The four siblings central to Freeman’s book, a history of a 20th-century Jewish family as much as a memoir, were outsized characters. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'
[ The Washington Post | 2020-03-30 21:52:58 UTC ]
The New York Times–bestselling author kicks off her latest series with The Crow’s Call, a mystery set in Amish country. (Sponsored) Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-12-16 05:00:00 UTC ]
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A campaign is under way to save historic literary site the Red House, in West Yorkshire, which has links to Charlotte Brontë. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-15 16:14:43 UTC ]
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This week, Josh Duboff reviews André Aciman’s “Find Me,” the sequel to his 2007 novel “Call Me by Your Name.” In 1995, Barry Unsworth wrote for the Book Review about “Out of Egypt,” Aciman’s memoir chronicling the family that shaped his life. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2019-12-13 10:00:09 UTC ]
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It was not the first self-published cookbook in the history of the world, but it is definitely the most successful: The Joy of Cooking, first released in 1931 by Irma Rombauer, has taught generations of Americans to “Stand facing the stove.” For decades, Rombauer’s “action method” of writing... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-12-13 09:51:10 UTC ]
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Mike Giglio describes how various groups came together in the grinding fight against the militants. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-12-13 06:52:26 UTC ]
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“Read the transcript!” both sides tweet. But why isn’t that simple instruction delivering us all to the same conclusion? Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-12-12 15:28:43 UTC ]
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Melville House Publishing and Skyhorse Publishing are returning to the public documents well to publish the report pertaining to the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-12-12 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Orlando Figes’s “The Europeans” is a sweeping history that highlights the importance of internationalism. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-12-11 19:00:00 UTC ]
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News and Events Michelle Johnson In 2019 WLT continued publishing fiction, poems, interviews, and essays in translation—publishing more than 50 pieces from languages ranging from Albanian to Zoque—along with pieces by translators about their work. In... Continue reading at World Literature Today
[ World Literature Today | 2019-12-10 14:32:34 UTC ]
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On the latest episode of the 'Ad Lib' podcast, the investment banker offers his view on the state of the digital media and marketing landscape. Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-12-10 10:00:00 UTC ]
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World Book Night will expand its audiobook offering in 2020, after a successful pilot with John Green’s Turtles All the Way Down in 2019. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-10 07:35:35 UTC ]
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Guide by the late Charles L Dobbins, known as the father of modern trapping, sees off polemical defence of traditional dairiesThe Dirt Hole and Its Variations might be a serious guide to hunting and trapping foxes, coyotes, bobcats and raccoons, but the double entendre has helped it land the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-11-29 11:35:58 UTC ]
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The audio publisher, which found fame with its 2015 release of The Martian, has moved from Toronto to Los Angeles and has a new CEO who sees rapid growth ahead. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-11-29 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Naomi Wolf, Shazia Mirza, Scarlett Curtis, Sandi Toksvig and Mary Robinson will headline the 10th Women of the World (WOW) Festival in London in March 2020. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-29 02:55:25 UTC ]
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Bookshops need to avoid being “boring” and apply a “bookseller's mind” to data if they want to survive in an era dominated by Amazon, Waterstones m.d. and Barnes & Noble c.e.o. James Daunt has said. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-24 17:39:21 UTC ]
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The new Elena Ferrante is just one of the exciting novels in translation coming next year. Lara Feigel talks to the UK editors who are rediscovering classics and finding new audiencesThere are voices that speak to us across oceans and centuries with more intimacy than the people who surround us... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-11-23 08:00:49 UTC ]
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A right-wing hero called the Question inspired Watchmen’s faceless vigilante. But later stories took the character in a very different direction. Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2019-11-22 19:45:46 UTC ]
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Paul Hendrickson searches for answers in a crime that, 100 years later, remains a mystery. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-11-22 01:48:04 UTC ]
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A reporter, editor and author, he co-wrote a biography of Stan Lee, oversaw a comics festival and started an award-winning website. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2019-11-21 22:50:30 UTC ]
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PUBLISHED IN ENGLISH for the first time by Verso Books, Will and Testament is the latest novel from Vigdis Hjorth, one of Norway’s leading writers. Told from the perspective of Bergljot, a theater critic estranged from her parents and siblings, the narrative is centered around the inheritance of... Continue reading at Los Angeles Review of Books
[ Los Angeles Review of Books | 2019-11-21 20:00:35 UTC ]
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