“Like so many women novelists of previous centuries, Yezierska’s canonical status is a phenomenon of the recent past.” Catherine Rottenberg on the overdue revival of Anzia Yezierska. | Lit Hub Fashion isn’t frivolous: Francesca Granata recommends books central to our understanding of femininity, masculinity, and race. | Lit Hub Reading Lists “This is the work […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'
[ Literrary Hub | 2021-02-26 10:30:02 UTC ]
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New deals include a title on overcoming unhealthy thoughts to recall God's love, and another which finds new insights by reexamining biblical narratives of disability. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-05-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Sally Hepworth's 'The Good Sister,' a breakthrough title for the thriller author, debuts at #6 on our hardcover fiction list. Plus Patrick Radden Keefe follows 'Say Nothing' with 'Empire of Pain,' #12 in hardcover nonfiction, and Pepper Teigen joins daughter Chrissy on the cookbook shelves. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-04-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Martha Wells sells six more to Tordotcom, Delacorte buys the first three in a planned YA series from Aimee Carter, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-04-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The books we love coming out this week include new titles by Charles Person, Elisa Shua Dusapin, and Joanne M. Harris. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-04-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
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With the help of strong backlist sales, unit sales of print books rose 26% in the week ended Feb. 27, 2021, over the similar week last year, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-03-05 05:00:00 UTC ]
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“Life, Interrupted” columnist Suleika Jaouad debuts at #15 on our hardcover fiction list with ‘Between Two Kingdoms.’ Plus a revamped edition of Sonya Renee Taylor’s ‘The Body Is Not an Apology’ lands at #7 on our trade paperback list, and Adam Grant’s latest, ‘Think Again,’ is the #8 book in... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-02-19 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Lois Lowry sells a new middle grade novel to HMH, Heather Morris sells the third installment of her 'Tattooist of Auschwitz' trilogy to St. Martin’s, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-02-19 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Kristin Hannah has the #1 book in the country with ‘The Four Winds.’ Plus February book club picks include a pair of bestsellers, and manga makes its presence known on our lists. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-02-12 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Ken Follett sells a contemporary thriller to Viking, Knopf buys a meditation on grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-02-12 05:00:00 UTC ]
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The books we love coming out this week include new titles from Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Kristy Cambron, and Betina González. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-02-12 05:00:00 UTC ]
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The shortest month of any year in what has been the longest year in recent memory still has plenty for you to read. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-02-08 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Today, as we have done in years past, LARB honors Black History Month by highlighting a series of reviews, essays, interviews, and exchanges of letters we published in January. Below you will find a poignant essay on the Compton Christmas Parade; a penetrating interview with Kiley Reid, author... Continue reading at Los Angeles Review of Books
[ Los Angeles Review of Books | 2021-02-01 13:30:13 UTC ]
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Titles related to the new administration, and especially the historic election of Vice President Kamala Harris, made strong showings on our lists. Plus new releases include ‘Winterkeep,’ Kristin Cashore’s long-awaited return to the Graceling Realm. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-01-29 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Douglas Stuart, the 2020 Booker Prize winner, is among confirmed speakers for Brighton & Hove’s LGBTQ+ literature festival, The Coast is Queer, returning after its inaugural year in 2019 in digital form from 5th-7th February 2021. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-10 21:17:07 UTC ]
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The Lit Hub Author Questionnaire is a monthly interview featuring seven questions for five authors with new books. This month we talk to: * Danielle Evans (The Office of Historical Corrections) Éireann Lorsung (The Century) Christa Parravani (Loved and Wanted: A Memoir of Choice, Children, and... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-11-10 09:48:28 UTC ]
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“The Babur Nama is an oddly modern text, almost Proustian in its self-awareness.” William Dalrymple on the 16th-century memoir far ahead of its time. | Lit Hub Biography “We have had no truth and reconciliation process.” On the renaissance of American white supremacy, a conversation with Isaac... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-11-07 12:30:24 UTC ]
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“I have again reached the end of waiting.” Claudia Rankine on privilege seen and unseen. | Lit Hub Politics From mid-century British philology to twin-laden psychodrama, here are 11 great books you probably haven’t read. | Lit Hub Did a revolution in Latin American publishing make One Hundred... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-09-12 11:30:11 UTC ]
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This month I’d like to recommend Dirty Dancing which, to my eternal shame, I had not seen until just last week. It is, of course, every bit as magnificent as I had been led to believe. I’ve also been greatly enjoying The Changeling, Victor LaValle’s 2017 NYC-set supernatural horror... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-08-14 08:47:20 UTC ]
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THESE TIMES: Lit Hub editor Jonny Diamond on literary community in a time of global pandemic • Ysabelle Cheung on trying to write in Hong Kong during the rise of the novel coronavirus • Italian editor Sara Reggiani on life in lock-down • How to support your local bookstores during the... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-03-21 11:30:33 UTC ]
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How J. Edgar Hoover used the power of libraries for (gasp!) evil. | Lit Hub History “Mechanical travel blunts our sense of the world.” On the reverie and detachment of the American road trip. | Lit Hub Travel On the magic sentences of Lauren Groff, creating action without verbs. | Lit... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-03-07 12:30:11 UTC ]
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