James Alan McPherson is famous as the first Black writer to win the Pulitzer Prize in fiction; a new book aims to bring fresh attention to his masterful nonfiction. The volume’s editor, poet and writer Anthony Walton, joins V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to discuss On Becoming an... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-02-16 09:55:09 UTC ]
Like the complex Philippine history the book aims to depict, there is no single sentence that can sum up Albert Samaha’s Concepcion, especially when he renders that history through the lens of his own diasporic family, dating back to his ancestors’ first encounter with Europeans. Though... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2021-10-13 11:00:00 UTC ]
Fictional story created with Fig expands on previous ad and prepares kids with transition to a new abode. Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2021-08-31 12:00:00 UTC ]
The History Press has acquired a biography of pioneering computer scientist and Bletchley Park codebreaker Professor Alan Turing, written by his nephew Sir Dermot Turing. The publisher bought world rights to Prof: Alan Turing Decoded, which it described as a “modern biography” told from “a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Startup Crowd the Book launched in March, is using selective, online marketing to try and 'create a wildfire around great books published by small presses.' Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]