At last, it’s official: Andrew Cuomo is running for mayor of New York City.That sentence would have seemed inordinately strange a year or two ago. But Cuomo had been telegraphing for many months that he wanted to launch a comeback. And now he’s running, with a Manhattan launch event and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2025-03-03 15:46:55 UTC ]
A fantasy epic sells for seven figures at Bramble, Bobbi Brown brings a memoir to Marysue Rucci, Stonefruit and Del Rey pick up two multibook horror projects, and more in this week’s book deals. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Writing memoir is an act of saying I am here. This is what I find beautiful. Troubling. Worth paying attention to. And there is a democratic invitation in this gesture that interests me—the way that writing and reading memoir allow us to push past a monolithic understanding of the world and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-02-27 09:58:16 UTC ]
Out of the Shadows, by Lilach Galil Fiction [email protected] Mon, 02/24/2025 - 15:16 Photo by Lucas Alexandros / Flickr Lilach Galil’s 2009 novel, Betsilo (In its shadow), is a polyphonic novel told by the six main characters. Rona is a poet... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2025-02-24 21:16:13 UTC ]
On the dedication page of No Offense: A Memoir in Essays, Jackie Domenus writes, “To all the queer and trans folks who have bitten their tongues until they bled: this book is for you.” In this powerful and timely collection, Domenus defends and celebrates identity and love with an unflinching... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2025-02-24 12:00:00 UTC ]
Fiona Warnick talks to Sheila Heti about AI, writing for children, and the negotiation of public and private selves. | Lit Hub In Conversation How much can—or should—we know about our literary idols? Anna Funder on George Orwell and real life doublethink. | Lit Hub Memoir “I’d always figured... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-02-24 11:30:43 UTC ]
Soon we can all read the late author’s private notes about her therapy. But should we?In 1998, the late journalist Joan Didion wrote a scathing essay about the posthumous publication of True at First Light, a travel journal and fictional memoir by Ernest Hemingway, 38 years after the author... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2025-02-23 09:00:30 UTC ]
Haley Mlotek’s new memoir finds a fresh way to talk about the dissolution of a marriage. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Atlantic | 2025-02-21 17:15:00 UTC ]
Erin Steele’s memoir, Sunrise Over Half-Built Houses: Love, Longing and Addiction in Suburbia, chronicles the life of an isolated, self-conscious Canadian teenager growing up in middle-class British Columbia to loving parents who are simultaneously present and absent. As young Erin grapples with... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2025-02-21 12:00:00 UTC ]
This round of mystery and thriller news is filled with upcoming adaptations. Plus, there’s a must-read memoir and The Da ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-02-19 13:00:00 UTC ]
Haley Mlotek’s new book provides neither catharsis nor remedies for heartache, but rather a tender exploration of human intimacy. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Atlantic | 2025-02-19 12:30:00 UTC ]
Susanna Hoffs, along with bandmates Vicki and Debbi Peterson, spoke about new book "Eternal Flame," recalling key events in the Bangles' chart-topping run in the 1980s and how the band shaped their lives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2025-02-18 18:48:12 UTC ]
Rich Benjamin’s new book Talk to Me explores the coup that overthrew his grandfather, the president of Haiti, in 1957. Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2025-02-15 10:00:00 UTC ]
A big-name picture book adaptation of the Grimm fairy tale “Hansel and Gretel” goes to HarperCollins, Margaret Atwood brings a memoir to Doubleday, Sourcebooks picks up the memoir of the daughter of Gisele Pelicot, and more in this week’s book deals. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-14 05:00:00 UTC ]
The multi-award winning feminist author Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid’s Tale) has announced that she will be releasing her long-awaited memoir ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-02-12 19:59:13 UTC ]
The 85-year-old’s Book of Lives promises to lift the lid on her unconventional Canadian upbringing, prize-winning writing career, and the experiences that shaped her workMargaret Atwood has written the memoir her fans have long been hoping for, it has been announced.In Book of Lives, which is... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2025-02-11 17:30:32 UTC ]
“I am determined to keep writing, it has never mattered to me more.” Hanif Kureishi on trauma, recovery and what it means to be a writer. | Lit Hub Memoir Just in time for Valentine’s Day: 25 writers explain the anatomy of a good sex scene. | Lit Hub Craft Pankaj Mishra on nationalism,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-02-11 11:30:21 UTC ]
The Lit Hub Author Questionnaire is a monthly interview featuring seven questions for five authors with new books. This month we talk to: * Justin Haynes (Ibis) Shane McCrae (New and Collected Hell: A Poem) Haley Mlotek (No Fault: A Memoir of Romance and Divorce) Maggie Su (Blob: A Love Story)... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-02-11 09:57:52 UTC ]
This story about a child with cerebral palsy is badly misleading – and a slap in the face for families like oursAmazing news from Netflix: there is an extraordinary treatment available for children with very severe neurological disabilities, one that, given the appropriate level of parental... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2025-02-11 08:00:11 UTC ]
I’ve known Lauren Markham’s writing since her first book, The Faraway Brothers, came out in 2017. Then, a couple years ago, I got to know her a bit more as a person when a friend emailed the two of us and another writer to ask our thoughts on writing (and teaching) journalism versus memoir or […] Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-02-07 09:57:40 UTC ]