Publishers funnel massive amounts of resources into promoting titles that they think will become bestsellers. But they’ve become spellbound by ‘stories of struggle’ that can succumb to stereotypes.
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Getting to the White House would mean overcoming issues of race and gender.
At the Golden Globes, Oprah Winfrey assured girls that the harassment scandals of 2017 will eventually lead to a brighter future. But deep workplace issues will have to be addressed first.
There is a thriving counter-current of transnational African literary life that confounds rather than caters to an international taste for “digestible” fiction.
In his much anticipated interview with Oprah, Lance Armstrong surprised many by the extent to which he confessed to cheating, arrogant denial and bullying. But is this enough to protect the Livestrong…
How Lance Armstrong handles his soon-to-be aired interview with Oprah will impact on the fate of Livestrong, which he founded in happier days. That’s because organisations, including non-profits such as…
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Alfred Deakin Professor and Chair In Marketing, Deakin University
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Associate Professor of Law, University of Oregon
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Assistant Professor of World Anglophone Literature, Johns Hopkins University
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Research Fellow, CSI Swinburne, Swinburne University of Technology
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Assistant Professor of Government and Legal Studies, Bowdoin College
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Assistant Professor of Journalism, University of Colorado Boulder
