Emma Straub is a New York Times bestselling author and owner of the beloved independent bookstore, Books Are Magic in Brooklyn. Her latest novel, All Adults Here, explores the complexity of love for your family, the love for yourself, and for the town you grew up in. The story revolves around Astrid and her adult […] The post Emma Straub on the Future of Indie Bookstores appeared first on Electric Literature. Continue reading at 'Electric Literature'
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The bestselling author has been accused of sexual abuse, assault, rape, and human trafficking in a civil lawsuit filed Monday in Wisconsin federal court. Some, but not all, of Gaiman’s agents and publishers have ended their relationships with the author. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-04 05:00:00 UTC ]
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In my opinion, most crossword puzzles have too many boring trivia about sports, obscure historical events, and science questions (seriously, who cares how many molecules are in an atom?). So, we decided to take out the bits we didn’t like to create a crossword puzzle tailored for those of us... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2025-01-31 12:00:00 UTC ]
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As of this morning, you can now easily buy ebooks from your local indie bookstore. Thanks to Bookshop.org, the reigning David to Am*zon’s Goliath. As Wired reports, a new platform on the site will now sell ebooks directly to customers. Bookshop users can buy and read titles via a handy-dandy... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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Good Girl—the debut novel by award-winning poet Aria Aber—follows nineteen-year-old Nila as she becomes charmed in a Berlin club and falls manically in love with Marlowe, an older brooding American writer. Raised by Afghan refugees, Nila’s childhood remains haunted by the shadows of exile while... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2025-01-24 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Literature often captures the moments between life’s major plot points—the quiet yet profound spaces where we question choices, find love, navigate loss, and search for meaning. The books featured here, published by small presses, are rich in their ability to reflect the textured understanding... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2025-01-17 12:05:00 UTC ]
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When I was 23, my best friend from college invited me to a networking mixer at the headquarters of a top publishing house in New York City. I was in graduate school at The New School at the time, and already working on the manuscript of what would become my first book, Born to Be […] The post... Continue reading at Electric Literature
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The publishing industry can feel like an opaque, black box to aspiring authors, with countless gatekeepers—agents, editors, publicists, book buyers and more—shaping the process behind the scenes. Even established authors can find the sector confusing as they attempt to read the tea leaves behind... Continue reading at Electric Literature
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Never far from the pulse, a quick glance over Electric Lit’s most popular articles from this year will tell you a lot about what preoccupies our collective consciousness. Our most popular reading list features crime novels, suggesting a heightened level of intrigue when it comes to all things... Continue reading at Electric Literature
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GoDaddy founder, Vietnam War Marine veteran and New York Times bestselling author Bob Parsons joined Arizona State University President Michael Crow for a fireside chat at ASU’s MIX Center in Mesa on Dec. 17. Sponsored by the Pat Tillman Veterans Center, in collaboration with the ASU... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
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December marks the start of the holiday season and the return of one of our favorite year-end traditions: the annual best book cover tournament. Now in its fourth year, this contest is our way of recognizing and celebrating the talented designers behind the books. After all, the cover is the... Continue reading at Electric Literature
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Writing fiction itself might be (and often is) considered an act of translation: from experience to language, from emotion to logic, from chaos to legibility. Perhaps it is a mere coincidence, or a stroke of good luck, then that these three fall debut novelists selected for our craft series each... Continue reading at Electric Literature
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Rose (a.k.a. Melisse Shapiro), an early advocate for self-publishing as well a bestselling author and book marketer, died unexpectedly on December 10. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Native publishers are critical in preserving and amplifying Indigenous perspectives. While narratives about Indigenous peoples often focus on the devastating impacts of colonization—death, disease, grief, and addiction—these publishing programs create space for the full spectrum of the Native... Continue reading at Electric Literature
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Bestselling author who enjoyed overnight success with her debut novel A Woman of SubstanceIt was Graham Greene who inadvertently launched Barbara Taylor Bradford, who has died aged 91, on the road that would lead, in 2003, to her induction into the Writers Hall of Fame of America, alongside Mark... Continue reading at The Guardian
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I yearn for a literary world where, as readers, we’re familiar with a wider spectrum of narrative traditions and approaches than what we now think of as the canon. We Bengalis love so much to talk, to weave tales, to let our anecdotes tangle with each other’s into a larger collective... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2024-11-19 12:05:00 UTC ]
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Florida is one the most diverse and fastest growing states in the United States. It is also, tragically, the epicenter of book banning in America. Thousands of books have been banned from public schools and libraries in an attempt to silence dissenting voices that explore the experiences of... Continue reading at Electric Literature
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If you’ve read only one book about the Spanish Civil War, chances are it’s either Ernest Hemingway’s novel For Whom the Bell Tolls or George Orwell’s memoir Homage to Catalonia. And if you’ve read only two, as to what they might be, I’d confidently push all my chips into the center of the... Continue reading at Electric Literature
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