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Tim Wheeler reads from ‘No Power Greater: The Life & Times of George A. Meyers’

March 28, 2025 By Special to People’s World

As part of the People’s World fund drive, the journalist and activist will be doing readings in various places across the country.

Nobel de Literatura 2021 para novelista africano Abdulrazak Gurnah

October 7, 2021 By Prensa Latina

ESTOCOLMO, Prensa Latina. La Academia Sueca otorgó hoy el Premio Nobel de Literatura 2021 al escritor británico de origen africano, Abdulrazak Gurnah, cuya obra refleja 'el destino de los refugiados en el golfo entre culturas y...

Breakfast at Truman’s: Unanswered questions in ‘The Capote Tapes’ film

August 25, 2021 By Ed Rampell

This excellent, entertaining, informative documentary chronicling the life and career of one of America’s literary and gay icons is a cautionary tale.

New U.S. stamp honors principled sci-fi and fantasy writer Ursula Le Guin

August 19, 2021 By Special to People’s World

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has honored the cross-genre writings of Ursula K. Le Guin, the acclaimed science fiction and fantasy author, with the 33rd stamp in its literary series. The stamp was released on July...

Charles Dickens put ordinary people at the heart of the story

June 8, 2020 By Jenny Farrell

Dickens never forgot how his father was imprisoned for debts and that the financial circumstances of his family forced him to leave school at the age of 12 and work a 10-hour day in a blackening...