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7 Book Review Podcasts for Discovering New Books

Book review podcasts are an engaging way to discover new books. Check out these podcasts across different genres, including All The Books! Continue reading at 'Book Riot'

[ Book Riot | 2022-11-30 11:32:00 UTC ]
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Book Review: ‘The Essential Dick Gregory’

A new anthology collects some of the writings, interviews and speeches of the comic and civil rights activist. Continue reading at 'The New York Times'

[ The New York Times | 2022-11-14 20:11:45 UTC ]
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Book Review: ‘Shuna’s Journey,’ by Hayao Miyazaki

First published in Japan in 1983, this picture book from the fabled animator is eerie, enchanting and surpassingly strange. Continue reading at 'The New York Times'

[ The New York Times | 2022-11-02 09:00:16 UTC ]
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Book Review: ‘The Pachinko Parlor,” by Elisa Shua Dusapin

The National Book Award-winning author and translator of “Winter in Sokcho” return with another quietly powerful tale of dislocation. Continue reading at 'The New York Times'

[ The New York Times | 2022-10-22 09:00:12 UTC ]
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Book Review: ‘Seven Empty Houses,’ by Samanta Schweblin

The stories in Samanta Schweblin’s “Seven Empty Houses,” a finalist for the National Book Award in translated literature, tear down the delicate scaffolding of home. Continue reading at 'The New York Times'

[ The New York Times | 2022-10-14 09:00:09 UTC ]
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Good news for books: The Washington Post’s book section is back!

Sometime around 2006, everyone in publishing began to lament the death of the book section. In the face of declining readership, budget cuts, and mergers, newspapers began to realize that book review sections did not bring in enough ad revenue to cover their costs and so cut and culled until... Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

[ Literrary Hub | 2022-08-26 16:03:34 UTC ]
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Book Review: “Mothercare,” by Lynne Tillman

Lynne Tillman’s taut memoir of caring for an aging parent runs an emotional gamut. Continue reading at 'The New York Times'

[ The New York Times | 2022-08-08 19:30:06 UTC ]
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What if White people woke up with dark skin? Mohsin Hamid’s novel wonders.

Book review of "The Last White Man," by Mohsin Hamid, which imagines a town in which everyone becomes dark-skinned. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

[ The Washington Post | 2022-08-02 14:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Review: “Yoga,” by Emmanuel Carrère

In his latest book, the French author celebrated for his deeply personal accounts of tragic events embraces meditation as a means of learning to write “without fabrication.” But telling the truth is complicated. Continue reading at 'The New York Times'

[ The New York Times | 2022-07-31 09:00:08 UTC ]
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Readers’ Favorite Phantoms, Specters and Chain-Dragging Ghosts

In 1904, after the Book Review published an appreciation of Henry James’s “The Turn of the Screw,” its letters page overflowed with ghost-story recommendations. Continue reading at 'The New York Times'

[ The New York Times | 2022-07-22 15:44:31 UTC ]
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The legacy for which this Cuban dissident fought is still unfolding

Book review of Give Me Liberty: The True Story of Oswaldo Payá and his Daring Quest for a Free Cuba by David E. Hoffman Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

[ The Washington Post | 2022-07-01 12:00:49 UTC ]
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An anthem reflecting the wonder and warts of the nation that sings it

Book review of O Say Can You Hear: A Cultural Biography of The Star Spangled Banner by Mark Clague Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

[ The Washington Post | 2022-07-01 12:00:42 UTC ]
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If only humans could sense the world the way animals do

Book review of "An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us" by Ed Yong Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

[ The Washington Post | 2022-07-01 12:00:27 UTC ]
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How spiritualism linked the Lincolns and the Booths

Book review of "In the Houses of Their Dead: The Lincolns, the Booths, and the Spirits," by Terry Alford Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

[ The Washington Post | 2022-07-01 12:00:22 UTC ]
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The transformative 1960s still have a grip on America

Book review of The Times They Were a-Changin’: 1964, the Year the Sixties Arrived and the Battle Lines of Today Were Drawn by Robert S. McElvaine Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

[ The Washington Post | 2022-07-01 12:00:22 UTC ]
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Medieval Scholars Spar on a Modern Battlefield: Twitter

An online fracas over a book review is the latest blowup in a field that has been roiled in recent years with acrimonious debate over race. Continue reading at 'The New York Times'

[ The New York Times | 2022-05-07 02:32:24 UTC ]
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Book Review: ‘The Gotti Wars,’ by John Gleeson

John Gleeson’s “The Gotti Wars” is a memoir about what it took to jail America’s star gangster. Continue reading at 'The New York Times'

[ The New York Times | 2022-04-29 20:03:55 UTC ]
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Why Authors Love You When You Leave a Book Review Online

Why do authors always ask for readers to leave reviews? Do reviews really help sell their books? Bottom line: yes. Continue reading at 'Book Riot'

[ Book Riot | 2022-03-30 10:35:00 UTC ]
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Who should replace Pamela Paul at the NYT Books section?

The New York Times today announced that Pamela Paul, who has headed the paper’s Books section and hosted the Book Review podcast since 2013, will be moving to Times Opinion as part of the paper’s expansion of its columnist ranks. Paul—the author of The Starter Marriage, Pornified, and My Life... Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

[ Literrary Hub | 2022-03-07 17:47:57 UTC ]
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