Of all the reactions to the viral video of a woman pummeling and verbally abusing her teenage son during the Baltimore uprisings, one stood out above the rest: an essay in the New York Times that used the video as fodder for explaining “What Black Moms Know” and why we are superior parents. According to the essay’s author, public corporal punishment and not reading books are among the helpful life strategies we picked up during slavery. The essay itself went viral; meanwhile, the New York Post hailed the Baltimore mom as “Mother of the Year.” Continue reading at 'Slate'
[ Slate | 2015-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'PW' speaks with DonorsChoose.org founder Charles Best about his charity’s mission and the current state of public education funding. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michael Curran, founder of London-based press and book binder Tangerine Press, has organised next weekend’s The Uncorrected Independent Book Fair, a showcase for seven eclectic independent publishers. Natasha Onwuemezi talks to him about the event, and to five of its exhibitors. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The digital ad industry has a dream. For years, players have longed for an identification system that might help companies compete for targeted ad dollars being swallowed by Facebook and Google, dominant platforms where users sign in and identify themselves. A new initiative -- led by... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2017-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dead Ink’s email-based novella The Night Visitors and poet Hollie McNish have both been honoured at the Saboteur Awards this year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Graham Swift’s Mothering Sunday has topped the Weekly E-Book Ranking, in a first for Simon & Schuster. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bonnier imprint Blink Reality has acquired a “shocking true story” of a woman whose three babies were stolen from her. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blink Publishing has signed a memoir by Denise Fergus, mother of murdered toddler James Bulger, at auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Joyous expletives lace winners' speeches as unsuspecting editors-in-chief take home ASME awards. The post Mother Jones Wins Magazine of the Year at the 2017 Ellies appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2017-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Helen Bailey’s mother was uneasy about the author’s partner, who is on trial for murder, a court has heard. Bailey’s partner Ian Stewart is accused of murdering the writer and dumping her body in the grounds of her home in Hertfordshire. He denies the charges. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A political novelist looks back on how issues explicated by her fiction ended up hampering book sales in her home country of Ethiopia. The post Ethiopia’s Tsehay Melaku: ‘My Dream Was To Be an Author’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Here's televised proof that a visit to Baltimore's Geppi’s Entertainment Museum can fulfill a comic-book fan’s dearest fantasy: Sunday’s Season 6 premiere of the AMC show “Comic Book Men,” spotlighting the continuing adventures of writer-director-comic geek Kevin Smith and the staff at his Jay... Continue reading at Baltimore Sun
[ Baltimore Sun | 2016-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canadian author WP Kinsella, whose book Shoeless Joe became the hit film Field of Dreams, dies aged 81 in a doctor-assisted death. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2016-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jo Unwin is embarking on her “dream” of owning a fully-independent literary agency after nearly three years of working in association with Rogers, Coleridge and White. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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There are novels that try to transport you, that in the words of Neil Gaiman act as “a dream that you hold in your hand.” If the dream succeeds, you forget the physical book you are holding and travel to Tralfamadore, Wuthering Heights, Wonderland, wherever; you live life through the eyes of the... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As 'Tablet' magazine’s leading columnist, Ingall draws on historical examples to disprove stereotypes about Jewish mothers and makes a case for why Jewish parenting methods can lead to raising creative, kind, and intelligent children. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Windows 10 is a great desktop operating system, and for the most part, OEMs have manufactured some solid hardware to showcase it. Respectable companies like HP and Dell have done Microsoft proud with some truly satisfying touch-friendly laptops. Unfortunately, Microsoft has been a bit deficient... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2016-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As Mother Teresa’s September 4 elevation to sainthood approaches, publishers celebrate the Nobel Prize-winning nun with books by and about her. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Marianne Tatepo on the path to publishing for people from ethnically diverse backgrounds. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In Norwegian folklore, a Nix is a spirit of the water, usually depicted as a horrible ogre, but sometimes as a beautiful white horse. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Good's memoir explores the difficult marriage of his father, a student of cultural anthropology, to his mother, a young Yanomami native. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2016-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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