Among her other favorites: “Backlash” and a Charles Laughton biography. The Oscar-winning actress just wrote — and illustrated — her first children’s book. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2025-05-01 09:00:35 UTC ]
His memoir “Growing Up” depicted her hometown “like a shining city on a hill.” Other authors who mean a lot to the musician (and now childrens’ book writer): Kevyn Aucoin and Hilary Mantel. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2025-03-13 09:00:09 UTC ]
It’s among the more playful matters on his mind in “Shattered,” a memoir of the injury that took away his ability to turn pages — but not his hunger to tell a story. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2025-01-30 10:00:13 UTC ]
Ten years ago he published the graphic novel “Here,” an instant classic depicting one room in one house over generations. Now Tom Hanks is starring in the movie. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-10-24 09:00:34 UTC ]
For the past two years, the novelist Alice Elliott Dark has been sending out missives on the writing and reading life via her popular weekly Substack, “Alice on Sunday.” But this March, Dark applied her platform to a curious task: recapping and analyzing old episodes of HBO’s Girls. The project... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-05-13 18:56:54 UTC ]
Share that link right now or ruin your reading life! Do it, do it now! Or, a brief history of chain letters. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-08-07 10:36:00 UTC ]
If you've avoided picking up manga out of genre/format snobbery, you're missing out. Manga has reminded me of just how fun reading can be. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-10-25 10:37:00 UTC ]
A reader who fell out of love with short story collections ponders how best to make reading short stories part of the routine again. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-03-18 10:39:38 UTC ]
“She advised me to read more German authors,” says the writer and singer, whose latest memoir is “Year of the Monkey.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2019-09-05 09:00:00 UTC ]
How one listener's experience with a graphic novel on audio changed her perspective on audiobooks -- and her own reading life. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2019-07-23 10:40:52 UTC ]