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We’ve had a good run here at Literary Features Syndicate–over thirty years!–and we are eternally grateful to our loyal readers, to the publishing houses for furnishing us with great nourishment, and to the authors and illustrators who kindly shared their wisdom with us. Thank you.
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But we’re not leaving the interwebs. Nick continues to…
The NFT Art Market Explained & How to Participate Safely
The NFT Art Market Explained & How to Participate Safely
copyright Ali Sabet. Reproduced with permission of the artist
Head on over to Art and Object and read all about how NFTs are rocking the art world, plus some pointers on how to collect these digital pieces.
University of Chicago Professor Named Sheikh Zayed Book Award Winner
University of Chicago Professor Named Sheikh Zayed Book Award Winner
Sweden’s got the Nobel, New York proffers the Pulitzer, France bestows the Goncourt, and the UAE has the Sheikh Zayed Book Award. Perhaps the latter is unfamiliar to some readers out there–it was to me–but it is a prestigious literary prize which, since 2006, has recognized works dedicated to and written in Arabic.
Professor Tahera Qutbuddin of the University of Chicago was recently awarded the…
Renato!
Renato! by Eugene Mirabelli, McPherson & Company, $20, 577 pages.
“The gods are immortal and we are not, and no, we are not free to live like gods. We die. We don’t want to be dispersed or dissolved into the void, we don’t want to lose each other.”
Appearing in the waning pages of Eugene Mirabelli’s masterful multi-generational literary opera, Renato! these musings on the meaning of mortality…
“Too Small Tola” A Major Literary Treat
“Too Small Tola” A Major Literary Treat
One of the most original children’s books to cross our desk so far this year is Too Small Tola ($15.99, 96 pages, ages 6-9) by Nigerian-born storyteller Atinuke, with delightful illustrations by Onyinye Iwu. Three short stories follow Tola, a girl living in an apartment in Lagos, as she navigates the hustle and flow of the bustling megacity. On marketing day, she and Grandmommy walk to the other…