American Girl’s rebrand is full of clever, doll-sized details
American Girl’s brand refresh is happening at the perfect time: when Millenial parents who grew up with the dolls are buying ...
Imagining a U.S. in which every Latin American has been deported
Mauro Javier Cárdena’s “American Abductions” is one of the most affecting and inventive novels in recent memory.
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Not Comets, Robots or Russia: America Has Become the Threat in Hollywood’s Apocalyptic Fiction
The apocalypse has always fascinated movies, but modern films focused on it have placed the blame squarely on America.
West Virginian wins Pulitzer Prize for fiction novel based at Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum
A West Virginia native has won one of the top prizes for American literature for a book that is based on her home state.
César Aira’s unreal magic: how the eccentric author took over Latin American literature
He has published more than 100 novels, gives his work away, and his surrealist books have a massive cult following. Now ...
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Asian American, Pacific Islander Heritage Month Materials Available in Mullins Library and Online
In celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Mullins Library staff have compiled a list of digital material available to all students, staff and faculty.
7 best Asian American movies and shows to watch for AAPI Heritage Month
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month honors the contributions and accomplishments of Asian Americans, Pacific Islander Americans, and Native Hawaiians. One way to celebrate this month is ...
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Pulitzer Prize: Mexican Cristina Rivera Garza and Dominican-American Medar de la Cruz among winners
The Mexican author won the Memoir/Autobiography category while de la Cruz did the same for Illustrated Reporting and Commentary ...
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Brooklyn’s bard: Paul Auster’s tricksy fiction captivated a generation
He was as versatile as he was prodigious – able to turn his hand as elegantly to non-fiction, translation, poetry and ...
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Tracee Ellis Ross Wears Pastel Pink at the “American Fiction” Premiere - See the Pics!
Tracee Ellis Ross turned the red carpet into a runway with her style statement at the Los Angeles premiere of American Fiction. The actress, 51, stepped out at the event, which was held at the Samuel ...
An American writer with a European sensibility, Paul Auster viewed his society from an oblique angle
With the passing of Paul Auster, the aesthetics of postmodernism retreated another significant step back into the past tense of history.
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On the Uses of Reading Fiction in Difficult Times
Who has the energy to read fiction these days, when reality is taking us far beyond whatever anyone’s imagination could conjure up? And among writers, who has the energy to make up stories when such ...