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Poetry News Modern and Contemporary Korean Women Poets Featured at The Missing Slate By Harriet Staff 2019 Poetry Foundation Over the weekend at The Missing Slate, Ae Hee Lee and Emily Jungmin Yoon published a sampler of poetry by modern and contemporary Korean women poets, featuring Kang Ŭn-gyo, Kim Hyesoon, Kim Yideum, and No Ch’ŏn-myŏng. Ae Hee Lee introduces the po..

Don’t Blame the Internet for Bad Slang Language is always changing. How has technology forced it to evolve? Gretchen McCullochWalrusSeptember 10, 2019 The Walrus Why do you talk the way you do? You’ve lived somewhere—perhaps many somewheres. Your friends or family have influenced you. You’ve probably even thought about how you like some linguistic features and want to ..

An 1886 Review of War and Peace"Family troubles, domestic bereavements, broken hearts, and sudden deaths encounter us incessantly" Literary HubSeptember 9, 2019 Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (Ope..

Olga Shirnina/MediadrumimagesVasily Grossman’s Lost EpicWhy was his World War II novel "Stalingrad" shunned by publishers for so long?By Sophie PinkhamThe New Republic, August 27, 2019 In the Soviet Union, every literary work was a political statement, whether the writer liked it or not. Soviet censorship allowed some room for negotiation, but outside the USSR, official and ..

True CrimeThe Daily ThrillCrimeReads Daily Giveaway How to Review a NovelLondon Review of Books Editor Mary-Kay Wilmers on the Language of Criticism By Mary-Kay Wilmers Literary HubAugust 27, 2019 How do novel reviews begin? Just like novels very often: Motherless boys may be pitied by mothers but are not infrequently envied by other boys. For the friends of the Piontek family..

T. S. Eliot 1888–1965 Poetry Foundation Keystone Pictures USA / Alamy Stock Photo T.S. Eliot, the 1948 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, is one of the giants of modern literature, highly distinguished as a poet, literary critic, dramatist, and editor and publisher. In 1910 and 1911, while still a college student, he wrote “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” and o..

Why it’s time to stop worrying about the decline of the English language People often complain that English is deteriorating under the influence of new technology, adolescent fads and loose grammar. Why does this nonsensical belief persist? By David ShariatmadariThe Guardian Thu 15 Aug 2019 06.00 BST Last modified on Thu 15 Aug 2019 16.44 BST The 21st century seems to presen..

William Faulkner's 1952 Review of The Old Man and the Sea"Time may show it to be the best single piece of any of us" August 13, 2019 By Book Marks Literaryu Hub Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (Open..

The Bad Biographer’s Tale A new account of the life of Chaucer is brought low by its author's postmodern abstractions and disdain for the Church. By A.M. Juster The American ConservativeJuly 31, 2019 A portrait of Chaucer. Public domain. #google_ads_iframe_\/339474670\/ADN_Native\/TAC_Native_1__container__ {padding: 10px 0; margin-bottom: 20px; border-top: solid 1px #000; bo..

New Korean Queer Writing Words Without Borders Nonfiction by Anton Hur Korean Literature Is Stepping Out Now, thanks to our authors, we’re ready to step forth into the sun. Fiction by Lee Jong San Customer I heard that their overflowing hormones made them dangerously seductive. Translated from Korean by Victoria Caudle Poetry by Lee Hyemi The Cupboard with Strawberry Jam If ..