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03336aam a2200481 i 4500 001 181E767CBFA611ECA5AD8FDE3CECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220419010024 008 190726t20192019enk b 001 e eng d 020 $a 1912408201 020 $a 9781912408207 035 $a (OCoLC)1120186917 040 $a UKMGB $b eng $e rda $c UKMGB $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d BUB $d UAB $d OCLCA $d OCL $d NZAUC $d YDX $d LML $d NUI $d SILO 050 4 $a PN51 $b .B65 2019 082 04 $a 808 $2 23 245 00 $a Brave new words / $c edited by Susheila Nasta, with Rukhsana Yasmin. 246 14 $a Brave new words : $b the power of writing now 264 1 $a Oxford : $b Myriad Editions, $c 2019. 300 $a xxiii, 278 pages ; $c 20 cm 520 $a Fifteen specially commissioned essays from distinguished authors explore the value of critical thinking, the power of the written word, and the resonance of literature in the twenty-first century. Each explores the crucial place of the writer, past and present. Their work articulates 'brave new words' at the heart of battles against limitations on fundamental rights of citizenship, the closure of national borders, fake news, and an increasing reluctance to engage with critical democratic debate. 500 $a Subtitle on cover. 500 $a Essays. 500 $a "Published to celebrate 35 years of Wasafiri ... " - back cover. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 00 $t Out loud: the experience of literature in the digital space / Marina Warner. $t The good brown girl: questioning obedience in Indo-Caribbean women / Shivanee Ramlochan -- $t The tablet: a modern seance with Aldous Huxley / Romesh Gunesekera -- $t Seeking the Tree of Life / Eva Hoffman -- $t The minds of writers / Kei Miller -- $t What a time to be a (Black) (British) (Womxan) writer / Bernardine Evaristo -- $t The dinner that changed my life / Raja Shehadeh -- $t The life and death of Pakistan's Sabeen Mahmud / Bina Shah -- $t The politicsof writing 'popular' fiction: challenging the African literary tradition / Mukoma Wa Ngugi -- $t When bodies speak: the politics of rewriting Draupadi / Githa Hariharan -- $t The myth of integration: continuing racisms and inequalities in the Global North / Hsiao-Hung Pai -- $t Art and the lower orders / James Kelman -- $t All the feels: vulnerability as political vision / Olumide Popoola -- $t The bravado of books / Tabish Khair -- $t Out loud: the experience of literature in the digital space / Marina Warner. 650 0 $a Rhetoric. 650 0 $a Critical thinking. 650 0 $a Politics and literature $y 21st century. 650 0 $a Literature and morals. 650 0 $a Authorship $x Political aspects $y 21st century. 650 7 $a Politics and literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01069960 650 7 $a Literature and morals. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01000085 650 7 $a Authorship $x Political aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00822465 650 7 $a Critical thinking. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00883692 650 7 $a Rhetoric. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01096948 655 7 $a Essays. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Nasta, Susheila, $e editor. 700 1 $a Yasmin, Rukhsana, $e editor. 700 1 $a Shah, Bina, $e contributor. $5 IaU 700 1 $a Miller, Kei, $e contributor. $5 IaU 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117031340.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=181E767CBFA611ECA5AD8FDE3CECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search