Long a favorite to receive the award, Fosse has found acclaim for work that explores mortality and religion, and radiates serenity.
Tag: Writing and Writers
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How to Choose the Nobel Laureate: Tap a Literature Professor
The Swedish Academy sends out thousands of invitations each year for professors and others in the literary world to nominate writers for the prize in a secretive and precise process.
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How to Choose the Nobel Laureate: Tap an English Professor
The Swedish Academy sends out thousands of invitations each year for professors and others in the literary world to nominate writers for the prize in a secretive and precise process.
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Reading Amy Bloom on the Power, and Limitations, of Love
For 12 years, Yiyun Li taught her writing students a story by Amy Bloom about the power, and limitations, of love. Confronting unbearable grief, she returned to it.
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Read Your Way Through Missoula
Montana calls to storytellers: The cold clear waters of its rivers have carried the voices of its inhabitants from time immemorial, says Debra Magpie Earling, one of its writers. Here, she recommends her favorites.