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James George Frazier was intrigued by an ancient Italian tale of "King Of The Wood" and this book is his attempt to discover the origin of the story. The eponymous King was in actuality a priest whose task was to protect Nemi, a grove of trees...

Tanith Lee (born in 1947) was a British writer and poet, most known for her science fiction, horror and fantasy works. She was taught to read by her father and started writing at the age of 9, publishing her first novel in 1971. Lee’s extensive...

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was an African-American poet, fiction writer, journalist, and abolitionist of the nineteenth century. She was born during 1825 to free African-American parents in Baltimore, Maryland and died during 1911 in...

It's Raining in Mango was written by Australian author Thea Astley. The book is a sort of a fictional autobiography, with aspects of Thea's own life thrown into the book but in a fictional context. The book explores many parts of Australian...

This Is How You Lose Her is a collection of short stories written and compiled by Junot Diaz and published in 2012. The main character of the short stories bears the name Yunior, this character showing up in many other stories and novels by Diaz....

Does the world really need another super hero? The answer, of course, is yes, especially when it's Coates' Black Panther. Coates is a critically acclaimed author and the creator of "Between The World And Me" so when Marvel Comics announced that he...

Although raised among the grand forests of the Pacific Northwest in Puyallup, Washington, it might be easy to assume that Allen Braden belongs to the grand tradition of southern writers. Braden’s reputation as a poet has been growing steadily in...

Tim Butcher, a journalist with the "Daily Telegraph", one of Britain's most-read newspapers, wanted to draw the world's attention to the bloodiest war in the world. It was 2002, and in the Congo, deep in the heart of Africa, one thousand people...

Nada is a classic Spanish literature novel written by Carmen Laforet. Laforet is a Spanish author known for her literary works depicting life during and after the Spanish Civil War. The novel was published in 1945.The narrative is set in the...

Chilean novelist Isabel Allende’s Eva Luna was published in its original Spanish in 1985 with the first translation into English appearing three years later. A quote from the tales of the Arabian Nights prefacing the story indicates that the title...

Published in 2014 by Shani Mootoo, Moving Forward Sideways Like A Crab is a fictional book with an interesting take on life. The main character of the novel is Jonathan Lewis-Adey, who has had a relatively hard childhood. When he was younger, his...

Yellow Woman is a 1993 book by Leslie Marmon Silko inspired by traditional Native American tales. It was published by the Rutgers University Press and praised for its psychological exploration of a single woman.

Yellow Woman tells the story of...

Released in 1986 and directed by David Cronenberg, The Fly raked in $60.6 million dollars at the box office. Bearing the same name as a 1958 film, this movie is in the genre of science-fiction horror. The plot revolving around a mad scientist that...

Fadwa Tuqan was a Palestinian poet best known for her outspoken role in the Israel-Palestine conflict. She was born to a wealthy and renowned family in Nablus, Palestine, in 1917. She suffered from poor health as a young girl, and was forced to...

Muzaffar Al-Nawab is a celebrated Iraqi poet. He was born in 1934 to a wealthy family in Baghdad. After studying literature and becoming a teacher, he began to associate with the Communist movement in Iraq. For this he was imprisoned and tortured...

Kissing the Witch is a fiction collection written by Irish author Emma Donoghue, who was born in Dublin. Her works, including the well-received novel Room, have received many awards and were renowned bestsellers. Kissing the Witch is a fantasy...

The Boy in the Suitcase is the first of the Nina Borg series written by Danish authors Lene Kaaberbol and Agnete Friis. The book introduces the titular character of the series, Nina Borg, and chronicles her experience with a mysterious baby boy...

Born in 1913, Karl Shapiro was an American writer who had a great influence on literature of the time. In 1945, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for V-Letter and Other Poems. His writing is often noted for his description of the importance of...

Published in 1997 by Karen Tei Yamashita, Tropic of Orange is an interesting fictional novel that takes into consideration a wide variety of ideas and races. The genre unclear and debatable, the book for sure has a sense of 'magic realism' in it...

Suddenly, Last Summer is a one-act play by Tennessee Williams structured in four scenes. The short drama tends to run around an hour in production and is thematically representative of the bulk of work which makes up this section of Williams’...

John, Paul, George, and Ringo. Four first names that need no last names (though, admittedly, someone named Ringo probably never needs a last name). Back in the 1960’s they were very commonly referred to as “four lads from Liverpool” and they made...

Roger McGough was born in Lanarkshire, England, in 1937, to an Irish Catholic family. After completing Grammar School he attended the University of Hull where he studied both Geography and French. During this time, he was employed as a librarian...

Published in 1994, Prozac Nation is an autobiography written by Elizabeth Wurtzel. The book revolves around the author, and how she had to get through all of the major road bumps of life while struggling with depression. Turned into a film in...

Clarice Lispector is a Brazilian author born on December 10, 1920 in Chechelnyk, Ukrainian People’s Republic. As a child, her home was war-torn and completely unsafe for her and her family. Thus, she moved to Rio de Janeiro by the time she was a...