Last week we dropped my two sons off at their first overnight camp. They are 9 and 11. They will spend almost a month there, and we will be here, at home, feeling weird about things. Since the only way I can communicate with them is by mail, and since one of my favorite Slate pieces this year was John Dickerson’s beautiful Mother’s Day meditation on writing letters to his children, I thought, “Right, cool, not only will I finally launch this important practice, but I will also make John really, really happy.” So I started writing them letters the week before they left, which was strange because they were usually fighting bitterly over comic books in the next room, and “Dear Darlings, I am counting the hours … ” seemed ungenerous. Continue reading at 'Slate'
[ Slate | 2014-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It’s a good time to be a Kurt Vonnegut fan. While there’s never a bad month to dust off your banned book collection, November encapsulates all things Vonnegutian: the 50th anniversary of Slaughterhouse-Five, the grand opening of the permanent Kurt Vonnegut Museum & Library (KVML) in Kurt’s... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-11-08 15:29:23 UTC ]
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In a new book, Tom Sturges explores his father’s life in Hollywood — and at home. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-10-24 19:00:00 UTC ]
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I FIRST HEARD ABOUT Svetlana Alexievich from a friend in my writing group who was reading the Belarusian author’s Zinky Boys: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War (1990, trans. 1992), a book based on hundreds of interviews with those who lost their sons in Afghanistan. The title of the book... Continue reading at Los Angeles Review of Books
[ Los Angeles Review of Books | 2019-09-02 12:30:01 UTC ]
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A little additional advice to self-published authors on maintaining successful relationships with indie booksellers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-08-19 12:00:51 UTC ]
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“A Good American Family,” by David Maraniss, examines the paranoia and brutality of the McCarthy era through the lens of his father’s experience. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2019-06-28 15:12:51 UTC ]
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Samson Bonkeabantu Brown says he was honored to star in ad‘My father encouraged me to live authentically as my best self’A transgender man learning to shave is featured in a new ad by the razor company Gillette. The ad, posted to Gillette’s Facebook page, features Toronto-based artist Samson... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-05-28 21:33:38 UTC ]
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Soho Friday Media has bagged the “gangster book of the year” from drug lord Pablo Escobar’s eldest son, following a chance meeting in Mallorca. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After Will Self lambasted creative writing courses for failing to provide their students with a living, MA Creative Writing course director Julia Bell pens her response. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wiley's publishing segment provides scientific, professional, and education books and related content in print and digital formats, as well as test preparation services and course workflow tools, to libraries, corporations, students, professionals, and researchers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook era un ‘ganso dorado’. Luego, la semana pasada, el gigante de las redes sociales dio ha conocer algo inesperado: que probablemente no pueda sostener su tasa de crecimiento. Esta noticia provocó que las acciones de Facebook cayeran en más del 20% el jueves. David Wehner, director... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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LeBron James had the best of intentions when he named his first child LeBron James Jr. But the Lakers superstar says he now wishes he hadn’t. James addresses the issue on the new unscripted show “The Shop,” a collaboration between HBO and Uninterrupted, the digital media company started by James... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The six-year-old publisher Head of Zeus has switched its emphasis away from the difficult digital market, as Anthony Cheetham leads its push into non-fiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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President Obama during a news conference in 2012. The former president has shared his recent reading list. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The creators of the six-time Tony Award-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen have collaborated with a novelist to turn their story into a book. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ian McEwan, the award-winning author, has admitted feeling "a little dubious" about people being compelled to study his books, after helping his son with an essay about his own novel and receiving a C. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2018-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House is to publish Dear Evan Hansen: The Novel, a "sharply funny and poignant" book which will expand upon the story and characters made famous by the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical of the same name. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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OPINION: Let's start with a caveat: I like free stuff. I don't know anyone who doesn't, frankly. This could be because I'm a journalist and have been the grateful beneficiary of free books (for me to review), free theatre or cinema tickets (for pre-research before interviewing an actor) and free... Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2018-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Bowie's son, director and screenwriter Duncan Jones, has launched a book club in tribute to his late father. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Women behind Irish independent Tramp Press say they will no longer consider submissions from authors who assume they are men, or list only male influences“Sexists need not apply” to the “dreaded women” who run Tramp Press, say the trail-blazing Irish independent publisher, which has announced it... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wiley was founded in 1807 and competes in three markets represented by its core divisions of Research, Professional Development, and Education. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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