Book Reviews Photo by Yousef Espanioly on Unsplash Fahredin Shehu writes of Gili Haimovich’s Promised Lands (Finishing Line Press, 2020), “This book communicates globally giving more than a single book of poems may offer. There is her origin and cultural/spiritual heritage, her place and everyday life, her travels to distant lands and rich geography, her travels to her inner world and all that is so craftily and beautifully intertwined like peptides on the human DNA.” This statement, taken from a review at fekt.org, reflects not only upon the book itself but upon the global human heritage. Promised Lands is a collection of poetry that bridges the author’s soul division between Hebrew and English, and between cultural crosscurrents. The “lands” of the title are not simply physical barriers between cultures but spheres of the soul guided by language and culture. However, Debashish Parashar writes in Verseville, “While reading poems like ‘Into’ and ‘The Promised Wasteland,’ it is convenient to infer that the Promised Land is actually a barren land, ‘a desert,’ ‘a wound,’ a land of ‘beautiful waste,’ as well as ‘prohibited’ and ‘inaccessible’ wasteland. There is hardly any ambiguity regarding the fact that the poet is referring to Zion, the modern state of Israel or the Promised Land of Moses.” The importance of the physical space is necessary to delineate. One cannot have culture without geophysical space to cultivate it.... Continue reading at 'World Literature Today'
[ World Literature Today | 2022-03-09 21:17:53 UTC ]
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Welbeck Flame has acquired The Asparagus Bunch, a "fresh, irreverent" children’s novel by debut author Jessica Scott Whyte, secured in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-12 18:19:43 UTC ]
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Lit Lists The past year and a half of being stuck inside and working from home has led many of us to turn to our pets as consistent conversational companions. For some, we have even adopted the peculiar social practices of our furry friends. If you are... Continue reading at World Literature Today
[ World Literature Today | 2021-12-09 15:24:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Business has landed a guide to diversity and inclusion aimed at "straight, white male leaders" by Suki Sandhu and Felicity Hassan. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-08 16:21:21 UTC ]
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Independent Publisher Out-Spoken Press has acquired Fran Lock's "arresting" debut essay collection. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-08 15:58:14 UTC ]
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A journalist went to Scotland to investigate the world of oil riggers and slept with her first source. "Sea State" is her raw memoir of the aftermath Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2021-12-07 14:00:53 UTC ]
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Cate Paterson is to head a new Australian division of Allen & Unwin, after 25 years at Pan Macmillan Australia. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-06 13:45:52 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury Professional has acquired Mental Disorders, Mental Illness and the Family Court, a reference book for non-medical professionals, headed up by semi-retired published Derek Cross. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-30 15:33:51 UTC ]
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After 26 years at Edinburgh University Press, Nicola Ramsey was named its interim c.e.o. five months ago, and has wasted no time looking to the future. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-27 02:50:31 UTC ]
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Sweet Cherry imprint Clock Tower Publishing has acquired M J Sullivan’s YA sci-fi series inspired by gaming and virtual reality. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-26 18:01:30 UTC ]
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In “The Dawn of Everything,” two scientists set out to discover where inequality began Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-11-26 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Chelsea Green Publishing has landed a book from Adam Alexander, "the Indiana Jones of vegetables". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-25 05:56:00 UTC ]
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The History Press has snapped up a new book on how the CIA has shaped history, by David Charlwood. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-21 23:38:12 UTC ]
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The Bodley Head has pre-empted a "landmark" account of human history by Oded Galor. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-18 09:20:49 UTC ]
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Cambridge University Press (CUP) has landed a second body image book by Dr Charlotte Markey, this time focusing on boys. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-15 19:46:09 UTC ]
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In “Welcome to Dunder Mifflin,” Baumgartner and producer Ben Silverman explore the iconic Scranton workplace Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-11-13 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Bonnier Books UK imprint John Blake has landed a “shocking” memoir by Luis Elizondo, the former head of the US government’s highly sensitive UFO programme. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-12 02:01:18 UTC ]
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Legend Press has landed The Tin Nose Shop, an “incredibly powerful” First World War novel by Don J Snyder. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-11 06:14:29 UTC ]
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The Working Class Writers' Festival is urging publishers to demonstrate their commitment to diversity by investing in sponsorship for next year's event. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-10 12:00:51 UTC ]
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"Between the Covers" presenter Sara Cox’s debut novel, Thrown, has gone to Coronet. It follows the lives of four women at a pottery class held at a community centre. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-10 10:45:35 UTC ]
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Damon Galgut's The Promise (Chatto & Windus) has thundered to the top of the Amazon Charts' Most-Sold: Fiction top 20, the week of its Booker Prize win. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-09 19:53:38 UTC ]
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