Mexican author Valeria Luiselli has won the 2021 Dublin Literary Award for Lost Children Archive.
The novel, the first the author has written in English, follows an artist couple on a road trip from New York to Arizona with their two children in the heat of summer. As their parentsâ relationship frays, the children try to make sense of both their familyâs crisis and the larger one engulfing the news: the stories of thousands of children trying to cross the border into the US but getting detained or lost in the desert along the way. The winner was announced today online by Dublinâs Lord Mayor Hazel Chu at the opening of the International Literature Festival Dublin, which runs until May 30th. The presentation took place at the Irish Consulate in New York City, where Luiselli lives. Consul General Ciarán Madden and Colm TóibÃn, who won the award in 2006 for The Master, presented Luiselli with her prize on behalf of its sponsor, Dublin City Council.
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Author s Note: This essay was originally presented as a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution. Many thanks to Atom Atkinson and the organizers of the Chautauqua Literary Arts Program.
In the weeks in the run-up to Easter, my nana, Pastora Mendoza, teases for breakfast the raw egg from the pinhole she’s carefully punctured in order to keep the eggshell whole and unbroken. After she has washed and dried it, she’ll save the shell safely back in its carton. With four or five dozen collected, she’ll color the shells dipping them in dyes, ladling and cradling the empty eggs with a tablespoon. After she paints them, bright pastels for the season, she fills them with paper-punched confetti and seals the eggs again with colored tape and crepe paper.
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Summer is on the horizon, and there s no better companion for a trip to the beach or a lazy day off than a good book. To get you ready for the (hopefully) relaxed months ahead, we re sharing our recommendations for books to add to your reading pile. Whether you’re a fan of true crime, sci-fi, comic books, or non-fiction, we ve got a book for you.
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Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World s Largest Owl // Jonathan C. Slaght; $18
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Take a break from the summer heat and transport your mind to Russia’s Far East, where the endangered Blakiston’s fish owl hides within the snowy forests. You don’t need to be a birder to enjoy this book: Jonathan C. Slaght’s account of his research on these elusive animals is a captivating introduction to not only the owls, but also to the people who call this fascinating region of the world home.