In her final episode as host of the Audio Book Club, Katy Waldman is joined by Slate’s Laura Bennett and the New York Times’ Parul Sehgal to discuss Carmen Maria Machado’s acclaimed collection of stories Her Body and Other Parties. Continue reading at 'Slate'
[ Slate | 2018-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Best known for his work on such Black superhero series as Luke Cage, Cyborg and Naomi, comics writer David Walker is teaming with artist Marcus Kwame Anderson to produce 'The Black Panther Party: A Graphic History', which will be published by Ten Speed Press in January 2021. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Throughout my life I’ve been a fan of Mind Body Spirit (MBS) books; in fact, I’m curently at book proposal stage for my own. In recent times, however, I have been less inclined to get excited about the launches I get invited to. Despite the camaraderie of fellow writers, the very visible lack of... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-29 03:20:51 UTC ]
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Steve Benen argues that the GOP was sliding into atrophy long before Trump came along. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-06-26 12:00:00 UTC ]
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In an especially challenging year for print media advertising, The Wall Street Journal and Barron's Group executives spent their NewFronts presentation (virtually) touting their first-party data on consumers, especially the new paying readers who signed up during the pandemic. "There's a lot... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2020-06-24 18:42:54 UTC ]
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“Death in Her Hands” is not so much about solving a death as it is about conjuring a life. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-06-23 14:05:17 UTC ]
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Cambridge University Press has acquired two children’s non-fiction titles by Dr Charlotte Markey as part of a new trade publishing programme aimed at a broader audience. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-01 00:35:46 UTC ]
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Lockdown Lit @ Lunch with Mary South and Erin Somers Tuesday, May 26, 2pm EDT Lockdown Lit @ Lunch, a new weekly salon that spotlights books published during the coronavirus pandemic, hosts Mary South (You Will Never Be Forgotten) and Erin Somers (Stay Up with Hugo Best) for brief readings and... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-05-26 16:02:55 UTC ]
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Lionel Shriver’s novel is more determined to make its point than to make us consider what it means to tend a body for the long haul. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-05-26 15:48:36 UTC ]
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Neuropsychiatrist Anthony David on the murky interplay that makes some patients sick. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-04-17 12:00:00 UTC ]
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In his new book the former Australian PM accuses the company of helping to run the country through deferential leaders like Tony Abbott News Corp operates like a political party, working closely with rightwing politicians to influence policy and elections and to destroy politicians who won’t... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-04-16 07:19:49 UTC ]
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Independent Bookstore Day has been rescheduled for August 29 from its original date next week. In lieu of postponing the event entirely, organizers are hosting what they call a virtual party, and are working with stores on promotions to run all next week. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Why BODY TALK is more relevant than ever: a look a the cover and description of BODY TALK, the third anthology edited by Kelly Jensen. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-04-06 10:33:57 UTC ]
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Amazon has temporarily paused accepting shipments from third-party sellers to its warehouses for products including books owing to the coronavirus outbreak. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-18 10:59:48 UTC ]
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Wolf Hall author Dame Hilary Mantel discussed the final book in her trilogy with the BBC's Rebecca Jones. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2020-03-02 17:51:43 UTC ]
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HarperCollins has bought a “joyous” book by Chessie King that aims to spread body confidence for women of all ages. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-24 08:50:13 UTC ]
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When third-party cookies vanish, publishers will need to find alternatives for a host of functions, including user profiling and audience analytics. The post Beyond ad targeting, the demise of the third-party cookie will hit key digital media functions appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2020-01-29 05:01:53 UTC ]
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Essay John Weir Adapted from a photo by Jake weirick on Unsplash Like a dead pop star, Susan Sontag left behind a lot of fans who claim they knew her. After the release last September of Benjamin Moser’s new biography, Susan Sontag: Her Life and Work,... Continue reading at World Literature Today
[ World Literature Today | 2020-01-07 22:09:56 UTC ]
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Publishing folk gathered en masse at the roof terrace at the Century Club in Soho last night for the retirement party of Hachette UK communications director Clare Harington. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-28 18:17:45 UTC ]
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Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi won the Man Booker International Prize this year for its beautifully rendered portrayal of a family’s tangled history in the village of al-Awafi in Oman. The novel was the first book translated from Arabic to win the prize, and more surprisingly, it was the... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2019-11-26 11:59:00 UTC ]
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THE QUEER COMING-OF-AGE MEMOIR is a weapon against erasure. The best of these memoirs move us by daring to be profoundly specific, providing a necessary consolation to readers who might have believed until then that they were alone in the dark. That their suffering would have no choice but to... Continue reading at Los Angeles Review of Books
[ Los Angeles Review of Books | 2019-11-24 13:30:59 UTC ]
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