Charles Dantzig
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Charles Dantzig
Charles Dantzig has written many books of poetry, essays and novels. He is very well-known for his Dictionnaire égoïste de la littérature française (2005) which has won five literary prizes, amongst them the Prix de l’essai de l’Académie française, and Pourquoi Lire? that he wrote in 2010 and for which he received the Grand Prix Jean-Giono. In 2019 he received one of the most prestigious French prizes, the Grand Prix Paul Morand of Literature. Why Read? marks the first time his oeuvre is being translated to English.
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Kamran Asdar Ali
Kamran Asdar Ali is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of the South Asia Institute at the University of Texas at Austin. He has conducted ethnographic research in Mexico, Egypt and Pa
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David Fernbach
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Lakshmi Holmström
Lakshmi Holmström is an award-winning translator of Tamil fiction and poetry.
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V. M. Genne
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Kathleen Barry
Kathleen Barry, Professor Emerita of Penn State University, is a feminist activist and sociologist. She is the author of five books. Her first book, Female Sexual Slavery, launched an international
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Rai Mohan Pal
Rai Mohan Pal, a well-known human rights activist, is editor of PUCL Bulletin and former editor of The Radical Humanist. Dr. Pal has lectured on human rights issues at universities in India and abr
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Anoop Babani, Savia Viegas
After more that 2 decades of journalism and academic careers in Mumbai, Anoop Babani and Savia Viegas moved to Goa in 2005. Today both are avid cyclists, besides being active in arts, education, and f![](https://mayday.leftword.com/pub/static/frontend/leftword/luma_child/en_US/images/no-image.png)