Marlowe Granados is the guest. Her debut novel, Happy Hour, is out now from Verso Books. Subscribe and download the episode, wherever you get your podcasts! From the episode: Marlowe Granados: I think that you have to wait a little bit for the correct timing. That was my main gripe with the publishing world, because everything […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'
[ Literrary Hub | 2021-11-09 09:50:34 UTC ]
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If you’ve been paying attention to local news in the past year, you’ve likely noticed the concerning wave of book bans sweeping the nation. Books by authors of color; books that acknowledge historical atrocities; books featuring LGBTQ+ characters; sex education books for teens; all are under... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-02-09 19:49:33 UTC ]
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The memoirist Sarah Manguso’s first novel is about a young girl’s life in a small, snowy New England town. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2022-02-06 10:00:06 UTC ]
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Sarah Manguso's "Very Cold People" portrays the fears surrounding girlhood with a blistering clarity. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-02-05 11:00:15 UTC ]
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The children’s book Who Are Your People?, teaches Black history in a time of turmoil over Critical Race Theory. Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2022-02-04 11:00:00 UTC ]
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Scout Comics, a small indie comics and graphic novel publisher, has grown quickly since its launch in 2015, thanks to both its list and an unusually diverse business model. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-02 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Fast-growing digital media company Sinuate Media is pivoting its business model with pre-packaged marketing platforms to help small companies compete with bigger fish. Sinuate CEO and founder Leah Messina told Business First that the knowledge needed to use digital marketing tools has increased... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2022-01-27 23:14:12 UTC ]
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A nonbinary teenager on their way home from an eating -disorder treatment center who tries to convince a stranger she is not a vampire, an aspiring fashion designer/dry-cleaning worker who develops an obsession with a customer, a community of people with Hansen’s disease that welcome and attempt... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2022-01-27 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Independent press Scratch Books, "dedicated to the art of the short story", is to launch in London in March, kicking off with an event featuring authors including Irenosen Okojie and Sarah Hall. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2022-01-24 22:49:58 UTC ]
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If you chart the shift in the BookScan era of the publishing into Children’s & Young Adult Non-Fiction (CYANF), you see it evolving from, broadly, a more schools-book focused sector to one in which the vast bulk of the revenue is derived from trade titles. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2022-01-22 07:28:02 UTC ]
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The former Vogue editor-at-large, who died this week, impressed and inspired people he met — and those he didn't. Continue reading at The Huffington Post
[ The Huffington Post | 2022-01-19 17:49:28 UTC ]
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Death is a common theme in literature, and many of the finest writers of short fiction have explored the fear, event, and aftermath of death using the short-story form. Below, we select and introduce ten of the very best classic short stories which have death as their theme, ranging from […] Continue reading at Interesting Literature
[ Interesting Literature | 2022-01-19 15:00:39 UTC ]
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Andrew Lipstein’s entertaining debut novel mines comedy from an aspiring author’s ethically questionable path to publication. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2022-01-19 10:00:00 UTC ]
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Science fiction is full of computer programmes and androids who fall afoul of the plots of some of Shakespeare’s most brutal tragedies. Continue reading at The Conversation
[ The Conversation | 2022-01-14 13:00:02 UTC ]
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The Indigo Press has snapped up an "exquisite" selection of stories from Manuel Muñoz. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2022-01-13 10:19:51 UTC ]
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A new edition of Felix Salten's 'Bambi: A Life in the Forest' will be released next month, translated by Jack Zipes and featuring illustrations by Alenka Sottler; this is the first English version to be published since 1928. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-01-13 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Two decades ago, I wrote my very first novel while working at The Community Bookstore, an independent bookstore in Brooklyn, New York. That job enabled me to complete my book, not just because of the flexible hours, but because the other staffers were all aspiring writers, and many of our... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-01-12 09:50:45 UTC ]
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Kerri Maher’s novel “The Paris Bookseller” celebrates the life of American Sylvia Beach, a bookstore owner who saw promise in James Joyce’s “Ulysses.” Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2022-01-11 20:01:10 UTC ]
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Taylor Harris discusses 'This Boy We Made,' her memoir on seeking answers about her son, the anxieties of Black parenting and her evolving faith Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2022-01-11 14:00:41 UTC ]
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Lyndsay Faye, author of the new story collection 'Observations by Gaslight,' ranks the 10 Sherlock Holmes adventures most deserving of greater recognition. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-01-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Print book sales by volume in the United States was the highest ever recorded by NPD BookScan, with adult fiction as the leading growth category. The post NPD BookScan: US 2021 Market Unit Volume Up 9 Percent appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2022-01-11 03:46:38 UTC ]
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