A Graphic Novel Finds a Relatable Hero in a Modern African Woman

The “Aya” series explores the pains and pleasures of everyday life in a working-class neighborhood in West Africa. Continue reading at 'The New York Times'

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Finding the Mother Tree: An Interview with Suzanne Simard

Emergence Magazine is an online publication with annual print edition exploring the threads connecting ecology, culture, and spirituality. As we experience the desecration of our lands and waters, the extinguishing of species, and a loss of sacred connection to the Earth, we look to emerging... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2022-11-14 09:53:38 UTC ]
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Podcast ads universally boost brand metrics—and longer ads work better, Nielsen finds

Consolidated report of over 600 individual Nielsen studies is "largest ever" study of podcast ads. Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2022-10-26 15:52:35 UTC ]
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A Queer Black Anarchist’s Journey to Find Liberation in America and Abroad

Prince Shakur’s debut memoir When They Tell You to Be Good starts with an argument between him and his mother which recalls the image of his father’s murder, a man he never got to know. In unflinchingly honest detail Shakur traces his own journey of self actualization as a queer, Black Jamaican... Continue reading at Electric Literature

[ Electric Literature | 2022-10-13 11:00:00 UTC ]
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The best October Prime Day deals we could find

Amazon is kicking off this year's holiday shopping season with its Prime Early Access Sale. This Prime Day "part two" of sorts is the second members-only sale event of the year that Amazon has had in 2022, and Prime subscribers will find thousands of items on sale at record-low prices. This is... Continue reading at Engadget

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‘Miracle find’: rare Don Quixote and short stories could sell for €900k

Sotheby’s describes 17th-century Cervantes editions as a ‘once in a lifetime’ opportunity for collectorsOne day in the early 1930s, a young Bolivian diplomat named Jorge Ortiz Linares walked into the illustrious Maggs Bros bookshop in London to ask if they might have a particularly fine edition... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2022-10-06 13:44:15 UTC ]
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How to Find the Best Kindle Book Deals

From daily email newsletters to quick hacks, this is how to get a constant stream of Kindle book deals to fuel your reading. Continue reading at Book Riot

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A Summary and Analysis of Flannery O’Connor’s ‘A Good Man Is Hard to Find’

‘A Good Man Is Hard to Find’ is one of the best-known short stories by Flannery O’Connor (1925-64), who produced a string of powerful stories during her short life. First published in the collection A Good Man Is Hard to Find in 1955, the story is about an American family […] Continue reading at Interesting Literature

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J. Drew Lanham on Finding Refuge in His Backyard During the Pandemic Lockdown

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Richard Osman is perfectly at ease pretending to be a 78-year-old woman

The “Thursday Murder Club” author talks about how he gets in character, where he hides his clues — and the murder story in his family history. Continue reading at The Washington Post

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How Rudy Giuliani, once a national hero, ruined his own reputation

Andrew Kirtzman explains how America's Mayor became a nonsense-peddling Trump loyalist. Continue reading at The Washington Post

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Kate Beaton on Creating the Best Graphic Novel of 2022

The cartoonist’s Ducks is a devastating memoir about life in the oil sands of northern Alberta, Canada. Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2022-09-13 11:00:00 UTC ]
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Here are the songs Bob Dylan is writing about in his forthcoming book on “modern song.”

As some of you may already know (and sure, some of you may not care) Bob Dylan is publishing a book this November about his “philosophy of modern song” called… The Philosophy of Modern Song. If you are among those who do care (like me) the table of contents of the Nobel laureate’s foray into […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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Booksellers Find Ways to Connect

In the absence of in-person regional trade shows and conferences the past few years, two Midwestern booksellers who craved connection began organizing in-person bookseller gatherings on their own. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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The graphic memoir of an Apple Valley 'Afro-Punk' mirrors cross-racial journeys like mine

James Spooner's 'The High Desert' chronicles a journey into punk as a Black teeen's escape from exurbia. It's a more common story than you'd think Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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Mad Cave Acquires Papercutz, the Kids’ Graphic Novel House

Mad Cave Studios, a Miami graphic novel publisher, has acquired Papercutz, the groundbreaking independent children’s graphic novel house founded in 2005 by Terry Nantier and Jim Salicrup. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Three Raymond Briggs books that helped make the graphic novel respectable

Much of his work was imbued with a sense of the end, so it is fitting to look back at three of his best works to mark the illustrator’s passing Continue reading at The Conversation

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Book Aid International Programming: Books for 56,000 African Students

The 'African Book Box' program from Book Aid International is delivering books to 76 schools in Uganda, Ghana, and Zimbabwe. The post Book Aid International Programming: Books for 56,000 African Students appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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17 Novels That Would Make Great Graphic Novels

These stories, including The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, are great in prose, but they are crying out for a graphic novel adaptation to bring the visuals to life. Continue reading at Book Riot

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Anna Badkhen Finds Space for Hope and Sanctuary Amidst Histories of Imperial Collapse

Emergence Magazine is an online publication with annual print edition exploring the threads connecting ecology, culture, and spirituality. As we experience the desecration of our lands and waters, the extinguishing of species, and a loss of sacred connection to the Earth, we look to emerging... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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Windsor-Smith’s ‘Monsters’ Wins 2022 Eisner for Best New Graphic Novel

Barry Windsor-Smith’s 'Monsters' (Fantagraphics) was named Best New Graphic Novel during the 2022 Will Eisner Comic Awards ceremony, held at this year's San Diego Comic-Con. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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