Our Lies: Jenny Offill and James Plath on Conspiracy Theories in History and Literature

In this week’s episode of Fiction/Non/Fiction, co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan are joined by author Jenny Offill and literary and film critic James Plath. First Offill shares her reaction to the insurrection and attempted coup at the Capitol last week, and discusses her latest novel, Weather, out in paperback next week. Then, Plath explores […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

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Allen Lane wins 'radical new history' of queer identity in four-way auction

Allen Lane will publish Nothing Ever Just Disappears, a new history of seven queer lives and the places that made them by writer and academic Diarmuid Hester. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-06 22:14:06 UTC ]
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Camilla Townsend wins $75k Cundill History Prize

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[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-03 14:11:40 UTC ]
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Horrible Histories to relaunch in 2021

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What James Beard’s Ubiquity Says About American Food

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[ The Atlantic | 2020-11-29 13:00:00 UTC ]
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The biggest book tour in history is taking place on . . . Roblox?

We’ve all had to adapt to the pandemic, and some have adapted more quickly than others—maybe none more so than Ernest Cline, author of Ready Player One, who is touring his new book Ready Player Two on the virtual platform Roblox. The Ready Player Two promotional event will start with a Q&A... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-11-24 18:01:53 UTC ]
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Transworld pre-empts 'major' history of mankind and infectious disease

Transworld has pre-empted Pathogenesis, a "major new history of humankind" by Jonathan Kennedy, senior lecturer and director of the MSc global public health programmes at Barts and the London Medical School. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-23 20:14:01 UTC ]
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My nightstand runneth over: A proud nerd recommends new intellectual and cultural histories

New works by Anthony Grafton, Peter Burke, Richard Ovenden quench many a curiosity. Continue reading at The Washington Post

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Faber signs King's 'landmark' Welsh history

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Picador bags Gillett's 'shocking' dance music history

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Gail Jones: Australian literature is chronically underfunded — here's how to help it flourish

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The Dark History of Eastern California: A Conversation with Kendra Atleework

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Sweeping art history of the world to Bridge Street in six-figure pre-empt

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[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-01 16:23:49 UTC ]
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Heather Clark’s ‘Red Comet’ is an exhaustively researched, often brilliant biography of Sylvia Plath

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Carby's 'exceptional' history of British Empire scoops £25,000 Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize

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