‘Forbidden City’ gives voice to a history meant to be buried

Vanessa Hua’s masterful novel tells the story of women whose lives were essentially erased by the Cultural Revolution in China. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

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How a mob turned a diverse city into a white-supremacist bastion

In 1898, corruption and violence drove blacks from Wilmington, N.C., writes David Zucchino. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-01-24 02:32:12 UTC ]
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Katherine Kayne on the Strong Women of Hawaii’s Painful History

In this delightful debut novel Katherine Kayne sweeps us back to a Hawaii still mourning its lost kingdom, where ladies—their ballgowns covered in yards of protective fabric—gallop across the mountains and down the city streets on their way to polo matches and parties, men dance the hula as well... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-01-17 09:46:07 UTC ]
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WI15: Finding Her Voice: PW Talks with Rebecca Solnit

In this conversation with a featured speaker, PW checks in with Rebecca Solnit, who will give the afternoon keynote on Wednesday, January 22. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-01-10 05:00:00 UTC ]
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WI15: Bookselling in The City That Reads

Baltimore has long since replaced its nickname from the 1980s, the City That Reads, but it still rings true for today’s independent booksellers in the city. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-01-10 05:00:00 UTC ]
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The overlooked innovation woven throughout human history

Kassia St. Clair explains the essential role of fabric, from ancient Egypt to outer space. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-01-09 12:28:19 UTC ]
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A History of Buying Books Onto the Bestseller List

Donald Trump Jr's Triggered hit the New York Times bestseller list with a dagger, an indication of bulk buys. It's far from the first book to do so. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2020-01-06 11:35:08 UTC ]
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Tayari Jones on the Necessary American History of Ann Petry’s The Street

The Street is a groundbreaking work of American literature that is as relevant today as when it was published in 1946. When it won Ann Petry the Houghton Mifflin Prize for Debut Writers, the literary world was put on notice. Everyone agreed that the novel was brilliant, but, as is the case with... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-01-06 09:47:44 UTC ]
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How a Voice of Female Gen X Anxiety Spends Her Sundays

Ada Calhoun had a rough year. Fortunately, the process of writing her latest book prepared her for it. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2020-01-03 10:00:17 UTC ]
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Somali Authorities Shut Down Radio Station City FM, Seek to Question Owner

On December 19, police in Jowhar, the capital of Hirshabelle state, raided the privately owned City FM broadcaster, briefly detained Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-12-23 23:00:13 UTC ]
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The Big Cities Little Foodies Children’s Series Creators on Representation

The creators of the BIG CITIES LITTLE FOODIES children's book series talk representation and exploring the locations, food, and culture of Asia. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2019-12-23 11:37:17 UTC ]
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Scholars have dismissed debutante balls, but ‘The Season’ digs in to the strange, fascinating history

Kristen Richardson blends historical research and reportage with personal anecdotes. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2019-12-22 19:55:17 UTC ]
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Unearthing London’s history from a muddy riverbank

Mudlarker Lara Maiklem discovers everyday items that tell intimate stories of the city. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2019-12-19 21:46:42 UTC ]
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From brutal surgeries to pink ribbons: A history of breast cancer

Survivor and journalist Kate Pickert chronicles the medical and cultural history of the disease. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2019-12-13 06:55:53 UTC ]
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The History Press to launch new imprint in 2020

​The History Press will launch a new publishing imprint in 2020, with a list focused on "books that spark".  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-12 14:01:30 UTC ]
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Voicing a revolution

In the last of three pieces on the audiobook sector in the run-up to FutureBook Live, W F Howes’ Dominic White looks at the future of the format Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-12 00:45:39 UTC ]
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The long moral shadows cast by South Africa's colonial history

A new history book shows how entanglements of race, gender, class and sexuality in South Africa flow from the moral contradictions of the settler colonial state. Continue reading at The Conversation

[ The Conversation | 2019-12-08 07:14:51 UTC ]
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Sethi seeks sponsors and patrons for 'storytelling centre' in inner-city Manchester

Journalist and activist Anita Sethi is founding the I Belong Here foundation to help marginalised groups find a voice through writing—including proposing a ‘Ministry of Stories’-inspired "house of stories of the North" in her old childhood home in inner-city Manchester. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-05 18:15:38 UTC ]
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The glorious history of movie musicals

Film historian Jeanine Basinger brings zeal to her decades-spanning survey “The Movie Musical!” Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2019-11-27 15:55:30 UTC ]
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First Madeleine L'Engle Conference Held in New York City

Nearly 200 participants, including a distinguished roster of children’s book authors, gathered on November 16 in Manhattan to discuss how faith and art inform each other, during "Walking on Water: The Madeleine L'Engle Conference." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-11-26 05:00:00 UTC ]
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On Finding Islands of Beauty in the Eternal City

What follows is a set of vignettes, or “islands,” from the recently published book Islands—New Islands (Fontanella Press, 2019), where they appear alongside archival photos from the American Academy in Rome. Written in Italian by Marco Lodoli, they were first published serially in the newspaper... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2019-11-18 09:47:44 UTC ]
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