Humanities International Complete provides full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world. This database includes all data from Humanities International Index (more than 2,200 journals and 2.71 million records) plus unique full-text content, much of which is not found in other databases. Major subject areas include literature, philosophy, the arts, history, culture and multi-disciplinary humanities titles, with a special emphasis on literature and the literary arts. The database also includes original creative works including poems, fiction, photographs, paintings and illustrations.

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Visit the NY Times Books & Literature section for  a conversation with John Irving.

The author discusses his next book, “Last Night in Twisted River,” and his writing life with Sam Tanenhaus, the editor of the Book Review.

“J. M. Coetzee drew one step closer to becoming the first author to win the Man Booker Prize for fiction three times as the short list of nominees for that British literary award was announced on Tuesday. Mr. Coetzee’s novel “Summertime,” about a writer working on a biography of a deceased author named John Coetzee, is one of six books to make the final cut for the prize, its organizers said in a news release. The real Mr. Coetzee won the prize for his novels “Life & Times of Michael K” in 1983 and “Disgrace” in 1999.  The winner of the prize, which comes with about $82,000, will be announced on Oct. 6.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/09/books/09arts-JMCOETZEEAND_BRF.html?_r=1

To retrieve copies of  Coetzee’s novels from the UB Libraries, look up the author in the BISON Catalog.

Greetings Faculty & Students,

As your library liaison, please remember that I am available for individual research appointments and in-class library instruction. Please contact me at ltaddeo@buffalo.edu or 645-2814 ext. 238 to make an appointment or request a library workshop. Faculty, please feel free to add my name to your syllabus as a library contact for your students. Also, I welcome your recommendations for book purchases. You can let me know about your requests by phone, e-mail or campus mail. Don’t forget to refer to my Resources by Subject Guide – English & American Literature for additional help.