Romance novelists make their picks for the season, and they run the gamut from sexy to sweet to a little bit murderous. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-05-27 13:00:00 UTC ]
From Sally Rooney to Raven Leilani, female novelists have captured the literary zeitgeist, with more buzz, prizes and bestsellers than men. But is this cultural shift something to celebrate or rectify?In March, Vintage, one of the UK’s largest literary fiction divisions, announced the five debut... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-05-16 06:00:48 UTC ]
Two big novelists take sharp turns in new books: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie mourns in "Notes on Grief"; Jhumpa Lahiri writes a novel, "Whereabouts," in Italian. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-04-30 14:00:38 UTC ]
Novelists no longer shy away from tough issues readers are facing such as mental illness, racial inequity, sexual harassment and abuse, trafficking, and domestic violence. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-04-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
This excellent cradle-to-grave biography of a much loved novelist who goes in and out of fashion captures her alarming habits and tormented love affairsIn 1971 the author Barbara Pym was at her day job at the International African Institute when she noticed “Mr C” laboriously attacking his... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-04-08 06:30:07 UTC ]
Last year, when New York City was the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in America, Bradley Tusk and Howard Wolfson decided to create a new annual award, the Gotham Book Prize, as part of an effort to “honor New York City and support the novelists who best captured the spirit of our city,” as... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-04-06 13:00:34 UTC ]
“By relearning his grandmother’s old style of storytelling, Márquez began telling a story unlike any before.” Angus Fletcher on what Gabriel García Márquez understood about rediscovery. | Lit Hub Criticism Are climate change novels a form of activism? Seven novelists weigh in, including Pitchaya... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-03-24 09:30:49 UTC ]
This year marks the sixth anniversary of the 2015 Paris Agreement, an international accord that marks the first time nearly every nation on Earth promised to tackle the climate crisis. The goals set by that agreement, however, have not been met. As the climate crisis worsens, more novelists than... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-03-24 08:53:41 UTC ]
At the Guardian, Kazuo Ishiguro discusses his newest book, Klara and the Sun, and how this latest offering echoes themes and ideas he has often explored in his previous work. “Literary novelists are slightly defensive about being repetitive,” Ishiguro says. “I think it is perfectly justified:... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Millions | 2021-02-26 21:30:38 UTC ]
“Like so many women novelists of previous centuries, Yezierska’s canonical status is a phenomenon of the recent past.” Catherine Rottenberg on the overdue revival of Anzia Yezierska. | Lit Hub Fashion isn’t frivolous: Francesca Granata recommends books central to our understanding of femininity,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-02-26 10:30:02 UTC ]
MOST NOVELISTS WHO want to embed sophisticated ideas in their fiction resort to long stretches of dialogue. In the traditional philosophical novel, loquacious characters are the vehicles for politics or principles. Sarah Moss is different. She favors realism and interiority. In each of her... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Review of Books | 2021-02-21 13:30:51 UTC ]
Over the past 20 years, industry shifts have funneled more novelists into TV rooms than ever. It's salutary in many ways — beginning with health insurance. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-02-11 15:00:05 UTC ]
Debut novelists performed solidly last year, despite widespread fears that they would lose out to more established authors due to 2020's pandemic-hit publishing schedules. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-01-14 13:16:53 UTC ]
Courtney Milan explains how a group of romance novelists rallied behind one of their own: Stacey Abrams. Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2020-12-07 19:30:17 UTC ]
'Not being Arab nor African enough,' translator Sawad Hussain writes, female writers aren't supported by Sudan's 'literary ecosystem.' The post Words Without Borders in December: Female Sudanese Novelists ‘Caught in a Limbo’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-12-02 16:34:21 UTC ]
One of four debut novelists among the six writers shortlisted this year, Stuart wins for 'Shuggie Bain,' also a National Book Award finalist. The post Douglas Stuart Wins the 2020 Booker Prize for ‘Shuggie Bain’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-11-19 20:23:21 UTC ]
Every year, we ask The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Finalists to reminisce about the first book they fell in love with. This year, we asked Finalists to reflect not just on the first story that stole their heart, but the story that seeded curiosity and empathy for the plight of others... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-11-17 09:48:30 UTC ]
Colm Tóibín gives the third installment to the Words Ireland Lecture Series. This modern master discusses the craft of James Joyce—and the idea of craft itself. Is craft a concept more suited to poetry? Could strict ideas around craft actually be a hindrance to novelists and short story writers?... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-11-04 09:48:28 UTC ]
AS AN EXPRESSIVE MEDIUM, video games have a strange way of reducing central concepts of modernist art and theory to basic operational elements. The technical specifications of “point of view” that have preoccupied novelists since the turn of the 20th century are crudely literalized within game... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Review of Books | 2020-10-31 17:00:02 UTC ]
Writers Rachel Howzell Hall, Attica Locke and Ivy Pochoda talked with Times reporter James Queally for a 2020 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books event. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2020-10-24 16:06:42 UTC ]