10 novelists make the National Book Awards fiction longlist: Laila Lalami, Colson Whitehead, Ocean Vuong, Julia Phillips and more. Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-09-20 18:20:50 UTC ]
Susan Choi’s eerie, multi-generational transcontinental mystery saga Flashlight, her fifth novel (after the National Book Award winning Trust Exercise) evolves from a short story published in The New Yorker in August 2020. My first questions in our email exchange: How did the pandemic influence... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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The National Book Award winner returns with a timely novel about gun violence and a rediscovered sense of creative freedom. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-05-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Ocean Vuong’s second novel, The Emperor of Gladness, debuts at #2 on our hardcover fiction list and is the newest Oprah’s Book Club pick. Plus Kennedy Ryan’s third Skyland romance, Can’t Get Enough, lands at #2 on our trade paperback list, and Joe Abercrombie lightens his usual grimdark fare... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-05-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
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From a graphic semi-memoir to the latest from Ocean Vuong, we're rounding up some of our favorite spring books by Asian American and Pacific Islander authors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-05-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
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One of the first Iranian novelists to write in English, she examined the clash between East and West. Her debut novel, “Foreigner,” provided insight into pre-revolutionary Iran. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2025-05-14 17:24:42 UTC ]
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An inside look at the publication process for the National Book Award winner’s latest novel. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-05-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Earlier today, the 2025 Pulitzer Prizes were announced and Percival Everett’s James was declared the winner for fiction. This came as no surprise to anybody even vaguely tapped into the literary scene: in addition to winning the National Book Award for Fiction, James won the Kirkus Prize and was... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2025-05-05 22:49:07 UTC ]
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Novels by Stephen King and Ocean Vuong, Ron Chernow’s latest blockbuster biography, a new graphic novel by Alison Bechdel and more. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2025-04-30 09:01:09 UTC ]
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While the novel remains a high-status cultural form, video game writing is still seen as a throwaway art – despite some of the biggest names in fiction being involvedI’ve been working in games for a little more than 15 years, and the main thing I’d say about it at this point is that it’s a... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2025-04-30 08:00:17 UTC ]
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An inside look at the publication process for the International Booker Prize and National Book Award finalist’s latest novel. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel literature laureate and a giant of Latin American letters for decades, has died, his son said Sunday. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2025-04-14 02:33:00 UTC ]
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Crystal Maldonado, Julie Murphy, and other authors discuss the importance of joyful representation. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Influential novelists are imagining what women’s lives might look like without the demands of partners and children. Continue reading at The Atlantic
[ The Atlantic | 2025-04-04 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Mohr, who translated such German novelists as Alina Bronsky, chronicled the Berlin music scene in a 2018 book, and helped bring to life a number of musicians’ memoirs, died at his home in Brooklyn on March 31. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Mohr, who translated such German novelists as Alina Bronsky, chronicled the Berlin music scene in a 2018 book, and helped bring to life a number of musicians’ memoirs, died at his home in Brooklyn on March 31. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The National Book Award winner remembers drinking with John Berger and the PEN/Hemingway Award winner recounts the joys of reading Halldor Laxness. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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