Representações da criançana literatura de autoria indígena by Iara Tatiana Bonin

“…In this paper, the aim is to analyse stereotyped representations of indigenous people in seven works by indigenous writers Daniel Munduruku, Olívio Jekupé, Yaguerê Yamã and Wasiry Guará . …”
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Contemplation and social transformation: the example of Thomas Merton by P. Sheldrake

“…It takes as its paradigm the life and writings of Thomas Merton (Fr Louis), an American Cistercian monk at the Abbey of Gethsemani, Kentucky, who became one of the most widely-read and influential spiritual writers as well as Christian social commentators of the mid-twentieth century. …”
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(Des)memória e catástrofe: considerações sobre a literatura pós-golpe de 1964 by Ettore Finazzi-Agrò

“…The status of literature – his ability to say what is forbidden to historiography, the possibility of recreating the real through imagination – drove, in fact, many writers to witness the horror and violence that marked the regime established in Brazil fifty years ago, even giving us the “physical” representation of pain and blood generated by a power acting in a “state of exception”.…”
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Medialne reprezentacje kultury literackiej, czyli wiedza o książce dla dzieci – (nie) tylko w Sieci by Marta Krasuska-Betiuk

“…Described some forms of presence of literature for children and youth in cyberspace, such as portals and blog reviewers, websites writers and books, journals and literary blogs, forums readers, radio and TV programs. …”
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Excerpts from The Freedom Fight: A Novel of Resistance and Freedom. by Pamela J. Olubunmi Smith

“…Secondly, it joins the ranks of the works of only two other leading contemporary Yorùbá writers, whose attention to language make them the remaining literary and linguistic purists of the previous generation of Yorùbá writers. …”
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Lead poisoning in ancient Rome by Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers

“…A grape juice concentrate (sapa) commonly used as a sweetener was prepared by preference in lead containers. Although Roman writers commented on the toxicity of lead, classic chronic lead poisoning was first described only in the 7th century AD. …”
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Re-performing African Literature: A Review of Owonibi’s Translation of three Yoruba Literary works into English – Chief Gaa, Delusion of Grandeur and The Tight Game by Titilope Oluwaseun Oriola

“… Re-performance, the way works of arts are translated into another language with distinct rules and principles yet preserving the aesthetics and values of the original texts, is a major aesthetic resource used by writers to establish their perspectives on translation. …”
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Shall we dance? Choreographing hospitality as key to interpersonal transformation by G.W. Marchinkowski

“…Finally, the article formulates principles for the spiritual practice of hospitality for ordinary people in everyday life, by considering the contributions of contemporary spiritual writers, Barbara Brown Taylor and Christine Pohl. …”
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Herkules Poirot i marny kryminał. Na marginesie powieści Agathy Christie „Morderstwo w Orient Expressie” (1934) by Anna Gemra

“…Van Dine and Ronald Knox) intended for writers meaning to craft a good crime story. In Murder on the Orient Express, Agatha Christie reached for many solutions well known to readers from ‘poor crime stories,’ such as the appearance of the murderer, basing the investigation on hunches instead of deduction, introducing more than one villain, etc. …”
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The critique of Gikuyu religion and culture in S.N. Ngubiah's A Curse from God by F. Hale

“…In contrast to the nostalgic defensiveness of many Kenyan and other post-colonial African writers, perhaps most notably Ngugi wa Thiong’o, the Gikuyu novelist S.N. …”
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Da literatura para a infância à literatura de fronteira: Agustín Fernández Paz e Lygia Bojunga by Blanca-Ana Roig Rechou

“…The biographical features of the two writers, according to a continuous game of distances and mainly of approaches, are addressed, as well as a wide range of thematicformal topics that embody the literary project of both, with particular emphasis on the comment of Fernandez Paz, less well known in Brazil than Bojunga. …”
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DEVELOPMENT OF AN IMPROVED DATABASE FOR YORUBA HANDWRITTEN CHARACTER by OLUWASHINA O. OYENIRAN, JOSHUA O. OYENIYI, LAWRENCE O. OMOTOSHO, IBRAHIM K. OGUNDOYIN

“…The developed database contains a total of 12,600 characters being made up of 70 classes from a total number of 200 writers, in which 80 % (10,500) is regarded as the training and validation dataset while the remaining 20 % (2,100) is regarded as testing dataset. …”
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"The City’s Charms and Challenges" by P K Leung (translation) by Chris Song

“…In this essay “The City’s Charms and Challenges” 城巿的诱惑·城市的挑战' by P K Leung (alias Ye Si 也斯) published in Zhong Hua Du Shu Bao (《 中华读书报》) in 2013, Leung traces his own journey as he -- just like many other Chinese families -- moved with his family from Guangdong to Hong Kong in 1949, where he grew up, lived and taught, becoming one of the best-known Hong Kong writers. In the essay, he also mapped out the early beginnings of Hong Kong literature, its intrinsic roots in Chinese literature, and how it has thrived amidst the socio-cultural and historical changes in Hong Kong in the last few decades. …”
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Издательство “Всемирная литература” как первая советская литературная институция: история в документах... by Marina Arias-Vikhil’

“…As an institutional association of writers, scientists, translators and editors, the publishing house developed the principles of its existence in accordance with the complex socio-political and economic situation of the first years of revolutionary transformations in the country. …”
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The Predominance of the French Language in Francophone African Literature: The Case of Konan Roger Langui’s Wandi Bla! by Métou Kané

“…Obviously, the scope of languages sometimes determines the choice of writers. Wandi Bla! attests to this. Through this poetic creation that puts orality at the service of writing, the work takes on an intercultural dimension. …”
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Odkrywanie misji Kościoła w dziełach Thomasa Mertona by Wojciech Oleśków

“…An example of the mission discovered by Merton is the apostolate of friendship, which becomes supportive for writers and poets fighting for freedom and truth. …”
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Was Sor Juana a Sphinx? Monstrosity and the Poetics of Dedication in Her Transoceanic Enigmas by Víctor Sierra Matute

“…My article shows how, toward the end of her life, Sor Juana embraces and subverts discussions about her exceptional status and transatlantic identity, fostering a sense of transoceanic sorority among women writers of the colonial period.…”
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Biological functions of 5-methylcytosine RNA-binding proteins and their potential mechanisms in human cancers by Tingting Zhao, Zhe Zhang, Zhuo Chen, Guozheng Xu, Yongxi Wang, Fang Wang

“…By affecting the proliferation, migration, invasion, and drug sensitivity of tumor cells, m5C methylation modification plays a vital part in the initiation and progression of tumors and is closely associated with the poor tumor prognosis. m5C-related proteins are categorized into three functional groups: m5C methyltransferases (m5C writers), m5C demethylases (m5C erasers), and m5C methyl-binding proteins (m5C readers). …”
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The Dialectics of Political Ideology and Power Relations in African Literature: A Reading of Adébáyọ̀ Fálétí’s Baṣọ̀run Gáà by Sola Owonibi

“…Although replete with a recasting of themes that stress the subversions and resistance of political and religious power, especially in the continent’s post-colonial space, there is not much thematic commitment among creative writers to the ideology that constructs and moderates power. …”
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