My novel, Small Fires, follows two sisters who are persecuted for the murder of their parents and flee to an unnamed island governed by a figure known only as the Warden. As the women’s harrowing past ...

In this interview Edozie Udeze, he talks about folklore, tradition and indigenous literature among other issues that Nigerian writers need to look into, to make literature more profound. You’re in ...

On literary and artistic uses of folklore : an introduction -- Riddles of love and death : two American novels -- Somebody always gets boiled : reworking "the robber bridegroom" -- Falling in love ...

Folklore and ideology -- The Emerson-Whitman tradition: Emerson -- The Emerson-Whitman tradition: Whitman -- Folklore and the American character -- The sources of American folksong -- The blues as a ...

H. P. Lovecraft, J. R. R. Tolkien, Robert Bloch, Robert E. Howard, Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein, Larry Niven, Orson Scott Card, E.E. Smith. This small sampling of ...

Éilís Ní Dhuibhne knew she wanted to be a writer from a very early age, and believed she had the perfect plan to achieve this goal: “Read everything.” This, of course, proved to be a little too ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sughnen Yongo is a Midwest writer covering Black women, pop culture. Athena presides over the voting for the award of the arms of ...

Assam Professor Anil Kumar Boro, a Bodo poet and folklorist, was conferred the Padma Shri at a ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhavan. The country's fourth-highest civilian award has been presented to him by ...