Read Ezra Pound’s extensive revisions to T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land.

Today, T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land first appeared in print in The Criterion, a quarterly British literary magazine founded and edited by Eliot. The poem’s final form was heavily influenced by Ezra Pound, who made extensive cuts and revisions to Eliot’s manuscript. Eliot once said of his mentor and friend, who he first met in 1914 […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

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10 books to add to your reading list in April

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I like unusual books. Here’s what I’d read — if I had time.

If I could, I’d delve into undeservedly forgotten novels, works of intellectual history and biography -- and so much more Continue reading at The Washington Post

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What to Read When You Feel Uprooted

Mine is the story of the woman who thought she was making a book about others; realized only as it was about to be published, that she was the broken one the book talked about. The fragmented, the dispersed, the uprooted. When I was editing the anthology Home in Florida: Latinx Writers and the... Continue reading at Electric Literature

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‘The Cartographers’ is one of those brilliant books you have to read twice

In Peng Shepherd's fantastical thriller, a cartographer realizes the true power of maps. Continue reading at The Washington Post

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Children’s Books by Black Authors: A Reading List

A reading list hints at the richness and breadth of African American children’s writing before Brown v. Board of Education. Continue reading at The New York Times

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Stephen King, Janelle Monáe and more: Let’s talk about speculative fiction to read this year

2022 is turning out to be a great year if you love science fiction, fantasy and horror books Continue reading at The Washington Post

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Quiz: What Should Your Next Historical Fiction Read Be?

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Seasons of Scam: A Reading List of Fake Identities

Fake identities serve as fascinatingly persistent plot devices because we all, at some point, desire to reinvent ourselves in pursuit of existential liberation or deception, curiosity or fantasy or survival. In one of the most canonical examples of this genre, Patricia Highsmith’s The Talented... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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20 Must-Read Genre-Bending Sci-Fi Books

From sci fi horror like Parasite by Mira Grant to science fantasy like Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao, those genre-blending science fiction books have something for every reader. Continue reading at Book Riot

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Seeking a Promised Humanity through Geopolitical Divisions: Gili Haimovich’s Promised Lands, by Dustin Pickering

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Why ‘Seven Pillars of Wisdom’ is worth reading today

T.E. Lawrence’s memoir of the Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire -- the basis for “Lawrence of Arabia” — offers a sweeping look at war and its consequences. Continue reading at The Washington Post

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Resist Tyranny, Read Dangerously

When I got to an age where I could read the same books as my mom, she started passing them along to me after she had finished. One of the books she gave me was Reading Lolita in Tehran by New York Times best-selling author Azar Nafisi, a book that I remember not only for […] The post Resist... Continue reading at Electric Literature

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Review: Kathryn Davis turned grief into a glimmering memoir like none you've ever read

The novelist Kathryn Davis' memoir, 'Aurelia, Aurélia," is a Virginia Woolf-inspired whoosh of experiences in the aftermath of her husband's death. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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Ukraine’s Julia Orlova: ‘A Reading Nation’ Under Attack

Vivat Publishing's Julia Orlova says book publishers in Ukraine are providing digital books as part of their contribution to the war effort. The post Ukraine’s Julia Orlova: ‘A Reading Nation’ Under Attack appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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Britney Spears lands ‘record-breaking’ book deal for tell-all memoir

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How Reading John McPhee’s Book on Tennis Helped Me Write About Skateboarding

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