John L. Humphries, a veteran of 18 years at Hearst Television and more than four decades in broadcast TV, will retire later this year from his current post of president and general manager of WYFF in Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, South Carolina and Asheville, North... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2024-10-15 20:00:19 UTC ]
Boubacar Boris Diop’s Un tombeau pour Kinne Gaajo: The Value of Memory, Writing, and Translation, by Marame Gueye Book Reviews [email protected] Mon, 08/05/2024 - 15:14 Photo of Diop by Gavyn Redd / Shevaun Williams PhotographyOn September 26,... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2024-08-05 20:14:31 UTC ]
The Penguin Random House district sales manager, who handles indie bookstores from Pennsylvania through North Carolina, is celebrated for her personal touch. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
Firestorm Books in Asheville, N.C., has acquired 22,500 copies of 46 children's books that were banned from the Duval County Public School system in Florida, and will distribute them for free across the U.S. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-01-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
12 Books for Tolerance and Understanding (2023), by The Editors of WLT Lit Lists [email protected] Tue, 11/14/2023 - 14:07 For years, a prognostication by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe appeared on the masthead page of World Literature Today: “These... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2023-11-14 20:07:42 UTC ]
In 2013, I was one of the chosen 20. Today, I still question the accolades and gimmickry around making the gradeIn 2013, the fourth Granta Best of Young British Novelists (BYBN) list was published, and I was among the 20 writers selected. I was 39 and had published four novels and received... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-04-16 10:00:08 UTC ]
For decades now we’ve become accustomed to tossing all sorts of things into the recycling bin, like glass bottles, aluminum cans and cardboard. One category, however, that still isn’t on everyone’s list is consumer electronics. Over a billion phones were purchased in 2022, and that’s just one... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2023-03-21 13:15:24 UTC ]
Ms. Hannah-Jones, who won a Pulitzer Prize for the 1619 Project, had said she was considering legal action against the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2022-07-15 22:45:50 UTC ]
Libraries from California to North Carolina to Utah to New York have seen their Pride displays challenged or removed this month. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-06-30 10:41:00 UTC ]
Interviews Photo by Beowulf Sheehan / Courtesy of www.tayarijones.com Tayari Jones is a New York Times best-selling author from Atlanta, Georgia. Her most recent novel, An American Marriage, won the 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction. Jones has been... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2020-10-22 14:14:35 UTC ]
I purchased an independent bookstore in Salisbury, North Carolina just six months ago, after taking leave from my career as a foreign service officer with the U.S. Department of State. After tours in Afghanistan, India, and other cities overseas, I was eager to give my four-year-old daughter... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-06-23 17:42:00 UTC ]
Last year, nine months after Hurricane Irma tore through the Caribbean, I traveled from my home in North Carolina to Anguilla to teach writing workshops to children and adults as part of a literary festival. As a prompt, I asked them to describe what they could not forget about the storm. When... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2018-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Parnassus Books adds an airport outlet; new bookstores open in Indiana and North Carolina; an Iranian bookstore in Los Angeles closes; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon sets date to open Lynnfield, Mass., store; new kids store lands in North Carolina; Delaware LGBTQ store to close; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
New stores prep for openings in Texas and North Carolina; a store takes root in the former home of a long-time Pennsylvania bookstore; an Illinois bookstore considers going nonprofit; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
New stores prep for openings in Massachusetts, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania; a store in Illinois adds a new outlet, in New York; a California bookstore gets ready to change hands; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new bookstore opens in North Carolina; a Connecticut bookstore adds podcasts; one of the country’s smallest bookstores goes on the market; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
New stores open in Michigan, Massachusetts, and Kansas; a nonprofit preps a bookstore/literary center in North Carolina; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Indies land in Ohio and North Carolina; Amazon unveils new pickup location in the Windy City; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
North Carolina and Illinois add new bookstores; a Silicon Valley store is singled out for its tech prowess; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]