Noreen Masud

2 months ago | the-tls.co.uk | Beejay Silcox |Kevin Brazil |Richard Smyth |Noreen Masud

There has been a great deal of institutional handwringing since the Australian writer Richard Flanagan won – and politely accepted – the 2024 Baillie Gifford prize for nonfiction in November, but spurned the attendant cash. (He said he would not accept the £50,000 prize money until the financial management firm commits to a reduction in fossil-fuel investment).

Nov 6, 2024 | womensprize.com | V. V. Ganeshananthan |Isabella Hammad |Kate Grenville |Noreen Masud

Brotherless Nightby V. V. Ganeshananthan Find out more Brotherless Night by V. V. GaneshananthanIn Brotherless Night, we follow the journey of aspiring doctor Sashi as she is torn apart from her four brothers in the midst of a vicious civil war. Write some journal entries as one of Sashi’s brothers. What are his private thoughts about the civil war, about their family relationships, about the politics in Sri Lanka? What are his hopes and fears?

Nov 2, 2024 | theguardian.com | Noreen Masud

Born and raised in Pakistan, Noreen Masud is a lecturer in 20th-century literature at Bristol University and an Arts and Humanities Research Council/BBC New Generation Thinker. In 2022 she published the academic monograph Hard Language: Stevie Smith and the Aphorism, and in 2023 A Flat Place (Hamish Hamilton).

Sep 25, 2024 | the-tls.co.uk | Miranda France |Richard Smyth |Noreen Masud |Norma Clarke

Diogenes the Cynic (c.412-323 BC) provides not only the title but the guiding spirit for this book about people who use their bodies as sites of resistance or protest. The Greek philosopher also known as “Diogenes the Dog” slept, masturbated and defecated in the public square as a way to protest against political corruption. “Other dogs bite their enemies”, he said.

Aug 1, 2024 | academic.oup.com | Noreen Masud

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