4 d. ago 'Heart Lamp' wins International Booker, with stories of India's Muslim women and girls

The major writing prize awards the best fiction translated into English. Judges called Banu Mushtaq's short story collection "something genuinely new for English readers."

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5 d. ago One great short story to read today: P. Djeli Clark, “The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington”

One great short story to read today: P. Djeli Clark, “The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington”  Literary Hub

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5 d. ago One great short story to read today: “The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington”

One great short story to read today: “The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington”  Literary Hub

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2 w. ago Predictive policing AI is on the rise. Making it accountable to the public could curb its harmful effects

The 2002 sci-fi thriller "Minority Report" depicted a dystopian future where a specialized police unit was tasked with arresting people for crimes they had not yet committed. Directed by Steven Spielberg and based on a short story by Philip K. Dick, the drama revolved around "PreCrime"—a system informed by a trio of psychics, or "precogs," who anticipated future homicides, allowing police officers to intervene and prevent would-be assailants from claiming their targets' lives.

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3 w. ago Canadian writer Canisia Lubrin wins $150K Carol Shields literary prize

The judges of the annual prize for female and nonbinary writers praised Lubrin's debut short story collection, Code Noir, for breaking "new ground in short fiction."

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3 w. ago One of literature's most lucrative prizes goes to debut fiction writer Canisia Lubrin

The judges of the annual prize for female and nonbinary writers praised Lubrin's debut short story collection, Code Noir, for breaking "new ground in short fiction."

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