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Distinguished University Professor and novelist Thrity Umrigar recently wrote two children’s books that celebrate India’s culture through the eyes of young immigrants in the United States.
Umrigar, PhD, a professor in the Department of English at Case Western Reserve, grew up in India and came to the United States in her early 20s. The new books offer a joyful counterweight for children during what Umrigar calls an age of dehumanizing immigrants.
Binny’s Diwali (Scholastic Press) highlights Diwali, one of the biggest festivals on earth, said Umrigar, as Binny describes to classmates the fireworks, sweets and revels of the festival of lights, celebrated by Hindus, Jains and Sikhs. The illustrations are by Nidhi Chanani.
RBmedia Announces Exclusive Audiobook Partnership with Prestigious New Publisher Levine Querido
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Through this three-year agreement, the company will expand its award-winning 3,000-title children’s and young adult audiobook catalogue with Levine Querido titles
Levine Querido is a publisher you dream about working with in this industry. Arthur and his powerhouse team publish a highly curated list of beautiful works by underrepresented and global voices. LANDOVER, Md. (PRWEB) May 25, 2021 RBmedia, the largest audiobook producer in the world, today announced its partnership with independent children’s publisher Levine Querido. Through this agreement, the company will add audio editions of the Levine Querido titles to its award-winning and sizable children’s and young adult catalog over the next three years in both the English- and Spanish-language markets.
The Globe Theatre has launched a project to decolonise Shakespeare s famous plays, while experts claimed his work is problematic for linking whiteness to beauty.
The London theatre, which is a reconstruction of the Elizabethan playhouse where William Shakespeare wrote his work, has begun anti-racist seminars to discuss decolonising Shakespeare s esteemed plays.
Experts claimed that the bard s plays are problematic for linking whiteness to beauty, while an academic said all of Shakespeare s plays are race plays as they all contain whiteness .
During the first seminar, academics debated A Midsummer Night s Dream and said it included problematic gendered and racialised dynamics , the Telegraph reported.