And im going to be talking to you about my book today, the esthetic cold war, decolonization and, global literature. I want to thank the Commonwealth Institute of black studies for this event. Possible today. My project is about effect of the cold war, especially the effect of the competition between the United States and the soviet union on the literatures and the intellectual development of writing in the decolonizing world what was then called the third world is now called sometimes the developing world or the global south. So there have been lots of studies of cold war literature, most of them have focused on what happened in the United States and the soviet union, but as i started to do my research on this, i learned that the u. S. And soviet union in the competition between them had an incredible effect on Literary Development in other parts of the world, especially africa, asia and the caribbean, which were the focus of this book. Now of offering a sort of general overview and s
Hes a founder of forbidden stories, a network of investigative journalists devoted to continuing the unfinished work of of murdered report reporters to ensure the work they died for is not buried with them. Is the author of numerous investigations into the lives of the tobacco industry, the excesses of the financial sector, and the clandestine actions of an aside in the cia since its creation, forbidden stories has received numerous awards, including a prestigious european press. Two george polk awards and an rss impact prize for the Pegasus Project published originally in 2021. Since rego is a french investigative journalist as editor of forbidden stories since 2019, she coordinated the Award Winning Pegasus Projects and cartel project, an international of assassinated mexican journalists, before joining forbidden stories, she directed feature length documentaries for french television. She has reported from tanzania uzbekistan, lebanon, qatar and bangladesh and speaking with them thi
There. Laurent richard is a paris based Award Winning documentary filmmaker who was named the 2018 european journalist of the year at the prix europa in berlin. Hes a founder of forbidden stories, a network of investigative journalists devoted to continuing the unfinished work of of murdered report reporters to ensure the work they died for is not buried with them. Is the author of numerous investigations into the lives of the tobacco industry, the excesses of the financial sector, and the clandestine actions of an aside in the cia since its creation, forbidden stories has received numerous awards, including a prestigious european press. Two george polk awards and an rss impact prize for the Pegasus Project published originally in 2021. Since rego is a french investigative journalist as editor of forbidden stories since 2019, she coordinated the Award Winning Pegasus Projects and cartel project, an international of assassinated mexican journalists, before joining forbidden stories, she
On about books we delve into the latest news about the Publishing Industry with interesting insider interviews with Publishing Industry experts. Well also give you updates on current nonfiction authors and books. The latest book reviews, and well talk about the current nonfiction books featured on cspan book tv. And welcome to about books on booktv. In a few minutes, well talk about the sometimes invisible world of ghostwriters as well as a recent gathering of the ghosts in new york city. But first, heres some of the latest news from the publishing world. Well, the early months of 2024 have brought several major book announcements. The supreme courts newest justice, clayton g. Brown, jackson, announced that her memoir will be released in september. The book will be entitled lovely one. The publisher, Penguin Random house, which describes vibes Justice Jacksons book as an inspiring, revelatory autobiography from the first black woman ever to serve on the United States supreme court. Als
On about books we delve into the latest news about the Publishing Industry with interesting insider interviews with Publishing Industry experts. Well also give you updates on current nonfiction authors and books. The latest book reviews, and well talk about the current nonfiction books featured on cspan book tv. And welcome to about books on booktv. In a few minutes, well talk about the sometimes invisible world of ghostwriters as well as a recent gathering of the ghosts in new york city. But first, heres some of the latest news from the publishing world. Well, the early months of 2024 have brought several major book announcements. The supreme courts newest justice, clayton g. Brown, jackson, announced that her memoir will be released in september. The book will be entitled lovely one. The publisher, Penguin Random house, which describes vibes Justice Jacksons book as an inspiring, revelatory autobiography from the first black woman ever to serve on the United States supreme court. Als