Belle Lettres: Jhumpa Lahiri

Hello all, and welcome to August’s edition of Belle Lettres, featuring Jhumpa Lahiri. Lahiri is a short story writer, an essayist, and a novelist. Lahiri won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2000, and she was appointed by President Obama to be a member of the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities. Lahiri — who goes by her […]

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Belle Lettres: Marjane Satrapi

Welcome back to another edition of Belle Lettres, my fellow Germs! Summertime is upon us, which means summer break from classes, new adventures, and enjoying time with family and friends. For the month of June, we will be focusing on Marjane Satrapi. Satrapi is a graphic novelist (although she prefers the term comic book artist), […]

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Belle Lettres: Sandra Cisneros

Hello, and welcome back to another edition of Belle Lettres! The Belle for the month of May is Sandra Cisneros. Cisneros is a poet, novelist, and short story writer. Her writings explore subjects that are based on her personal experiences growing up, such as economic inequalities and forming one’s identity between two cultures. Her coming-of-age […]

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Belle Lettres: Octavia Butler

Hello, Germs, and welcome back to another edition of Belle Lettres! For this month, we will be spotlighting Octavia Butler. Butler was an American science fiction author who broke into a world that was mostly dominated by white male writers. Her widely known works are Kindred and her Patternist series. She was also the first science fiction […]

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Belle Lettres: Pauline Hopkins

Welcome back to another edition of Belle Lettres. This month’s spotlight is on Pauline Hopkins — an American journalist, playwright, editor and novelist. Hopkins is recognized as a pioneer for using romance novels to discuss social and racial themes. W.E.B. DuBois was considered a major influence on her work. Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins was born in […]

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