Author’s decision to remove The Snow Forest from publication because of Russia-Ukraine war sparks intense debateMixed reactions have met the decision by the US novelist Elizabeth Gilbert to withdraw her forthcoming novel The Snow Forest from publication after receiving criticism for its Russian setting in various forums.The author best known for the bestselling 2006 memoir Eat, Pray, Love has asked her publishers at Penguin Random House to withdraw her new book. In statement, Gilbert said that “an enormous, massive outpouring of reactions and responses from my Ukrainian readers, expressing anger, sorrow, disappointment and pain” about her choice of location had informed her decision to remove it from publication scheduled for next year. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2023-06-13 13:48:07 UTC ]
In the memoir “Miss Aluminum,” the writer and former script reader for Jack Nicholson shares a #MeToo moment, and more. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-04-22 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Thea Lenarduzzi has won this year's Fitzcarraldo Editions, Mahler and LeWitt Studios Essay Prize, for her "family memoir and social history" proposal Dandelions. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-22 06:21:34 UTC ]
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“To me, nonfiction is an act of translation, and the task for the writer is to bring dead letters to life.” Jessica Pearce Rotondi on writing the family saga of her missing uncle. | Lit Hub Memoir Joshua Sperling on the decade John Berger became an art world revolutionary. | Lit Hub Criticism ON... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-04-21 10:30:09 UTC ]
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Some of the most exciting fiction and memoir is being done in the form of graphic novels. Here are some of the very best. Continue reading at The Conversation
[ The Conversation | 2020-04-20 11:08:17 UTC ]
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Sopan Deb, a culture reporter for The New York Times, has interviewed the cast of Arrested Development, reviewed theater on Broadway, and currently reports on professional basketball. Before joining the Times, he covered Donald Trump’s presidential campaign for CBS News. He is also—I love this—a... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-04-20 08:48:57 UTC ]
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Erica Bauermeister’s latest book is a thoughtful, entertaining memoir of the time she and her family spent renovating the mother of all fixer-uppers. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2020-04-17 22:35:19 UTC ]
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Erica Bauermeister’s latest book is a thoughtful, entertaining memoir of the time she and her family spent renovating the mother of all fixer-uppers. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2020-04-17 22:35:19 UTC ]
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Erica Bauermeister’s latest book is a thoughtful, entertaining memoir of the time she and her family spent renovating the mother of all fixer-uppers. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2020-04-17 22:35:19 UTC ]
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Former First Lady Michelle Obama will be reading children's books in a weekly series of videos for Penguin Random House and PBS Kids through May 11. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-04-17 20:08:16 UTC ]
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Frank Wilderson weaves together memoir and theory to make the case for Afropessimism. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-04-17 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Pulitzer Prize–winning poet and former poet laureate Natasha Trethewey’s memoir tells a tragic and inspiring story that shaped her life and work. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
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This is Personal Space: The Memoir Show, with Sari Botton. On this episode, Botton speaks with Samantha Irby about her recently released essay collection, Wow, No Thank You. Irby discusses what it was like to move to a small town in the country after a lifetime of city living, how people wearing... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-04-16 20:00:01 UTC ]
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The singer’s latest hit is “Underdog.” Her memoir proves she is anything but one. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2020-04-16 09:00:04 UTC ]
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The book, “The Answer Is …,” arose from the “Jeopardy!” host’s desire to give fans more insight into his life after his pancreatic cancer diagnosis. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2020-04-15 16:08:39 UTC ]
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The book will reportedly feature what the publisher calls “illuminating personal anecdotes.” Continue reading at HuffPost
[ HuffPost | 2020-04-14 20:21:27 UTC ]
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On Tuesday, Simon & Schuster announced it will publish Alex Trebek's memoir, "The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life," on July 21. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-04-14 19:35:53 UTC ]
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Susanna Moore’s memoir “Miss Aluminum” is a provocative look at the early circumstances that shaped her writing career. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2020-04-14 09:00:20 UTC ]
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“I KNEW I WAS QUEER the moment my consciousness had evolved enough to formulate thoughts,” Lydia R. Otero writes in the introduction to the memoir In the Shadows of the Freeway: Growing Up Brown & Queer. In this compelling examination, Otero draws upon decades of experience as a historian... Continue reading at Los Angeles Review of Books
[ Los Angeles Review of Books | 2020-04-13 17:00:43 UTC ]
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This is Personal Space: The Memoir Show, with Sari Botton. On this episode, Botton talks to Hadley Freeman about her fourth book, House of Glass: The Story and Secrets of a Twentieth-Century Jewish Family, a memoir and family Holocaust history published by Simon & Schuster. Botton and... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-04-09 17:00:34 UTC ]
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A former beauty queen lands at Convergent, country music singer Sara Evans brings a memoir to Howard Books; and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
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