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A look at the finalists for what used to be called the Orange Prize.
One of Africa’s most accomplished writers, Ngugi Wa Thiong’o has taught at Nairobi, Northwestern and Yale Universities and at Amherst College. He is a distinguished professor of English and comparative literature at the University of California at Irvine and an honorary member of the American Academy of Letters.
The Independent's reviews of the fiction, nonfiction, and poetry that won this year's Pulitzer Prizes.
A monthly feature that looks at books of and about poetry: this month, a special edition for National Poetry Month.
If one wanted to observe the death of one of the most important and controversial figures of the 20th century by reading a book, or two, about Margaret Thatcher, where would one begin? Here are some suggestions.
Philip Hensher is an English novelist, critic and journalist, whose latest novel takes place in a war-torn Bangladesh in the 1970's.
A recent Publishers Weekly poll raises more questions than it answers about "The Great American Novel."
Larry Gibson's Young Thurgood explores the life of the first African-American to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.
