In ‘Memorial Drive,’ Natasha Trethewey reclaims her mother’s life from the man who took it

Trethewey’s memoir is a tribute to a life snuffed out by a brutal man, a fractured judicial system and a patriarchy as old as Methuselah. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

[ The Washington Post | 2020-07-31 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Panel Mania: 'Stan Mack’s Real Life Funnies' by Stan Mack

'Stan Mack’s Real Life Funnies: The Collected Conceits, Delusions, and Hijinks of New Yorkers from 1974 to 1995' collects Mack’s irresistible weekly comic strip into a single volume. A five-page excerpt. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Alice Munro's daughter reveals sexual abuse by stepfather, says mother stayed silent

Canadian author Alice Munro, who died in May, allegedly 'chose to stay with, and protect' husband Gerald Fremlin, who pleaded guilty to 'indecently assaulting' her daughter. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2024-07-08 23:36:30 UTC ]
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Alice Munro's daughter says her mother supported stepfather who sexually abused her as a child

The youngest daughter of celebrated Canadian author Alice Munro has opened up about sexual abuse by her stepfather and the deep hurt she felt when her mother chose to support her husband instead of her child. Continue reading at CBC

[ CBC | 2024-07-08 00:13:38 UTC ]
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Stephanie Jackson to Lead DK Life, DK Red

Stephanie Jackson has been tapped to lead the Life segment, including the recently announced imprint DK Red, at DK Living, the publisher’s adult division, effective November 1. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Scott And Mark Hoying's Debut Children's Book Celebrates Their Real-Life Love Story

The Pentatonix singer and his husband say "How Lucky Am I?" parallels their own experiences as a married couple, including their dream of starting a family. Continue reading at HuffPost

[ HuffPost | 2024-06-20 16:24:07 UTC ]
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Jill Ciment’s New Memoir Revisits Her Affair With a Much Older Man

Jill Ciment’s 1996 memoir “Half a Life” described her teenage affair with the man she eventually married. Her new memoir, “Consent,” dramatically revises some details. Continue reading at The New York Times

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Empire of the Ants will let you explore a photorealistic bug’s life this November

Empire of the Ants, a real-time strategy game with dazzlingly photorealistic insects and other critters, arrives on November 7. Although the game doesn’t sound like it’s exactly a remake, it comes from the same publisher (and draws from the same source material) as the 2000 RTS game of the same... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2024-06-10 08:00:22 UTC ]
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Authors drive boom in US marketing demand as they seek help to plug books

Writers say investments in book promotion to augment publishers’ in-house staff are key to successKatherine Reay has written a dozen novels. When The Berlin Letters, her most recent, hit the shelves earlier this year, she embarked upon a 30-stop promotional book tour.“I love the personal... Continue reading at The Guardian

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John Kaag on the Bloods, the Little-Known Dynasty that Shaped American Life and Philosophy

There are times when a writer encounters the work of a contemporary at the ideal time. In my case, this writer was John Kaag and the book was his 2018 philosophical memoir Hiking with Nietzsche: On Becoming Who You Are. I had been studying philosophy in graduate school, but had left to pursue... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2024-06-07 08:55:26 UTC ]
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“Last Acts” Is a Father-Son Story Where Neither Man Knows How To Communicate

Alexander Sammartino’s debut novel Last Acts opens on David Rizzo, owner of a failing firearms store located in an Arizona strip mall, en route to the hospital to retrieve his estranged son Nick, an addict who has just briefly experienced death in the form of a drug overdose. Grappling with what... Continue reading at Electric Literature

[ Electric Literature | 2024-05-29 11:00:00 UTC ]
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“Last Acts” Is a Father-Son Story Where Neither Man Knows How To Communicate

Alex Sammartino’s debut novel Last Acts opens on David Rizzo, owner of a failing firearms store located in an Arizona strip mall, en route to the hospital to retrieve his estranged son Nick, an addict who has just briefly experienced death in the form of a drug overdose. Grappling with what to... Continue reading at Electric Literature

Paul Scheer was abused as a child. His new memoir helped him reclaim 'the power of my voice for my childhood'

Paul Scheer's memoir-in-essays, 'Joyful Recollections of Trauma,' centers largely around the abuse he and his mother suffered at the hands of his stepfather. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2024-05-21 10:00:29 UTC ]
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Alive She Was Mythic, Dead She Is Larger Than Life

An excerpt from Bright and Tender Dark by Joanna Pearson From LoveandLegacy.com: Karlie Richards (July 13, 1980–January 8, 2000) Margaret Karla “Karlie” Richards of Sycamore Grove, NC, darling daughter, sister, and friend, went to meet her Heavenly Father in the early hours of January 8, 2000,... Continue reading at Electric Literature

[ Electric Literature | 2024-05-20 11:05:00 UTC ]
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10 New Books for Mother’s Day

With Mother's Day fast approaching, perhaps you have forgotten to get a gift for the mother or maternal figure in your life—or perhaps you are a mother and are mulling the multivarious meanings of motherhood. If either is true, perhaps this list is for you. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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'Night Watch,' 'A Day in the Life of Abed Salama,' 'King' Among 2024 Pulitzer Prize Winners

Novelist Jayne Anne Phillips, journalist Nathan Thrall, and biographer Jonathan Eig were among the winners of the 108th annual Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism and in Arts and Letters, announced May 6. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
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'All My Knotted-Up Life' by Beth Moore Named Christian Book of the Year

The selection of Moore's memoir as Book of the Year was one of a dozen award winners at the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association's 50th anniversary celebration, which took place in Chicago this week. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Sebastian Junger Examines Life Before and 'After'

PW talks with him about his book on nearly dying and what he learned about life, death, and consciousness. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Interview: Steve Gleason, the author of the A.L.S. memoir ‘A Life Impossible’

The former N.F.L. player has been living with A.L.S. for more than a decade. Sharing “the most lacerating and vulnerable times” in “A Life Impossible” was worth the physical and emotional toll, he says. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2024-04-25 09:00:47 UTC ]
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Panel Mania: 'Single Mothering' by Anna Härmälä

Anna Härmälä’s new graphic novel, 'Single Mothering,' offers an all too reliable, often hilarious account of the social and emotional challenges facing single mothers. An eight-page excerpt. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Lev Rubinstein: Ordinary Life through the Lens of Russian Conceptualism, by Daria Shchukina

Lev Rubinstein: Ordinary Life through the Lens of Russian Conceptualism, by Daria Shchukina On Translation [email protected] Tue, 04/16/2024 - 15:38 Photos by Natalia SenatorovaIn the following appreciation, the author compares the poetry of... Continue reading at World Literature Today

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