Earlier this week I had the opportunity to attend the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony in Oslo. This year’s award winners Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad have both fought to end sexual violence as it is used as a weapon of war. (Please note, this post talks explicitly about some of the violence that both winners […]
The list of Nobel Prize winners in literature includes playwrights, screenwriters, investigative journalists, essayists, non-fiction writers, novelist, biographers, short story writers, poets, artists, and actors. Yet, a singer-songwriter born in Minnesota in 1941 who is this year’s recipient has caused an uproar in literary and music circles alike. It seems that arguments are being made […]