Omid Safi Highlights Islam’s Poetic Teachings on Love

Rather than explaining or defending his faith, Islamic scholar Omid Safi translates a collection of Sufi mystics’ poems that extol the ‘transformative and redemptive’ love of God. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]

Other news stories related to: "Omid Safi Highlights Islam’s Poetic Teachings on Love"


Newly Published, From Quarantine Love to Hemingway

A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2022-06-08 09:00:02 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #newly published


Photo Highlights from Licensing Expo 2022

Licensing Expo, held May 24–26 in Las Vegas, always features lots of interesting and sometimes odd sights and sounds, and this year's back-to-in-person event was no exception. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-06-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #las vegas #licensing expo #photo highlights


Review: What Selma Blair's memoir has to teach us all about self-medication

In "Mean Baby," "Cruel Intentions" star Selma Blair discusses the very long road to her diagnosis of multiple sclerosis with charm and candor. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2022-06-03 13:00:52 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #memoir #multiple sclerosis #long road #selma blair


Netflix's Love, Death and Robots finds the 'nerd joy' of adult animation

What happens when animation geeks get the greenlight to produce whatever they want? You get Netflix's Love, Death and Robots, an anthology series that's meant to remind viewers that cartoons aren't just for kids. You'd think that would be a foregone conclusion in 2022, decades after anime has... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2022-05-21 13:00:32 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #anthology #great thing #find ways #generational shift


Kim Stanley Robinson’s love letter to the wilderness

The acclaimed science-fiction writer turns his hand to nature writing in a book that’s part hiking journal, part history lesson Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2022-05-21 11:00:28 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #nature writing #love letter


U.S. Book Show Highlights Arabic Culture with SZBA Panel

With the growing interest in the U.S., this year’s U.S. Book Show will feature a panel discussion entitled “Bringing the world to your door: A spotlight on Arabic literature and culture.” For centuries, Arabic literature and culture has influenced some of the West's most revered authors and... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-05-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #michael cooperson #arabic literature #book show #growing interest


'Forget Heaven, Remember Love': PW Talks to Caleb Wilde

Wilde, a sixth-generation funeral director and the author of 'All the Ways Our Dead Still Speak' (Broadleaf, May 24), explains his experiences with grief, ghosts, why he's now going forward by looking back. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-05-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


‘Heartstopper’ Is a TV Love Story With the Soul of a Comic

This faithful Netflix adaptation of a popular webcomic and graphic novel tells a heartwarming boy-meets-boy tale through live action and animation. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2022-05-09 20:44:12 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #graphic novel #live action #popular webcomic


Science fiction, fantasy, thriller? Books we love but can’t define.

Susanna Clarke’s ‘Piranesi’ is one great book that’s hard to categorize. What hard-to-classify novels do you enjoy? Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2022-05-07 12:00:25 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #great book #susanna clarke #science fiction


Robert McNamara as a loving father — who couldn’t talk about Vietnam

The son of the Vietnam-era defense secretary recounts the "paradox" of their relationship. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2022-05-06 12:00:37 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


Ali Smith’s ‘Companion Piece’ is a novel for people who love language

Ali Smith's first novel since her seasonal quartet takes place in our pandemic-inflected world. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2022-05-04 11:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #first novel #love language #ali smith


Randy Rainbow on His Memoir of Love, Turmoil and Trump

Rainbow made the nation laugh by setting witty political commentary to Broadway tunes. Now he has a memoir on his rise from theater kid lip-syncing in his bedroom to social media star. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2022-04-23 14:00:19 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #memoir #randy rainbow


The people who teach us history aren’t always historians

Filmmakers, novelists and photographers, among others, also shape our collective memory, Richard Cohen writes. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2022-04-22 12:00:50 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #novelists #collective memory


March Religion Bestsellers: Books for Women Dominate, ‘Redeeming Love’ Carries On

As the Mother’s Day shopping season approaches, books on motherhood and other women’s issues by Shannon Bream, Jennie Allen, Lysa TerKeurst and more dominate our Religion Nonfiction Bestsellers list; Francine Rivers’ ‘Redeeming Love’ remains in two top spots in Religion Fiction. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-04-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #religion fiction #top spots #francine rivers #lysa terkeurst #jennie allen #shannon bream #redeeming love #women dominate


Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier: A tale of love and madness

In “Truly, Madly,” Stephen Galloway explores the tumultuous relationship of two of Hollywood legends. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2022-04-10 11:00:59 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #tumultuous relationship #laurence olivier #vivien leigh


Falling in Love Is Hard When You’re the Guardian of the Dead

Ayanna Lloyd Banwo’s debut novel When We Were Birds begins in the time before time and follows the uneasy truce between the living and the dead. Cigarettes are offered, liquor is poured, prayers are said, all in the hope that the buried stay buried. This is the story of Yejide, a young woman who... Continue reading at Electric Literature

[ Electric Literature | 2022-04-01 11:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #debut novel #electric literature #young woman


Why Authors Love You When You Leave a Book Review Online

Why do authors always ask for readers to leave reviews? Do reviews really help sell their books? Bottom line: yes. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2022-03-30 10:35:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #book review #bottom line


How to Watch Reyna Grande discuss 'A Ballad of Love and Glory'

Reyna Grande joins the L.A. Times Book Club to discuss 'A Ballad of Love and Glory,' which focuses on an overlooked chapter of U.S. history. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2022-03-29 22:41:57 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #times book


Novels set in the art world highlight our angst over authenticity

"Fake," "Hammer" and “Portrait of an Unknown Lady” are literary thrillers that explore authenticity through the lens, or rather the canvases, of the art world. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2022-03-24 15:38:03 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #art world #literary thrillers #novels set


Jeremy Denk’s Memoir Features Music, Love and More Music

In “Every Good Boy Does Fine,” the concert pianist recalls his artistic and erotic awakening. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2022-03-24 15:00:06 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #memoir #good boy