Serenity International

04/25/2023

"Kurdish writer İlhan Sami Çomak was originally arrested in 1994 as a 22-year-old geography student at the University of Istanbul. He was charged with starting a forest fire and of being associated with the banned Kurdistan Workers’ party, charges he denied and to which he confessed only under torture."

I have a need for levity for balloons that quiver and expand, that take from me the heavy burden of life; of time. Like the line of the register, I need lightness like the resilience of fruit pips,…

09/05/2022

哥倫比亞大學出版失蹤維吾爾作家小說Backstreets

Darren Byler, a Uyghur scholar, joined The World's host Carol Hills from Vancouver to discuss the book, "The Backstreets: A Novel from Xinjiang."

08/30/2022

https://www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2022/08/30/translation-tuesday-three-poems-by-yen-ai-lin/?fbclid=IwAR1hcAx0T8LsflOZzGmAGUBtgjGWbgb7qWcMZY-kf93xmkiIkVE5Vn2ZdnU -30024

I throw my shadow into the water / I live in a strange high-rise across the river

06/23/2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/22/magazine/inside-the-push-to-diversify-the-book-business.html?referringSource=articleShare

For generations, America’s major publishers focused almost entirely on white readers. Now a new cadre of executives like Lisa Lucas is trying to open up the industry.

04/17/2022

"Today, virtually the entire publishing industry is rooting for Barnes & Noble — including most independent booksellers. Its unique role in the book ecosystem, where it helps readers discover new titles and publishers stay invested in physical stores, makes it an essential anchor in a world upended by online sales and a much larger player: Amazon."
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/15/arts/barnes-noble-bookstores.html?referringSource=articleShare&fbclid=IwAR1oMhU_qbynq-tGaGv8QnLraPIxFolQVpzb2Flv9B8SP567_w9qsKltako

To independent booksellers, the enormous chain was once a threat. Now it’s vital to their survival. And it’s doing well.

02/11/2022

https://www.cbc.ca/books/25-books-by-black-canadian-authors-to-read-1.5908504
25 books by Black Canadian authors to read

01/26/2022

Q***R ~~

Listen to the New Books Network interview with Professor Howard Chiang (UC Davis) on the collection Q***R TAIWANESE LITERATURE https://newbooksnetwork.com/queer-taiwanese-literature-a-reader
For more information on the book, see https://www.cambriapress.com/QueerTaiwaneseLiterature

This book is part of the Cambria Literature from Taiwan Series, headed by Professor Nikky Lin (國立臺灣師範大學 National Taiwan Normal University), in collaboration with the 國立臺灣文學館 National Museum of Taiwan Literature and National Taiwan Normal University. See more titles at https://www.cambriapress.com/taiwanlitbooks.cfm

12/27/2021

There are not more authors of colors getting published, although more authors of colors won literature awards.

Despite welcome diversification, literary culture is also becoming more tied to elite educational institutions, and more difficult to enter.