Book Review: ‘Firstborn,’ by Lauren Christensen

In the memoir “Firstborn,” Lauren Christensen writes about losing the daughter she was expecting. Continue reading at 'The New York Times'

[ The New York Times | 2025-03-17 16:00:04 UTC ]

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Lit Hub Daily: March 19, 2025

“Crucially, The Living Mountain needs to be understood as a parochial work in the most expansive sense.” Robert Macfarlane on Nan Shepherd’s uniquely poetic memoir of life in the Cairngorm Mountains. | Lit Hub Criticism “I went home and obeyed those directions for some three months, and came so... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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Cate Blanchett Is a Sexy Super Spy

This week, the hosts discuss Black Bag, Deli Boys, and the enduring legacy of Dave Eggers’ memoir A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. Continue reading at Slate

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Book Review: ‘Changing My Mind,’ by Julian Barnes

In “Changing My Mind,” the novelist Julian Barnes presents an argument for the joys of flexibility. Continue reading at The New York Times

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Book Review: ‘Firstborn,’ by Lauren Christensen

In the memoir “Firstborn,” Lauren Christensen writes about losing the daughter she was expecting. Continue reading at The New York Times

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‘A computer’s joke, on us’: writers respond to the short story written by AI

Sam Altman, the OpenAI boss, has declared its new model ‘good at creative writing’. We asked writers including Tracy Chevalier, Kamila Shamsie and David Baddiel if they agreeThis week has seen writers divided over a story written by an AI model that is “good at creative writing” – at least... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2025-03-14 16:00:23 UTC ]
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This Nature Memoir Pushes the Genre in New Directions

SOIL will make you reconsider everything you think you know about nature (including your own connection to it). Continue reading at Book Riot

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Amazing: of all the books in all the world Mr Free Speech Zuckerberg wants to ban, it’s the one about him | Marina Hyde

Whether the Meta boss and his ex-lieutenant Sheryl Sandberg are truly beyond awful is neither here nor there. I thought he was done with factcheckingI am as shocked as I am confused that Mark Zuckerberg is going all-out to block a memoir by Facebook’s former director of global public policy,... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2025-03-14 12:37:30 UTC ]
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A Meta tell-all memoir is soaring on Amazon’s best-sellers rankings after legal efforts to quash it

‘Careless People,’ which contains unflattering portrayals of Meta executives, is getting a sales boost despite attempts to stop its promotion. A new memoir that paints Facebook’s parent company and its executives in a negative light is rising on Amazon’s Best Sellers rankings faster than you... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2025-03-13 19:40:00 UTC ]
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Interview: Tori Amos on Her Children’s Book and Her Reading Life

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 at The New York Times

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Lean In, said Sheryl Sandberg – but after this week, can we ever see her or Facebook in the same light again? | Emma Brockes

The new memoir about Sandberg and Mark Zuckerberg is billed as an exposé – but it feels like a morality tale for our timesMany years ago, when Facebook was an entity most people had warm – or at least neutral – feelings towards, I visited the company’s HQ in Menlo Park, California. I admired the... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2025-03-12 17:57:42 UTC ]
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Amy Griffin’s ‘The Tell’ is Winfrey’s new book club choice

Oprah Winfrey has chosen a new memoir by venture capitalist Amy Griffin for her book club Continue reading at ABC News

[ ABC News | 2025-03-11 12:30:31 UTC ]
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Book Review: ‘Careless People,’ by Sarah Wynn-Williams

“Careless People,” a memoir by a former Facebook executive, portrays feckless company leaders cozying up to authoritarian regimes. Continue reading at The New York Times

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Spotify’s biggest sin? Its algorithms have pushed artists to make joyless, toothless music | John Harris

Most musicians can only make money on the platform by writing songs inoffensive enough to get on to one of its vapid playlistsIn the hands of some of its most gifted practitioners, songwriting is a kind of emotional alchemy. For the past week, I have been returning to a perfect example: Every... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2025-03-09 16:38:43 UTC ]
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Rock forgot one of its wildest front men. He’s got a story to tell.

Peter Wolf befriended music legends, married a movie star and led the J. Geils Band. His new memoir reminds us: He was there. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2025-03-07 11:00:38 UTC ]
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Book Review: ‘The Trouble of Color,’ by Martha S. Jones

A new memoir by the historian Martha S. Jones combines a trenchant analysis of race and the historical record with a homage to other Black women scholars. Continue reading at The New York Times

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‘My Name Is Barbra’ Wins Audiobook of the Year at 2025 Audie Awards

At the 30th annual Audies, presented by the Audio Publishers Association and held in New York City on March 4, winners across 28 categories were announced. Barbra Streisand’s memoir took home the night's biggest honor, Audiobook of the Year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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On Politics: Cuomo is the front-runner, but that could change quickly

At last, it’s official: Andrew Cuomo is running for mayor of New York City.That sentence would have seemed inordinately strange a year or two ago. But Cuomo had been telegraphing for many months that he wanted to launch a comeback. And now he’s running, with a Manhattan launch event and... Continue reading at Crains New York

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Book Review: ‘Jewish Country Houses,’ edited by Juliet Carey and Abigail Green

A lavish photo book collects images old and new of elaborate estates, manors, chateaus and Schlosses in the European countryside. Continue reading at The New York Times

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Book Review: ‘Dream Count,’ by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

In her first novel since “Americanah,” she draws on a real-life assault as she follows the lives of three Nigerian women and one of their former housekeepers. Continue reading at The New York Times

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Book Club: Read ‘We Do Not Part,’ by Han Kang, With the Book Review

In March, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss “We Do Not Part,” the Nobel laureate Han Kang’s novel about history, tragedy and the work of remembering. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2025-02-28 10:04:03 UTC ]
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