A MAJOR FEATURE of the African-American writer James McBride’s books — beginning with the memoir The Color of Water (1995), a tribute to his white mother — is the large dose of humor injected into subjects that are, on the face of things, deadly serious if not sacred. Here in The Color of Water is […] The post Humor Is the Dominant Note: On James McBride’s “Deacon King Kong” appeared first on Los Angeles Review of Books. Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Review of Books'
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After publishing well-received historical studies, his career was tainted by charges of plagiarism. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-08-28 08:22:08 UTC ]
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The tennis great and longtime activist shares little-known stories in her autobiography. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-08-27 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Shola Von Reinhold has won the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction for "tour de force" debut Lote (Jacaranda), while Doireann Ní Ghríofa has taken the Biography award for the "luminous" A Ghost in the Throat (Tramp Press). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-25 04:22:39 UTC ]
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Long Beach native Billie Jean King shares her new memoir, 'All In,' with L.A. Times Book Club readers. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2021-08-24 20:24:43 UTC ]
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A quarter-century after Crosby, 55, left his native Utah for California, he quit his job as executive director of the California Independent Booksellers Alliance and returned to become co-owner, as of July 1, of the Salt Lake City literary icon. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-08-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The American Ballet Theatre star has written a thoughtful collection of essays that gives readers insight into what it means to defy categorization. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-08-19 12:00:00 UTC ]
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As she releases her memoir "All In," tennis icon Billie Jean King discusses her career, her causes and "living truthfully." Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2021-08-17 13:00:35 UTC ]
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Industry Notes: In Mexico, seven independent publishers form an alliance, and Spain's Liber program honors the 100-year-old Balmes bookstore. The post Industry Notes: Guadalajara Publishers and Bookstore Honors in Barcelona appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-08-13 20:06:29 UTC ]
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Totting up the pros and cons of being an independent publisher, Richard Charkin assesses Mensch Publishing on its third anniversary. The post Richard Charkin: Notes From a Small Publisher in London appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-08-12 17:07:48 UTC ]
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Jane Dunn's Jane's Patisserie (Ebury) and Stephen King's Billy Summers (Hodder & Stoughton) have topped Amazon's Most-Sold: Non-Fiction and Most-Sold: Fiction rankings respectively. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-11 22:55:21 UTC ]
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Author James Patterson and singer Dolly Parton have teamed up to write a novel about a young woman who comes to Nashville to pursue her music-making dreams. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-11 08:44:53 UTC ]
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Mirin Fader’s ‘Giannis’ arrives on the heels of Milwaukee’s improbable NBA championship win. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-08-10 12:00:00 UTC ]
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After 35 years, the Observer’s former correspondent is leaving as what was once a haven of liberty and peace is transformed into a police stateWhen I arrived in Hong Kong in 1987 as the Observer’s south-east Asia correspondent, the foreign editor said he saw it as being a base, not the kind of... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Unit sales of print books dipped 1.7% in the week ended July 31, 2021, compared to the week ended Aug. 1, 2020, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-08-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
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In his memoir about being drafted into the Vietnam War, Jeff Danziger lays bare the futility and waste, as well as his own naiveté. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2021-08-03 20:35:22 UTC ]
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Leonard’s ‘M, King’s Bodyguard” is an atmospheric, tightly plotted mystery set in Edwardian London Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-07-27 07:00:00 UTC ]
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While the publishing industry had a relatively stable 2020 and a pretty sunny 2021 thus far, we are definitely not out of the woods yet, not with the mutating virus around. For Hong Kong/China print manufacturers, pandemic-induced challenges outside of their control are hampering the efforts to... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-07-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Pragmatic optimism, continuous business process re-engineering, and a steadfast innovative spirit are steering Hong Kong and China print players through chaotic pandemic-induced challenges Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-07-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Poet Oli Hazzard on writing his debut novel Lorem Ipsum, which is made up of one single 50,000-word sentence. The post Notes on Craft appeared first on Granta. Continue reading at Granta
[ Granta | 2021-07-22 08:54:09 UTC ]
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Far fewer politically sensitive titles are on display in the first such event since Beijing imposed sweeping new regulations Booksellers at Hong Kong’s annual book fair are offering a reduced selection of books deemed politically sensitive, as they try to avoid violating a sweeping national... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2021-07-15 10:57:25 UTC ]
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