Book Review: ‘Under a White Sky,’ by Elizabeth Kolbert

In “Under a White Sky,” the Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Kolbert meets people who are trying to reverse the course of man-made environmental disaster. Continue reading at 'The New York Times'

[ The New York Times | 2021-02-10 10:00:00 UTC ]

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‘I won the Pulitzer Prize and I’m busking on a corner’: 3 top artists on the uncertain future of political cartooning

Barry Blitt, Jack Ohman, and Jen Sorensen discuss the promise and many perils of their chosen artform. Editorial cartoons and illustration are fairly niche topics—or so I once thought. On Jan. 3, cartoonist Ann Telnaes published Why I’m quitting the Washington Post on her Substack. It detailed... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2025-01-21 11:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Review: ‘The Uncollected Stories of Mavis Gallant’

Mavis Gallant wrote short stories full of brutal humor that examined the hell of other people. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2025-01-18 10:00:14 UTC ]
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Book Review: ‘Good Girl,’ by Aria Aber

Aria Aber’s exciting debut novel finds the daughter of an Afghan refugee sidestepping disapproval and racism as she dives into Berlin’s nightworld. Continue reading at The New York Times

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So Many Excellent 2025 Books By Women of Color

A big, lovely list of 2025 books by women of color, one of the Big 5 launches an audio-first imprint, dangerous book review sites, and more. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2025-01-10 16:10:00 UTC ]
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Washington Post cartoonist resigns over paper’s refusal to publish cartoon critical of Jeff Bezos

Pulitzer prize winner Ann Telnaes had drawn a cartoon of the paper’s owner kneeling before Donald TrumpThe Washington Post’s Pulitzer prize-winning editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes has resigned from her position at the newspaper after its refusal to publish a satirical cartoon depicting the... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2025-01-04 15:23:11 UTC ]
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A neurologist explains how these tech habits can optimize brain health and happiness

“The mental garbage we ingest is arguably more harmful than an occasional cheeseburger and fries.” Richard Cytowic is a neurologist, neuropsychologist, and textbook writer. He specializes in metacognition. He is a professor of Neurology at George Washington University. His New York Times... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2024-12-28 10:00:00 UTC ]
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Here Are All the Award-Winning Novels of 2024!

Percival Everett nabbed the National Book Award and Samantha Harvey bagged the Booker, but they weren’t the only writers who struck gold this year. Yes, from the Pulitzer to the Nebula, the PEN/Faulkner to the Edgar, here are the winners of the biggest book prizes of 2024. Congratulations to... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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Book Review: The Poetry of Percival Everett

The winner of this year’s National Book Award in fiction has published several collections of poems. Our critic takes a look. Continue reading at The New York Times

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The Best Book Covers of 2024

A Book Review art director selects the book jackets that made a compelling impression. Continue reading at The New York Times

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Book Review: ‘The Miraculous From the Material,’ by Alan Lightman

In “The Miraculous From the Material,” the best-selling author Alan Lightman examines the science behind the wonder. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2024-11-27 10:02:07 UTC ]
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Writers Talking Writers: Rumaan Alam on Anita Brookner and Tommy Orange on Felisberto Hernández

The National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize nominees discuss the wry maturity and singular strangeness of two writers whose work inspired their own. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-22 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Review: ‘Taiwan Travelogue,’ by Yang Shuang-zi

Yang Shuang-zi’s “Taiwan Travelogue,” a National Book Award finalist, is a nesting-doll narrative about colonial power in its many forms. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2024-11-15 13:18:52 UTC ]
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Ayad Akhtar Wants Writers to Reckon with AI

McNeal, the new play by Ayad Akhtar, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Disgraced, focuses on an egocentric, self-destructive white male novelist, played by Robert Downey, Jr. The fictional Jacob McNeal—think Mailer or Roth at their worst—wins the Nobel Prize early in the play, but he’s guarding a... Continue reading at The Millions

[ The Millions | 2024-11-14 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Jim Hoagland, Distinguished Journalist on World Affairs, Dies at 84

A two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, he was a reporter, editor and columnist for The Washington Post, renowned for his deeply sourced dispatches. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2024-11-07 19:26:23 UTC ]
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Here’s how the American press can survive four years of Trump | Margaret Sullivan

The media will be under siege, but former Washington Post editor Marty Baron has some ideas for what journalists can doEverything we know about the next US president suggests that the press in America will be under siege in the next four years as never before.After all, Donald Trump has... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2024-11-07 17:33:15 UTC ]
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‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ Book Club Conversation Space: Main Discussion

Discuss our November book club selection, “One Hundred Years of Solitude,” by Gabriel García Márquez, with the Book Review. Continue reading at The New York Times

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Book Review: ‘Dinner for Vampires,’ by Bethany Joy Lenz

The “One Tree Hill” actor has written a memoir of the decade she spent beholden to the Big House Family — and her escape. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2024-10-22 09:02:48 UTC ]
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‘We leave viewers smarter’: fears over plans to close ‘world’s most highbrow’ TV station

Unique experiment in German-language public broadcasting 3sat faces pressure from populist rightIn many countries around the world, breakfast TV means cele­brity interviews, soap operas and last night’s football highlights. On the German-language channel 3sat this Sunday morning, it means a... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2024-10-19 11:43:44 UTC ]
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Book Review: ‘Polostan,’ by Neal Stephenson

“Polostan” sets up a historical fiction series about espionage and revolution in the early 20th century. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2024-10-15 09:01:27 UTC ]
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