Fakir Mohan Senapati's literary device of using satire served a dual purpose. It was a strategy that made possible a veiled criticism of the colonial state and the norms it imposed but was also an ...

Like all literary panels titled so vaguely, the definition of the theme of ‘Satire’ took up several minutes. But fortunately, that debate didn’t occur until the end of the session, near and during the ...

Among the many literary dreams I nurture (second only to the one where I fly pillion on a pushpaka vimanam piloted by Devdutt Pattanaik to drop in for a casual chat at Vaikunta, Kailasha and Amish ...

NEW YORK — From “Moby-Dick” and “Rebecca” to “For Whom the Bell Tolls” and “Lolita,” classic books have been satirized, sequelized and retold. Now an upcoming satire of “Gone With the Wind” will test ...

A decade ago, Cord Jefferson was one of the most captivating writers at Gawker, the then-flourishing news and gossip blog. In 2014, during the early Black Lives Matter movement, he wrote an essay ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. It's been one of those weeks for Malcolm Turnbull. Stumbling into a royal commission into the banks and copping flak for feeble ...

The Man Booker Prize is given in England each year to "the best novel in the opinion of the judges." And if you're the gambling type, you can place bets on who you think will win. At one point in 2013 ...

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The great achievement of Cord Jefferson's directorial debut is highlighting and condemning the racism that exists in the literary world. Pablo M. Fuentenebro 'American Fiction' heads to the Oscars ...