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The Latest Breaking News from Zadie Smith

A womansplaining meme is something to shout about

Why a woman yelling into a man’s ear is joyfully subversive, says Emma Beddington

The Guardian - UK

What an English degree did for me, by Tulip Siddiq, Sarah Waters and more

As universities close their English literature courses, we celebrate 40 influential British graduates

The Guardian - UK

Recitatif by Toni Morrison audiobook review – an experiment in racial bias

Actor Bahni Turpin narrates this story about the chance encounters between two girls from different races who first meet as roommates in an orphanage

The Guardian - UK

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Where to start with: Zadie Smith

Not sure whether to read or revisit White Teeth, or go for one of the celebrated author’s other works? Novelist Yara Rodrigues Fowler who was “raised” on Smith has a handy guide

The Guardian - UK

PEN America honors activists, artists and dissidents

From an imprisoned Ukranian journalist to a high school activist in Florida, PEN America paid tribute Monday night to democracy and free expression and warned about the dangers faced in the U.S. and abroad

The Independent UK

Friday essay: empathy or division? On the science and politics of storytelling

Writers can’t always be trusted when they talk about the power and importance of story. We have a vested interest and can get sentimental, promoting the immense power of story, of narrative, as inherently benign.

The Conversation

Londoner’s Diary: ‘Remember my Fresh Prince co-star Smith for his Oscar, not the slap’ says Joseph Marcell

Londoner’s Diary today: Critics’ Circle awards / Sex and Bridgerton / Suave Matt Smith’s the pits / Vick Hope, parasol / Corbyn hangs in / Goldsmith in the jungle

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An elegant, timely test for readers from Toni Morrison

"Recitatif: A Story" by Toni Morrison, with an introduction by Zadie Smith; Alfred A. Knopf (40 pages, $16)

Tribune News Service

Gary Shteyngart: ‘We’re entering a time of permanent crisis’

The US satirist on why he had to find a UK publisher for his latest novel, his son’s Korean lessons, and the appeal of Zadie Smith’s White Teeth

The Guardian - UK

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