Subtitle on cover. Essays. "Published to celebrate 35 years of Wasafiri ... " - back cover. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Out loud: the experience of literature in the digital space / Marina Warner. The good brown girl: questioning obedience in Indo-Caribbean women / Shivanee Ramlochan -- The tablet: a modern seance with Aldous Huxley / Romesh Gunesekera -- Seeking the Tree of Life / Eva Hoffman -- The minds of writers / Kei Miller -- What a time to be a (Black) (British) (Womxan) writer / Bernardine Evaristo -- The dinner that changed my life / Raja Shehadeh -- The life and death of Pakistan's Sabeen Mahmud / Bina Shah -- The politicsof writing 'popular' fiction: challenging the African literary tradition / Mukoma Wa Ngugi -- When bodies speak: the politics of rewriting Draupadi / Githa Hariharan -- The myth of integration: continuing racisms and inequalities in the Global North / Hsiao-Hung Pai -- Art and the lower orders / James Kelman -- All the feels: vulnerability as political vision / Olumide Popoola -- The bravado of books / Tabish Khair -- Out loud: the experience of literature in the digital space / Marina Warner.
Summary:
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.
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