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'Graphic Novels: A Personal Introduction' by Charlotte Simpson
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Now translated and published after her more recent Touch, is Adania Shibli's first novel. Read an excerpt of it here!
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"I like change, you go first!" Awards and Gender: Where Do We Stand Now
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Reviews
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DEATHLESS
Catherynne M. Valente
In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, many classical music composers, especially from Eastern European countries, incorporated the folk tunes of their native countries into their symphonies—in fact, some of these composers…
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Reviewed by Tim Jones
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SEND ME WORK: STORIES
Katherine Karlin
You know you're not sexist. Far from it. But when you hear that Katherine Karlin's short story collection Send Me Work is about women at work, you imagine secretaries dealing with male bosses, encountering romance with coworkers, perhaps a woman lawyer or doctor, but for sure all of them wearing heels. Why don't you think of women working in coveralls and boots…
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Reviewed by Kathleen Ambrogi
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THE COCAINE SALESMAN
Conny Braam
Translated from the Dutch by Jonathan Reeder
The literary landscape of World War I is so rich that it is easy to assume that there is little new left to say. However, The Cocaine Salesman's unique perspective on the conflict and its aftermath gives a startlingly fresh view on a dark period in European history.
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Reviewed by Andy Barnes
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LONELY WOMAN
Takako Takahashi
Translated from the Japanese by Maryellen Toman Mori
Lonely Woman is a beautiful but bleak collection of five interwoven stories, each focusing on a different woman living in urban Tokyo. It is a breathtaking look at loneliness and isolation, and the fate of women in a society that chooses to ignore their individuality.
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Reviewed by Andy Barnes
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