Cultural Cross Sections Dipika Mukherjee A writer travels from Chicago to a residency in rural Malaysia, where part of her novel-in-progress is set. While encountering the many living creatures who surround her and making progress on her work, she participates in the local literary scene, catching a glimpse of a possible New Malaysia. “Are you sure you are not a serial killer?” The Grab driver is joking, of course. He is driving me back to my cottage—Rumah Balai—set within the dense foliage of Rimbun Dahan, where I am the writer-in-residence for five weeks. I have come from my home in Chicago to work on my novel in rural Malaysia, where part of the novel is set. Tonight is a cloudy night, and the solar lights along the way are completely dark; there is no illumination at all. Our cottages are not air-conditioned, water is recirculated, everyone is encouraged to create compost for the herb gardens from the food we consume, but even the eco-warrior in me understands how driving on an untarred road by the light of car headlights can make grown men a little nervous. During the ride from Kuala Lumpur, we have discovered that he has the same last name as a deceased journalist married to my distant uncle in the Bengali community. It never ceases to astonish me that no matter where in the world I am, the enormous Klang Valley operates as a village, and a link to community can always—always!—be found. We feel like family, and have spent... Continue reading at 'World Literature Today'
[ World Literature Today | 2019-07-23 13:14:38 UTC ]
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The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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‘House of Flame and Shadow’ by Sarah J. Maas is the #1 book in the country, one of numerous Maas titles on our list this week. Plus love is in the air—and on our nonfiction list—and February book club picks hit the shelves. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Tiny Reparations signs two by National Book Award nominee LaToya Watkins, Tia Williams reups with Grand Central, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Among the week's headlines: The American Library Association announces five new "Core Values" for librarianship; a candidate for Missouri secretary of state campaigns by burning library books with a flamethrower; and OCLC is suing a shadow archive site. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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‘Gothikana’ by BookTok favorite RuNyx is the #6 book in the country. Plus Jamie Oliver heads to the Mediterranean for his latest cookbook, and newly minted Newbery Medalist Dave Eggers gets a boost. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Pedro Almodóvar’s debut story collection goes to HarperVia, Christina Clancy re-ups with St. Martin’s, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Among the week's headlines: PLA 2024 is next on the library conference calendar; Alabama takes aim at ALA; and Georgia proposes a book rating law. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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An Oregon weekly newspaper that had to lay off its entire staff after its funds were embezzled will relaunch its print edition next month Continue reading at ABC News
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Alex Michaelides has the #6 book in the country with ‘The Fury.’ Plus Jamie Lee Curtis extols the rewards of patience in her latest pictuer book, and Heather Fawcett charts with ‘Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands.’ Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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PRH buys the latest from Israeli global bestseller Yuval Noah Harari, Karen Tei Yamashita sells a book about Japanese American identity to Graywolf, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Among the week's headlines: LibLearnX 2024 is in the books; Oklahoma appoints a conservative media provocateur to a key post; and new bills emerge to defend libraries and the freedom to read. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, January 28, 2024. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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Among the week’s headlines: ALA’s LibLearnX 2024 gets underway; students and librarians at an Idaho high school push back against book bans; and an Alabama legislator wants to make it easy for politicians to fire library board members. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-01-19 05:00:00 UTC ]
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With the debut of Brynne Weaver’s ‘Butcher & Blackbird,’ Entangled’s Red Tower imprint is five for five with landing its new releases on our bestseller list. Plus the spy thriller ‘Argylle’ by Elly Conway debuts at #13 on our hardcover fiction list ahead of a film release and amid... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Random House signs a book on Open AI by Ashlee Vance and a novel by Taffy Brodesser-Akner, M.L. Lee sells two novels to Simon & Schuster, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, January 21 Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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Among this week's headlines: EveryLibrary updates its “legislation to watch” tracker for 2024; Indiana lawmakers take aim at how libraries are funded in the state; and the Los Angeles Public Library gets into publishing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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