This anthology reflects a search of the Ukrainian nation for its identity, the roots of which lie deep inside Ukrainian-language poetry. Some of the included poets are well-known locally and internationally; among them are Serhiy Zhadan, Halyna Kruk, Ostap Slyvynsky, Marianna Kijanowska, Oleh Kotsarev, Anna Bagriana and, of course, the living legend of Ukrainian poetry, Vasyl Holoborodko. The next Ukrainian poetic generation also features prominently in the collection. Such poets as Les Beley...

Na een succesvolle eerste editie in 2013 van Noord Houdt Woord - hét boekenfeest dat de Boekenweek in het Noorden opent - deden we het in 2014 nog eens dunnetjes over. Dit keer in de Der Aa-kerk in Groningen met bekende én minder bekende schrijvers en dichters. Niet alleen uit Groningen, Friesland en Drenthe, maar ook uit de rest van Nederland en uit Vlaanderen.

In deze gelegenheidsbundel vindt u een fraaie bloemlezing verhalen en gedichten van schrijvers en dichters die hebben voorgedrage...

This landmark collection brings together forty writers that reflect over a hundred years of Italy's vibrant and diverse short story tradition, from the birth of the modern nation to the end of the 20th century. This wide-ranging selection curated by Jhumpa Lahiri includes well-known authors such as Italo Calvino, Elsa Morante and Luigi Pirandello alongside many captivating new discoveries. More than a third of the stories featured in this volume have been translated into English for the ...

In The Best Minds of My Generation Ginsberg gives us the convoluted origin story of the 'Beat' idea. Amongst anecdotes of meeting Kerouac, Burroughs and other figures for the first time, Ginsberg elucidates the importance of music, and particularly jazz rhythms, to Beat writing, discusses their many influences and paints a portrait of a group who were leading a literary revolution.

Postcolonialism has become one of the most exciting, popular and stimulating fields of literary and cultural studies in recent years. Yet the variety of approaches, the range of debate and the critical vocabularies often used may make it challenging for new students to establish a firm foothold in this area. Beginning Postcolonialism is a vital resource for those taking undergraduate courses in postcolonial studies for the first time and has become an established international best-seller in ...

In Gouda komen jaarlijks de beste Stadsdichters van het land samen op het Stadsdichtersgala om te strijden voor de Grote Prijs van Gouda. Noem ze geen dichters. Veeleer kwetsbare dingen zijn het.

Volgens schrijver en jurylid Ronald Giphart is poëzie geen wedstrijd en maakt een wedstrijd alle mooi dingen stuk. Toch gaat er telkens een spanningsgolf door het Goudse theater als bekend wordt gemaakt wie er doorgaat naar een volgende ronde, en dat heeft ook wel wat. De prijs heeft niets om het li...

Deborah Levy is a British playwright, novelist and poet. She is the author of seven novels: Beautiful Mutants (1986); Swallowing Geography (1993); The Unloved (1994); Billy & Girl (1996); Swimming Home (2011); Hot Milk (2016) and the forthcoming The Man Who Saw Everything (2019). Swimming Home was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2012; Hot Milk was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2016 and the Goldsmiths Prize 2016. Deborah is also the author of an acclaimed collection of short st...

At the confluence of autofiction and sociology, The Years is ‘a Remembrance of Things Past for our age of media domination and consumerism’ (New York Times), a monumental account of twentieth-century French history as refracted through the life of one woman.