Black Childhood as Idyll: On Vivian Gibson’s “The Last Children of Mill Creek”

THIS PAST APRIL, the Cleveland-based indie press Belt Publishing released The Last Children of Mill Creek, a memoir by Vivian Gibson. At just 150 pages, the book is a spare, elegant jewel of a work, chronicling the author’s childhood growing up in segregated St. Louis in the 1950s. In 1959, when Gibson was eight years […] The post Black Childhood as Idyll: On Vivian Gibson’s “The Last Children of Mill Creek” appeared first on Los Angeles Review of Books. Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Review of Books'

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The Coloring Book Phenomenon Takes Over Brazil

In Brazil this past April and May, 17.34% of all books sold were coloring books — a genre which has dominated the bestseller lists for months. The post The Coloring Book Phenomenon Takes Over Brazil appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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Dana Perino's 'And the Good News Is...' becomes a top seller

Former press secretary Perino's memoir is currently near the top of multiple bestseller lists. It was released this past April. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

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