Shuntaro Tanikawa, who pioneered modern Japanese poetry, poignant but conversational in its divergence from haiku and other ...

Julie Sohn is a newcomer in translation, currently living in Seoul with her husband and two sons. Born and raised in Chicago, ...

Nam Jeong-keun is a native Korean who currently works as a public official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. As an ...

The course provides an introduction to modern Middle Eastern literature and cultural conditions in a historical comparative perspective. A selection of Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and Turkish literature ...

When authors David Bowles and Guadalupe Garcia McCall sat down to brainstorm myths they could retell in their next book, ...

Discover the groundbreaking work of ten influential authors transforming the literary landscape. From Ashutosh Rana's intense ...

Doris Grumbach was an accomplished novelist, literary critic, biographer and memoirist and an early pioneer for her books ...

Now that’s a true game-changer! Her journey wasn’t just about dodging arrows—it was a masterclass in modern feminism. Move over, Bella Swan; Katniss was here to show you can be fierce and ...

Adam Štěch is a passionate advocate for the enduring legacy of modernism and – as an architectural historian, curator, writer and photographer, not least for Wallpaper* – seamlessly blends history ...

Diverse modernist poems, far from advertising a capacity to prefigure utopia or save society, understand themselves to be complicit in the unhappiness and injustice of an imperfect or fallen world.

Special focus will be paid to Joyce’s daughter Lucia, who was instrumental in the creative process. Her talk precedes the publication of her forthcoming book, Literary Genetics: Modernism and Theories ...