Forty years after the publication of Leaving the Land, Pulitzer Prize finalist Douglas Unger returns with his fifth novel, Dream City, an excoriating tale of hope, greed, and betrayal in Las Vegas. C.D. Reinhart is Unger’s fatally flawed protagonist, a failed actor bent on self-improvement who is forced to be the public face of his […] The post Douglas Unger Turns Rapacious Greed and Moral Slipperiness into High Literature appeared first on Electric Literature. Continue reading at 'Electric Literature'
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The award-winning author on her mission to diversify publishing — and why she turned back to adult readers with her new novel, “Red at the Bone.” Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2019-09-19 09:00:02 UTC ]
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In alternating chapters, the twin musicians look back at their tumultuous teen years. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-09-17 20:37:52 UTC ]
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News and Events The Editors of WLT Today the New Yorker announced the longlist for the National Book Award for Translated Literature. With such a wealth of talent on display, we don’t envy the judges’ task. To aid you, the reader, in appreciating the... Continue reading at World Literature Today
[ World Literature Today | 2019-09-17 16:53:18 UTC ]
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The longlists for the five categories are being named this week. The winner in each category will be announced at a ceremony in New York City on November 20. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The National Book Foundation has unveiled the 2019 National Book Award longlist for young people's literature. Contenders tackle major sociopolitical issues. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-09-16 18:19:57 UTC ]
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The National Book Foundation has announced the ten books longlisted for this year’s National Book Award in Young People’s Literature, chosen from a total of 325 books submitted to the foundation by publishers. The judges for YPL are An Na, Elana K. Arnold, Kristen Gilligan, Varian Johnson, and... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-09-16 14:45:12 UTC ]
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The Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance Discovery Show in Spartanburg, S.C. this past weekend was one of the best attended in years and offered an enthusiastic kick-off to the fall regional season, and a rousing send-off for outgoing executive director Wanda Jewell. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Kick in the new academic year with these high school manga series and the unusual campuses their characters attend every day. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2019-09-13 10:39:40 UTC ]
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In prizes announced for the 2019 Guadalajara International Book Fair, Sol Ceh Moo, David Huerta, and María Baranda are listed for this year's top honors. The post Maya Author Sol Ceh Moo Wins Guadalajara Fair’s Indigenous Literature Award appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-09-13 03:35:16 UTC ]
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PEN America launches their "Literature Locked Up" program for Banned Books Week in support of ending prison book banning. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2019-09-12 13:15:15 UTC ]
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The book is animated by a central concern that could not be more relevant: the inhumane treatment of children. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-09-09 23:55:38 UTC ]
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Fleet has signed a “beautiful” book from ex-Granta magazine editor Sophie Harrison about how she decided to retrain as a doctor at the age of 28. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-09 00:59:41 UTC ]
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Booksellers must pull together with other retailers in their community to increase footfall and save the British high street, the Booksellers Association conference heard on Sunday. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-08 23:26:25 UTC ]
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The author’s ninth novel deals with climate change and human migration — but it’s not homework. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-09-08 19:44:11 UTC ]
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Brexit, environmental issues and Christmas trading are looming large in independent booksellers’ minds ahead of the annual Booksellers Association conference, which kicks off in Birmingham on Sunday. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-06 07:34:02 UTC ]
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With 'Celestial Bodies,' the winner of the 2019 Man Booker International Prize, the novelist tells the story of three Omani sisters against the backdrop of a changing society. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
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An urbane attempt to offer belated autonomy to a small band of well-born, well-connected young womenThe scene with which DJ Taylor begins his 26th book, Lost Girls, in which a girl enters, with some trepidation, a literary party in a house in Bloomsbury, is striking for many reasons. It is, as... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-08-31 07:58:41 UTC ]
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Elizabeth Acevedo’s latest YA novel has wide appeal, a compelling lead, and descriptions of mouthwatering food. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2019-08-27 21:51:53 UTC ]
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Elizabeth Acevedo’s latest YA novel has wide appeal, a compelling lead, and descriptions of mouthwatering food. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2019-08-27 21:51:53 UTC ]
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Elizabeth Acevedo’s latest YA novel has wide appeal, a compelling lead, and descriptions of mouthwatering food. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2019-08-27 21:51:53 UTC ]
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