This week, Josh Duboff reviews André Aciman’s “Find Me,” the sequel to his 2007 novel “Call Me by Your Name.” In 1995, Barry Unsworth wrote for the Book Review about “Out of Egypt,” Aciman’s memoir chronicling the family that shaped his life. Continue reading at 'The New York Times'
[ The New York Times | 2019-12-13 10:00:09 UTC ]
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In “Breaking Bread With the Dead,” Alan Jacobs argues we should “sift the past for its wisdom and its wickedness, its perception and its foolishness.” Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-09-15 15:49:40 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton has pre-empted a "unique" and "meticulously researched" family memoir, The Lost Café Schindler by Meriel Schindler, centred on a family business and spanning two centuries and two world wars. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-15 04:29:57 UTC ]
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Yaa Gyasi’s debut novel Homegoing told the story of two branches of a Ghanaian family, one descended from a woman who marries a white slave trader and whose line stays in Ghana, another descended from her half-sister who is captured and sent to America in bondage. Gyasi’s second novel... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2020-09-11 11:00:00 UTC ]
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In 1994, Jay Parini wrote for the Book Review about Carol Shields’s novel “The Stone Diaries,” the fictional autobiography of Daisy Goodwill Flett as she navigates marriage and motherhood. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2020-09-04 21:07:40 UTC ]
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In this 10-page excerpt from 'Blade Runner 2019: Off World Vol. 2' by Michael Green, Mike Johnson, and Andres Guinaldo, the graphic novel sequel to Ridley Scott’s acclaimed 1982 dystopian sci-fi film, Blade Runner Ash Ashina has been tracked down by another ruthless Blade Runner looking for a... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Holden’s novel centers on Marion Crawford, the governess to Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-08-25 15:02:50 UTC ]
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Co-authors Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand spoke to more than 100 friends, aides and others in the Sussexes’ “inner circle.” Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-08-17 05:36:04 UTC ]
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Edward Ball sketches a portrait of his Klansman ancestor, a Black victim and post-Civil War New Orleans. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-08-07 12:00:00 UTC ]
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On this episode of Personal Space: The Memoir Show, Sari Botton interviews Morgan Jerkins, author of Wandering in Strange Lands: A Daughter of the Great Migration Reclaims Her Roots, published by Harper. In this fascinating historical memoir, Jerkins explores her identity and heritage by tracing... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-08-03 19:36:31 UTC ]
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Savvy readers know from the get-go that the title of Kim’s debut thriller must be ironic. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-07-15 05:17:42 UTC ]
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New York State Supreme Court Judge Hal B. Greenwald has cleared the way for Mary L. Trump to publish and promote her tell-all 'Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Hedge fund Chatham plans to buy newspaper publisher McClatchy out of bankruptcy, ending 163 years of family control Continue reading at ABC News
[ ABC News | 2020-07-12 18:20:00 UTC ]
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Review of ‘Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man’ by Mary L. Trump Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-07-09 13:20:12 UTC ]
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In an unusually massive reply brief, Trump family attorney Charles B. Harder ripped publisher Simon & Schuster for rushing ahead with the publication of Mary L. Trump’s explosive tell-all. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Set in Atlantic City in the 1930s, Rachel Beanland’s debut novel wades through heartbreak. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2020-07-07 09:00:11 UTC ]
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Among the key points in a 20-page brief, Simon & Schuster lawyers point out the obvious: that the publisher is not a party to and is not bound by any confidentiality agreement agreed to by the Trump family. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The Trump family has filed a new lawsuit in the US to block the publication of Mary Trump's forthcoming exposé. It comes after Queen's County Surrogate Court dismissed the first motion on 23rd June. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-29 21:41:26 UTC ]
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Less than a day after the Queens County Surrogate's Court dismissed his initial June 23 motion, President Donald J. Trump's brother, Robert S. Trump, filed a new lawsuit in the New York State Supreme Court in Dutchess County, once again seeking to block publication of Mary L. Trump's forthcoming... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The Trump family is reportedly seeking a court order to block the president's niece, Mary L Trump, and Simon & Schuster from publishing memoir Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-25 12:16:46 UTC ]
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