In September 2010, Such a Long Journey was withdrawn by the Vice-Chancellor of Mumbai University from the B.A. syllabus after the Shiv Sena's student wing alleged that the book contained derogatory remarks about Maharashtrians. The protest was led by Aditya Thackeray. The sudden withdrawal of the book has caused an uproar. Academics and activists protested... Continue Reading →
Before Q&A, Swarup's last published story was written half a lifetime ago. It was called The Autobiography of a Donkey. No one yet has optioned the film rights. "Maybe I only had one great idea that everybody can enjoy: the story of an underdog who wins. I'm not so sure I'll ever be so... Continue Reading →
Hilary Mantel has become the first woman and the first living British author to win the Man Booker prize twice. The victory also makes the 60-year-old - only the third double winner of the prestigious literary accolade - the first person to win for a direct sequel. Although she was made a CBE (Commander of... Continue Reading →
Towards the end of the talk, Lahiri spoke about her reluctance to read reviews of her novels, saying that while she needs the comments and critiques of her trusted mentors and friends, critics’ opinions just don’t get her anywhere. “I got an email from a friend once saying they’d read an ‘interesting’ review of the... Continue Reading →
A recovering alcoholic, King noted in his book "On Writing" that he was drunk virtually the whole time of writing the book "Cujo" and to this day barely remembers writing any of it. In the 1980s he was battling a cocaine addiction. At one time his wife organized a group of family and friends and confronted... Continue Reading →
Bukowski published his first story when he was twenty-four and began writing poetry at the age of thirty-five. His writing often featured a depraved metropolitan environment, downtrodden members of American society, direct language, violence, and sexual imagery, and many of his works center around a roughly autobiographical figure named Henry Chinaski. He worked a... Continue Reading →
Arthur Miller was one of the leading American playwrights of the twentieth century. He was born in October 1915 in New York City to a women's clothing manufacturer, who lost everything in the economic collapse of the 1930s. Living through young adulthood during the Great Depression, Miller was shaped by the poverty that surrounded him.... Continue Reading →
In 1991, Armstrong competed in his first Tour DuPont, a long and difficult 12-stage race, covering 1,085 miles over 11 days. Though he finished in the middle of the pack, his performance announced a promising newcomer to the world of international cycling. He went on to win another stage race, the Settimana Bergamasca race,... Continue Reading →
Gibran's best-known work is The Prophet, a book composed of twenty-six poetic essays. Its popularity grew markedly during the 1960s with the American counterculture and then with the flowering of the New Age movements. It has remained popular with these and with the wider population to this day. Since it was first published in 1923,... Continue Reading →
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