Friday, July 04, 2014

Guadalajara Book Fair to Honor Argentine Literary Greats

Today's Feature Story:


The Guadalajara Book Fair's guest nation, Argentina, will honor literary greats and acknowledge Mexico as a haven for exiled writers during the Dirty War.
Discussion:


In the New York Times, Felicia R. Lee asks if the 'new wave of African writers' with an international appeal are drawing attention away from African-American voices.
More News from PP:


In the WSJ, Amazon's Russ Grandinetti "defended the company against criticism that it is using its growing clout in electronic books to bully a major publisher."
From the Archives:


Criticism is drifting away from literature and, as a result, further away from readers, said a trio of authors from Spain and the US at the Hay Festival Xalapa.

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