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Georgi Gospodinov: ‘There was a culture of silence – it was safer not to say what you think’ | Fiction

BBulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov, 56, won last year’s International Booker Prize (along with translator Angela Rodel) for his dystopian comedy. time shelter, about an innovative dementia clinic that recreates the past. his previous novels, physics of sadnessThe unconventional coming-of-age story, which draws on Greek mythology and the history of communist Europe, will be published for […]

China Blacklists Pro-Democracy Writers from Science Fiction Hugo Awards

On Thursday, a major scandal rocked the world of science fiction and fantasy writing. Leaked emails reveal that writers can be quietly stripped of winning the prestigious Hugo Prize if their work displeases the Chinese Communist Party. of hugo award is one of the oldest and most prestigious science fiction and fantasy literature awards. They […]

Does ‘American Fiction’ signal the end of Hollywood’s woke era?

Cord Jefferson's directorial debut American Fiction spoke to me like few films I've seen in the past 20 years. As an educated, straight, Christian black man, I have come to expect that Hollywood prefers to portray the black experience in no way reflecting my reality. I enjoyed “Boyz and the Hood,” “Menace II Society,” “Baby […]