conditions. London: Women's Press.Fanon, Franz. (1991 [1961). Jordens fordømte. Oslo: Pax.Ndebele, Njabulo S. (2003). The Cry of Winnie Mandela. Claremont: David Philip.wa Thiong'o, Ngugi. (1977). Petals of Blood. London: Penguin Books. (1967) Grain of Wheat London: Penguin Books.Ellers nevnes bl.a. J.M. Coetzee, Aime Cesaire, Edward Said, Nadine Gordimer, Miriam Tlali, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Petinah Gappah. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Guest host Chris Holmes sits down with Booker Prize winning novelist Damon Galgut and Andrew van der Vlies, distinguished scholar of South African literature and global modernisms at the University of Adelaide, Australia. Andrew and Damon tunnel down into the structures of Damon's newest novel, The Promise to locate the ways in which a generational family story reflects broadly on South Africa's present moment. The two discuss how lockdowns during the Covid-19 pandemic invoke for some the limitations on movement during the Apartheid era in South Africa. The Promise is a departure from Damon's previous two novels, which were peripatetic in their global movement and range. Damon describes the ways in which this novel operates cinematically, as four flashes of a family's long history, with the disembodied narrator being the one on the move. Damon provocatively divides novels into two traditions: those that provide consolation, and those that can provide true insight on the world but must do so with a cold distance. While he does not call The Promise an allegory, Damon admits to the fun that he has with inside jokes that play with allegorical connections, as long as the reader is in on the joke. Damon directly takes on his choice to leave a pregnant absence in the narrative's insight into his black characters “sitting at the very heart of the book.” Mentioned in this Episode: The Promise, Damon Galgut (2021) The Good Doctor, Damon Galgut (2004) The Conservationist, Nadine Gordimer (1974) No Time Like the Present, Nadine Gordimer (2012) 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

This week on People of Note, Rodney Trudgeon will be talking to the 2021 Booker Prize winner, the South African DAMON GALGUT. His novel The Promise won the coveted award and he joins the likes of Nadine Gordimer and J M Coetzee as a Booker Prize Winner. The book is a many layered novel of great complexity and is beautifully written. Damon will talk about the technique he used in writing the book and also about his life as a writer

In this story, we follow an unnamed South African woman as she navigates navigate life under Apartheid