BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250625T045455EDT-9563R2V8Ur@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250625T085455Z DESCRIPTION:Contemporary fiction has never been less contemporary. Writing Backwards documents how the historical novel took over American literature \, and how the push to recover lost or overlooked histories has affected w riters of color most of all.\n\nAlexander Manshel investigates the most ce lebrated historical genres—contemporary narratives of slavery\, the World War II novel\, the multigenerational family saga\, immigrant fiction\, and the novel of recent history—alongside the literary institutions that have elevated them. The book examines the work of Toni Morrison\, Viet Thanh N guyen\, Colson Whitehead\, Julia Alvarez\, Leslie Marmon Silko\, Michael C habon\, Julie Otsuka\, Yaa Gyasi\, Ben Lerner\, and Tommy Orange\, among o thers. Writing Backwards uncovers how the newly inclusive literary canon c ame to exist\, as well as who and what it still excludes.\n\nJoin the auth or\, Prof. Alexander Manshel\, Assistant Professor of English at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Un iversity\, in conversation with Prof. Ara Osterweil.\n DTSTART:20231115T230000Z DTEND:20231116T010000Z LOCATION:CA\, QC\, Montréal\, H2W 1J3\, De Stiil Books\, 351 Avenue Duluth SUMMARY:Book Launch: Alexander Manshel's 'Writing Backwards' URL:/english/channels/event/book-launch-prof-manshels- writing-backwards END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR