Earlier this month, Jane Smiley’s A Thousand Acres was banned from the Iowa City Schools. Smiley is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 17 novels, two collections of short fiction, five nonfiction books, and eight books for young adults. She spoke to The Little Hawk, the student newspaper of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-12-19 09:59:29 UTC ]
Jane Smiley is a master of plot, with multiple awards for her novels, including the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle award for A Thousand Acres (King Lear as set on an Iowa farm circa 1979). She’s also distilled her years of teaching and cultural criticism into a superb writing... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-12-06 09:53:58 UTC ]
The pick of our favorite books coming out this week include new titles by Judith Thurman, Sabrina Imbler, and Jane Smiley. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-12-02 05:00:00 UTC ]
Bethanne Patrick's December standout books include a Gen X caper, a wild adventure tale and surprising new novels from Jane Smiley and Cormac McCarthy. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2022-12-01 18:52:48 UTC ]
"A Dangerous Business," the latest novel by Pulitzer Prize winner Jane Smiley, follows a brothel worker in Monterey investigating disappearances. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2022-11-30 14:30:40 UTC ]
If you love Jane Smiley, this episode is for you. Eve and Julie are joined by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author in an interview that was recorded live for Miami Book Fair 2021. They discuss Jane’s most recent book, Perestroika in Paris, as well as Jane’s writing process, beloved pets, and what... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-12-23 09:51:41 UTC ]
A new anthology offers essays by Jane Smiley, Carmen Maria Machado and many others that explode the popular trope of white, privileged equestrians. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-08-11 13:30:15 UTC ]
‘Perestroika in Paris’ may star a talking horse, but it’s a story about humanity, too. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2020-12-01 13:00:00 UTC ]
The lineup this year includes debuts of October releases by Pulitzer Prize-winning novelists Marilynne Robinson and Jane Smiley. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
In the first step of a two-phase launch, the long-awaited Los Angeles Review of Books has debuted its preview site at lareviewofbooks.org with essays and reviews by Ben Ehrenreich, Geoff Nicholson, Jane Smiley, Jefferson Hunter, and Richard Prince. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]