John Muir harbored a different perspective of the American wilderness than most. Born in 1838 in Dunbar, a small coastal town in southeastern Scotland, Muir wrote in his memoir that he “was fond of everything that was wild” in his native country. His hometown overlooked red sandstone cliffs,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-06-14 08:55:35 UTC ]
A COOKBOOK IS a kind of invitation to its author’s table. So it is with Irina Georgescu’s book Carpathia: Food from the Heart of Romania, which draws overdue attention to the food of her native country. Of course, the culinary world is crowded and chaotic at the best of times. Turmoil such as it... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Review of Books | 2020-05-23 17:00:06 UTC ]
CHERRÍE MORAGA HAS been an iconic figure in queer and Latinx literature since the 1981 publication of This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color, an anthology she edited with the late Gloria Anzaldúa. Bridge was among the first explorations of how people and communities with... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Review of Books | 2019-10-04 17:00:25 UTC ]
Val McDermid has turned to non-fiction to chronicle the role her native country and its landscapes have played in her crime fiction backlist to date. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Portobello Books has signed a novella by Polish author Wioletta Greg. Senior editor Max Porter acquired world English language rights to Guguly (title to be confirmed) from the Barbara J Zitwer Agency in association with Marzena Stefanska of Agencja Literacka Kwiaty Orientu. Published by... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
In her native country, Sara Blaedel is a household name. But, she's not yet well-known in the U.S. With the help of a few famous literary friends, Blaedel is out to change that. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pirated versions of the latest novel of French author Michel Houllebecq, who is never far from controversy, have been available on several internet sites some 10 days before publication in his native country on 7th January. According to press reports, non-final proofs of Soumission... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC ]