But wait, there's more: The Lover is one of those rare sensual, secret-love-affair best-sellers that is also stylistically rigorous, or challenging, or at least worthy of the vague but still meaningful literary designation.
(The headline for the 1985 People review of the novel: "France's Marguerite Duras Unveils a Secret Love Affair 55 Years Later in Her Sensual Best-Seller.") But wait, there's more: The Lover is one of those rare sensual, secret-love-affair best-sellers that is also stylistically rigorous, or challenging, or at least worthy of the vague but still meaningful literary designation.
The written language in the old vertical script is generally called Classical Mongolian, though some scholars restrict that term either to the classical period of Buddhist scripture translation (17th and early 18th centuries) or to the latest period of its history (17th 20th centuries), preferring instead the designation Literary Mongolian.
He has an academic specialty it will behoove the reader to keep in mind -- literary "vitalism," his designation for certain works by Frank Norris, Kate Chopin, Theodore Dreiser, Stephen Crane and James Branch Cabell containing an implied advocacy of self-realization through acts of physical and emotional hubris that embrace the risk of death.
I admired the depth of its research but did not feel that the book had the literary qualities requisite for designation as an authorized biography of Tennessee Williams.
Mr. Baraka was the keynote speaker for an event marking the library's designation as a literary landmark by the New Jersey Center for the Book.
Its occupants have not yet given up the dream of ascending to the Club of Hundred through some "breakthrough" book, splashy advertising campaign or other fata morgana, and what keeps them in a state of constant suspense is that from time to time a bone is tossed to them — a flattering review, say, a runner-up designation for a literary award or, best of all, a university post.
It is really important, I think, to get out of that designation in the literary cannon that black people can only write about being black, because there's all these other things that we can do.' Mosley's high profile in the field of mystery writing has without question encouraged others to follow in his footsteps; he is now proud to say that there are 30 black published mystery writers in the US.
Dublin was just awarded the UNESCO United Nationss Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) designation for being a top literary city and they are celebrating with Dublin Swell, an arts festival at the new convention center; then it's back stage at the 25th Anniversary Concert at 02 Dublin of the Commitments and more motorcycling outside of Dublin as well.
Nonetheless, Maupin has for many years gently resisted the designation "gay writer", wary of the literary ghettoisation that it can bring.
