The cartoonist’s Ducks is a devastating memoir about life in the oil sands of northern Alberta, Canada. Continue reading at 'Wired'
[ Wired | 2022-09-13 11:00:00 UTC ]
'Daisy Jones and the Six' author Taylor Jenkins Reid's new novel and Molly Jong-Fast's memoir about her famous mother are among the notable books hitting shelves this month. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2025-06-01 10:00:00 UTC ]
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In the memoir “How to Lose Your Mother,” Molly Jong-Fast recalls a tumultuous upbringing as the only child of the feminist writer Erica Jong. Continue reading at The New York Times
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As a small press launches dedicated to new male fiction, authors including Anne Enright and Nikesh Shukla ask if men are really being pushed out of publishingJude Cook, author and publisher of Conduit BooksIn Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, the languid Lord Henry announces: “There is... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2025-05-31 08:00:39 UTC ]
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A giant of African literature whose best works existed between the political and the personal, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o was warm, funny and friendly – and liked to bet on my pool gamesAmong the African writers who emerged in the middle of the 20th century, the most political undoubtedly was Ngũgĩ wa... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2025-05-30 16:36:34 UTC ]
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Paris Lees has turned her hit memoir of growing up as a working-class trans kid into a vivid, joyful drama. Its team talks teenage sex work, nostalgia for Tony Blair, and why TV drama is so posh it’s like Jane AustenWhen the BBC was casting its adaptation of Paris Lees’s autobiography, What It... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2025-05-30 12:00:14 UTC ]
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Zooming in on the rocker’s interior life, the Apple TV+ film “Bono: Stories of Surrender” documents the musical stage presentation of the singer’s 2022 book. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2025-05-30 10:00:00 UTC ]
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Charlie Mackesy sells a sequel to The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse to Penguin Life, Cory Booker brings a memoir of his historic 25-hour speech on the Senate floor to St. Martin’s, and more in this week’s book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-05-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
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When I was seventeen, my friend—the kind of person who always finds hidden gems in used bookstores—leant me Every Secret Thing, Patricia Hearst’s memoir about being kidnapped and forcibly radicalized by an urban guerrilla group. Hearst spent nearly all of 1974 on the run with the Symbionese... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2025-05-29 07:28:27 UTC ]
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Fiction by Taylor Jenkins Reid and V.E. Schwab; a memoir of a year without sex; new thrillers from James Patterson and S.A. Cosby; and more. Continue reading at The New York Times
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Following Random House’s acquisition of Boom! Studios, the comics and graphic novel publisher’s digital catalog is no longer available for unlimited, simultaneous library access—a source of disappointment at digital platform Comics Plus. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-05-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
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We spoke with the author of one of the most banned books in the country about his adult graphic novel debut, Gaysians, developing multiethnic characters, the freedom of writing without the burden of self-censorship, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-05-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Sally McQuillen shares the costs and rewards of writing and publishing a memoir of loving and losing a child. The post Why I Wrote and Published My Memoir appeared first on Writer's Digest. Continue reading at Writer's Digest
[ Writer's Digest | 2025-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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My habit is quaint, I know, and there are downsides – but for those who value literature, the focus will shift to this: how do we prove we didn’t use AI?When I was very young, three or four, before I learned to write, I’d search out empty pages in my father’s thin, hardbound ledgers and... Continue reading at The Guardian
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A graphic novel wins a Pulitzer Prize, the latest comics adaptation news, and some My Hero Academia romantic news Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2025-05-21 12:30:00 UTC ]
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This week's featured new releases include a new graphic novel from Alison Bechdel, a memoir on grief, an exploration of American patriarchy, a medieval fever dream, and more. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2025-05-20 12:00:00 UTC ]
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In 1994, the graphic novel was formally introduced in India with the publication of Orijit Sen’s River of Stories. Initially, book stores refused to sell it as the graphic novel concept wasn’t recognized. However, with the onset of the internet, digital copies started circulating online and... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2025-05-19 11:05:00 UTC ]
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Memoir Nation: Weekly Inspiration for Writers is an extension of the Memoir Nation community hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner, two friends and colleagues who bring a community-minded sensibility to the writing journey. Originally launched as Write-minded in 2018, this is a weekly... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2025-05-19 08:10:54 UTC ]
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Beyond disclosures about his sexuality and marriage, the media mogul’s memoir mostly serves up goodies for fans of Hollywood name-dropping and infighting. Continue reading at The New York Times
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Ten years after the graphic novel was first published, this story doesn't just hold up—we need Nimona more than ever. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2025-05-15 12:15:00 UTC ]
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In her latest book, part memoir and part biography, Returning to My Father’s Kitchen, Monica Macansantos writes fifteen richly textured essays about her father’s legacy both in her writings and in the kitchen where she finds his continued presence as she recreates his recipes that he’s developed... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2025-05-15 11:00:00 UTC ]
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