Four Questions for...Italian Editor Giuseppe Strazzeri

We spoke with the editorial director of Longanesi Publishing about the problems with local price-cutting measures on books, and the debut by the "energetic and young" writer from Naples he's excited about publishing in May. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

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Reader does this question need a comma? A new book offers grammar help.

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Where the Crawdads Sing Author Wanted for Questioning in Murder

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BuzzFeed News Names Karolina Waclawiak as Top Editor

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Here are the guest editors for the Best American Series 2022.

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Questioning the Borders of Nonfiction to Tell the Story of an Exceptional Life

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Emi Ikkanda Named Executive Editor of Tiny Reparations

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Psychiatry’s brutal history and unanswered questions

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