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Cover Image: Oeder, G. (1916). Tsuba made of iron, openwork, shaped like a round branch of the empress tree with three flowers and vines. Boston Public Library. https://pdimagearchive.org/images/a457ac8e-1729-459d-9612-23b68aa80a0a/Hotel Fragments in TranslationKatherine Mansfield, «Ανάλαφροι Έρωτες» (“Leves Amores”)
26/02/2026

Katherine Mansfield, «Ανάλαφροι Έρωτες» (“Leves Amores”)

Η Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) υπήρξε πρωτοπόρος του μοντερνισμού. Παρά τον πρόωρο θάνατο της στην ηλικία των τριάντα τεσσάρων ετών, αναμόρφωσε το σύγχρονο διήγημα. Γεννημένη στη…
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BlogHotels in Literature“This Miserable Closet of a Room”: Confining Queerness in James Baldwin’s “Giovanni’s Room”
06/02/2026

“This Miserable Closet of a Room”: Confining Queerness in James Baldwin’s “Giovanni’s Room”

By Elena Diasiti James Baldwin was a prolific novelist, essayist and political spokesperson who, through his works, sought to forge a place for the condition…
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BlogHotels in Literature“Passing” Through the Racial Hotel: Transgressive Performance in Nella Larsen’s “Passing” (1929)
05/09/2025

“Passing” Through the Racial Hotel: Transgressive Performance in Nella Larsen’s “Passing” (1929)

By Theano Manou In the early-to-mid 20th century, hotels in America operated either under Jim Crow laws of segregation or, in some states, through “customs”…
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BlogHotels in Literature“I’m not queer, I’m disembodied”: Hotel and Desire in William S. Burroughs’ “Queer”
10/07/2025

“I’m not queer, I’m disembodied”: Hotel and Desire in William S. Burroughs’ “Queer”

By Sevasti Evangelisti-Louta The Beat Generation occupies a distinct and transitional period in American literature. Timothy S. Murphy (1998) describes William Burroughs by coining the…
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