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@Audy is correct in her assumption that I actually mean Western, though I could happily specifify it as White-Male-Western, as that's the discussion I always see. I agree entirely with ...

points.

This post is in response to Audy’s last post as I feel I should reply on some of the points she’s talked about. “ Why ignore 8 of the 9 ...

I think that, again, the use of "white" there was to reinforce that the discussion is not only repetitive in and of itself, but also the people who are speaking ...

If one or both of them weren't white, the discussion on a national, or international, scale would be a newer and thus more interesting discussion. And while the fact that ...

Why put "white males" in that article? Because old white men have been deciding the canon, the ultimate of ultimate "Books to read" our entire lives. It's not just that ...

I agree with Surreal on the question being misleading and loaded. The way you have it set up, diversity is directly opposed to quality, which is a false dichotomy. I ...

Last year, Sherman Alexie was guest editing: “The Best American Poetry”—an annual poetry compilation culled from different magazines and journals. It made the news because Alexie included the wo

@Dutiful made me, ok.

and this, yes

Bride

Yes, as far as I can remember. I used to be amazed at the author photo at the back of the book. These guys looked so cool!

12. I wrote a story that had something to do with stones and villages and weird people and Gandhi.

I haven't read many. But Teju Cole's Every Day is For the Thief is one so-called nonfiction novel I really enjoyed reading last year. Also, I don't know whether the ...

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