The Obscure Champion of Francophone Writing Who Called for Canada to Join the U.S.
Prosper Bender.
Bender’s premature death announcement in some ways prefigures his eventual eclipse in the history of Canadian imagination.
Literature
A Literary Quarantine and the Power of Story Time
Soothing words.
Remember when you would gather on the floor for story time? The anticipation of a new book or a favourite story read aloud is a fond memory many have of the library.
A Tale of Post-Internet Publishing: Turning Controversy into Verse
What happened to the book?
NUVO Thoughts: Immediately, I am faced with the consequences of the interplay between the idea of the book and this unfathomable thing, the Internet. There is a change taking place in the publishing industry because of the Internet. That change made this book possible. What has happened to the book?
Kevin Kwan
Crazy, rich, real.
The Singapore-born, New York–based author’s Crazy Rich Asians trilogy explores the unbelievable lives of Asia’s elite.
France’s Short Story Dispensers
While you wait.
Should you ever find yourself waiting in line at the city hall in Grenoble—a surprisingly flat city nestled among the base of the French Alps—you will discover an unexpected way to bide your time.
