THAT LIT, LIT LIFE (with global characteristics) 12 (of 14)
32 years away from the city of Melbourne and I return to find it in a different “Australia.” For one thing, all the restaurants downtown were Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Malaysian or otherwise...
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So I’m on my way from Melbourne to Sydney, ruminating on the global-lit journey that has brought me back to these two major Australian cities after 32 years. Here are two reasons: Authors Robin Hemley...
View ArticleFleecing the Shears
As a two-year-old child, British author Evie Wyld went into a coma that lasted half a day. The reason: viral encephalitis. The disease took two weeks to work its way through her nervous system. As a...
View ArticleWeekly Round-Up: Schoenhof’s Foreign Books, Accessibility, and “Books N Bros”
From a Harvard Square bookstore closure to a book club for boys, here’s the latest literary news: Schoenhof’s Foreign Books, an iconic bookstore in Cambridge, MA, is closing its doors for good on...
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