5 Questions for Ethel Rohan, by Michelle Johnson Interviews [email protected] Tue, 04/16/2024 - 08:28 Ethel Rohan’s second novel, Sing, I, was published by TriQuarterly Books on April 15. The novel’s heroine, Ester Prynn, works in a convenience... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2024-04-16 13:28:17 UTC ]
James L. Swanson's bestselling book is the basis for Apple TV+'s "Manhunt," but the cast and creator also turned to historical documents from the real people depicted. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2024-03-15 10:00:15 UTC ]
It's important to keep dads preoccupied over the holidays. If your dad isn't a pigskin sort of dad, perhaps he's a Civil War or World War II sort of a dad, or perhaps even a naval warfare type. If he is, these books may help keep this year's holiday season a bit more peaceful. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-11-17 05:00:00 UTC ]
My father, Michael Leapman, who has died aged 85, was a Fleet Street journalist whose 60-year career spanned war reporting, editing the diary column of the Times and writing about his Brixton allotment. His 18 books include biographies of Rupert Murdoch (Barefaced Cheek, 1983) and Neil Kinnock... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-10-20 11:34:51 UTC ]
Exclusive: former minister was seeking damages over book she alleged made defamatory statements about her response to Brittany Higgins’ allegations of rapeFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastLinda... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-04-27 05:18:20 UTC ]
Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward’s latest novel, Let Us Descend, “a haunting masterpiece about an enslaved girl in the years before the Civil War,” which will be published by Scribner this October. “In each book since my second... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-04-07 14:00:15 UTC ]
Atlantic Monthly Press buys a Civil War novel from James Lee Burke, Harper Muse takes on a historical novel about Alice Marble, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-12-09 05:00:00 UTC ]
A listing of new and forthcoming adult, children’s, and young adult fiction and nonfiction titles on the history and social impact of Juneteenth (June 19,1865), the newly enacted national holiday commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans at the end of the Civil War. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-05-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
The North's modern economy and wartime financial innovations all but guaranteed victory, Roger Lowenstein argues. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-04-01 12:00:59 UTC ]
Noah Feldman cites the president’s actions during the Civil War but downplays the context. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-11-12 13:00:00 UTC ]
Uwem Akpan’s novel follows Ekong — whose name means war — as he travels to the United States. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-11-02 17:31:46 UTC ]
Nathan Harris sets his novel in Georgia during the murky twilight of the Civil War. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-06-15 07:08:15 UTC ]
After the Civil War, monuments aimed to cast the South in a positive light, writes Karen Cox. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-05-21 12:00:00 UTC ]
Before the Civil War, a coalition fought for equality as well as abolition, Kate Masur writes. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-04-23 12:00:00 UTC ]
“The Dragons, the Giant, the Women” is a migration memoir of separations, relocations and reunions. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-06-02 09:00:08 UTC ]
I have been with Folio: for eight years now. In that time I have seen a lot of ups and downs in magazines and publishing. Mass layoffs, bankruptcies, brand closures and misplaced bets have often dominated our headlines and the narratives around our industry. While all of those unfortunate... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2020-03-17 18:18:06 UTC ]
Last week, Lyz Lenz, a journalist and writer who lives in Iowa, predicted that the state’s caucuses “are going to be a f*cking nightmare.” In a piece for Gen, Lenz (who also contributes regularly to CJR) wrote that the caucuses are inaccessible at the best of times, and that state Democrats’... Continue reading >> [ Source: Columbia Journalism Review | 2020-02-04 13:11:10 UTC ]
In a country that has suffered so much, it turns out to be the women in this novel who suffer the most. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2019-09-11 22:29:40 UTC ]
A high-level defector helps Sam Dagher explain the brutal conflict and the president’s role in it. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2019-08-30 12:37:45 UTC ]
Delacorte Press has pre-empted a débutant’s YA fantasy trilogy, inspired by the author’s experience growing up in Sierra Leone during the civil war, for a “significant six-figure” sum. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]