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OCTAVIA BUTLER AND AMERICA AS ONLY BLACK WOMEN SEE IT It is a rare writer who can use sci-fi not simply to chart an escape from reality, but as a pointed reflection of the most minute and magnified experiences that frame and determine the lives of those who live in black skin. Octavia E. Butler […]

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On Novels and Novelists

On Novels and Novelists

To give and reconcile: Lois Lowry discusses childhood, importance of fiction In a recent talk at Bowdoin College in Maine, award-winning author Lois Lowry discussed how her books in many ways reflect her own life: In a winding narrative of her life story, Lowry intertwined personal anecdotes, beginning with her childhood, with their parallels in

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On Novels and Novelists

On Novels and Novelists

10 authors who excel on the internet If you love literature, here’s your chance to connect with some of the most technologically savvy writers: a few [writers] are using the etherland as a canvas for experimentation and play. They have moved their storytelling, wit and insight from page to pixel, winning fans and readers in

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