‘My Dark Vanessa’ is being described as ‘Lolita’ for the #MeToo era. It’s more than that.

Kate Elizabeth Russell’s novel places readers in the shadowy realm between right and wrong. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

[ The Washington Post | 2020-03-09 16:51:57 UTC ]
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Marr's 'era defining' book on modern Britain to William Collins

William Collins has scooped an “era defining” history of contemporary Britain from broadcaster and author Andrew Marr. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-31 22:20:47 UTC ]
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S&S Enters the Karp Era

The publisher’s new president and CEO, Jonathan Karp, is unfazed about the challenges to come as he takes the reins. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
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André Leon Talley’s Tales From the Dark Side

The juiciest fashion memoir of the year is out. But is it a tell-all, a tragedy or a harbinger of things to come? Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2020-05-14 15:03:20 UTC ]
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PRH Ups Digital Efforts in the Covid Era

Publishers are facing a new normal when it comes to their events businesses: digital or bust. At Penguin Random House, the efforts to pivot are manifold. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Finding Space for Art in Dark Times

On April 1st, I sent the final draft of my book, a memoir that revolves around my relationship with my cartoonist grandfather, to my editor. It was also on this day that there were nearly one million confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide, almost 50,000 deaths, and thousands of overwhelmed... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-05-07 08:48:18 UTC ]
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Rekindled: Amy Meyerson in Conversation with Vanessa Hua

On this episode of Rekindled, award-winning author Vanessa Hua talks with Amy Meyerson about her new book, The Imperfects, a story about a priceless inheritance that leads one family on a life-altering pursuit of the truth. Meyerson talks about the process of researching for her new novel, using... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-05-06 20:00:35 UTC ]
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Little Tiger acquires 'darkly comic' middle-grade series

Little Tiger Group will publish new middle-grade series by Rachel Delahaye, illustrated by George Ermos. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-01 11:07:51 UTC ]
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Lowering into a Dark Pool: On An Yu’s “Braised Pork”

BRAISED PORK, the debut novel by An Yu, opens with an ending. A young wife walks into the bathroom to ask which accessory her husband prefers and finds him sprawled ungracefully in the tub, drowned. Next to his body is a strange drawing: a fish with the head of a man, or a man with […] The post... Continue reading at Los Angeles Review of Books

[ Los Angeles Review of Books | 2020-04-21 17:00:17 UTC ]
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“So much darkness”: Looking for the Light in Bitan Chakraborty’s The Mark, by Indrajit Bose

Book Reviews Indrajit Bose The author at the Zakir Hussain Delhi College during the Bengali Literary Festival 2018 / Photo courtesy of bitanchakraborty.com Simplicity and quiet elegance never fail to impress us. The effect of a good short story often is... Continue reading at World Literature Today

[ World Literature Today | 2020-04-21 13:18:37 UTC ]
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How a rough Apartheid-era school spawned an award-winning YA novel

Malla Nunn's "When The Ground is Hard," winner of the 2019 Times Book Prize for young-adult literature, revisits South Africa's toughest years. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-04-17 15:25:14 UTC ]
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For fans of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale,’ a debut novel with a dark setting and an unforgettable heroine

Set in alternate Tudor England, “Sin Eater” by Megan Campisi is a riveting tale of female empowerment. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-04-15 06:00:00 UTC ]
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Paulette Jiles returns to the Civil War era with the romantic western ‘Simon and the Fiddler’

The novel is sweeter than Jiles’s previous work but no less attentive to the texture of the American Southwest. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-04-14 15:57:54 UTC ]
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In ‘House of Glass,’ Hadley Freeman unearth’s the World War II-era secrets of her family’s past

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 ]
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Defending the rule of law in the Trump era

A sobering reminder of what’s already been broken, and a way for Americans to fix it. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-03-20 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Roxane Gay Revisits ‘Darkness’ as a Graphic Novel

The author’s latest comic book endeavor adapts a short story, “The Sacrifice of Darkness,” from her 2017 collection “Difficult Women.” Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2020-01-24 18:30:05 UTC ]
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Biting Into the Post-Cookie Era

My former colleague and long-time min editor Steve Cohn was fond of characterizing the magazine industry as a “people business.” I believe he meant a number of things. On the most basic, transactional level, much of the trade was centered around a small patch of Manhattan real estate where... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2020-01-23 15:41:48 UTC ]
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Finally, a novel that captures the inanity of the Trump era. It isn’t pretty.

Stephen Wright’s “Processed Cheese” is crazy, crude and completely of the moment. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-01-21 17:04:44 UTC ]
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In the darkly comic boarding-school world of ‘Oligarchy,’ being thin is everything

Scarlett Thomas continues her streak of turning complicated subjects into must-read novels. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-01-13 23:13:01 UTC ]
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What we're listening to: Sturgill Simpson and 'Chase Darkness with Me'

In this installment of our audio IRL, senior editor Andrew Tarantola's affinity for anime leads him to an unlikely musical discovery. Senior editor Jessica Conditt is addicted to true crime podcasts, but her recommendation is an audiobook with podcas... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2019-12-03 14:30:00 UTC ]
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Podium Publishing Enters New Era

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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