Brave New Words: The Power of Writing Now

ISBN 10: 1912408201 / ISBN 13: 9781912408207

Published by Myriad Editions, 2020

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Brave New Words: The Power of Writing Now
• Publisher: Myriad Editions
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1912408201
• ISBN 13: 9781912408207
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1771494207.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: 47184373
• Signed: 2/19/2026 9:43:27 AM
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Synopsis

Each of the 15 essays explores the crucial place of the writer, past and present. Their work articulates ‘brave new words’ at the heart of battles against limitations on fundamental rights of citizenship, the closure of national borders, fake news, and an increasing reluctance to engage with critical democratic debate. The 15 contributors are: Jay Bernard; Bernardine Evaristo; Kevin Eze; Romesh Gunesekera; Eva Hoffman; James Kelman; Tabish Khair; Kei Miller; Blake Morrison; Hsiao-Hung Pai; Olumide Popoola; Shivanee Ramlochan; Bina Shah; Raja Shehadeh; Marina Warner.

About the Authors

Susheila Nasta, MBE is Editor-in-Chief of Wasafiri, the magazine of international contemporary writing she founded in 1984. A literary activist, writer and presenter, she is Professor of Contemporary and Modern Literatures at Queen Mary, University of London and Professor Emeritus at the Open University. She has published widely on postcolonial and contemporary writing. She is co-editor of the first Cambridge History of Black and Asian British Writing (forthcoming 2019).

Rukhsana Yasmin is Deputy Editor of Wasafiri. A former editor at Saqi Books, Profile Books, Serpent’s Tail and Jacaranda, she was the winner of the 2012 Kim Scott Walwyn Prize for Women in Publishing and in 2014 was named a Bookseller Rising Star. She speaks frequently on diversity in publishing, Muslim literature and international writing.