Garman praises Nathalie Abi-Ezzi novel at Words Without Borders
Emma Garman says the child narrator’s focus on her family in war-torn Lebanon makes A Girl Made of Dust particularly affecting.
Emma Garman says the child narrator’s focus on her family in war-torn Lebanon makes A Girl Made of Dust particularly affecting.
Thirteen microfilm reels of Nabokov’s now-public papers at the Library of Congress include notes on Lolita.
Monica Ali surveys hotels in literature, is profiled, and receives mixed reviews from Mark Sarvas and Nina Lakhani.
“[I]t all began with voice.” Julian Barnes pens introduction to forthcoming The Best of Frank O’Connor. (Via.)
Eudora Welty’s family declines to grant permission for a Mississippi women’s university to take her name. (Thanks, Eric.)