TWO RECENT TITLES from the University Press of Florida make for a remarkably successful pairing: one focuses on the “golden years” of George Balanchine’s New York City Ballet through the memoir lens of former soloist Bettijane Sills, while the other offers, through a series of impressionistic sketches by former member Marianne Preger-Simon, an insider’s view […] The post Side by Side: On Bettijane Sills’s “Broadway, Balanchine, & Beyond: A Memoir” and Marianne Preger-Simon’s “Dancing with Merce Cunningham” appeared first on Los Angeles Review of Books. Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Review of Books'
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Safiya Sinclair was raised to be Rastafari; instead, she became a poet. Why it took her more than a decade to write the lyrical memoir 'How to Say Babylon' Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2023-08-28 15:00:14 UTC ]
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Partnership will test buy-side systems’ ability to run on alternative currencies, and what it means for next steps. Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2023-08-17 14:00:00 UTC ]
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Pidgeon and I met in the summer of 2020, the summer of sickness, and violent change. We spoke over Zoom, nearly 800 miles apart—I had been hired as a developmental editor for an intersex activist named Pidgeon Pagonis. A developmental editor is a bit of a catch-all title: we do a bit of... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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My husband, a professor of electrical engineering by trade, is the kind of obsessive for which I have an affinity in my writing life. A refugee born in Latvia, John loves Latvian rye bread fervently. He eats Latvian rye several times a day and is unable to leave home without a five-pound loaf... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-08-16 09:50:36 UTC ]
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Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for Wei Tchou’s Little Seed, “an experimental memoir that braids together the narrative of the author’s relationship with her brother and family with a deeply personal field guide to ferns,” which will be published by Deep Vellum/A Strange Object in... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-08-15 14:00:01 UTC ]
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Damian Barr’s Literary Salon tempts the world’s best writers to read exclusively from their latest greatest works and share their own personal stories. Star guests include Jojo Moyes, John Waters, Yaa Gyasi, Mary Beard, Diana Athill and Louis de Bernières—all in front of a live audience at... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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The 99-year-old publishing company is being sold to private equity firm KKR for $1.62 billion. The original sale to PRH was for $2.2 billion. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2023-08-08 13:23:36 UTC ]
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The sale comes after Paramount failed to sell the book publishing giant to Penguin Random House. Iconic American publishing company Simon & Schuster has a new owner. On Monday, the publisher was acquired by private equity firm KKR in a $1.62 billion deal. Here’s what you need to know.Read... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2023-08-08 08:50:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster has been sold to the private equity firm KKR, months after a federal judge blocked its purchase by rival publisher Penguin Random House because of concerns that competition would shrink the book market Continue reading at ABC News
[ ABC News | 2023-08-08 02:22:18 UTC ]
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The deal, for $1.62 billion, will put control of a cultural touchstone in the hands of a financial buyer. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2023-08-07 23:51:30 UTC ]
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The acquisition of Simon & Schuster by KKR, Jonathan Karp says, is enhanced by KKR's interest in company growth and employee equity. The post KKR Agrees To Buy Simon & Schuster for $1.62 Billion appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2023-08-07 21:40:44 UTC ]
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Paramount announced Monday that it's selling the storied publisher for $1.62 billion, months after a sale to Penguin Random House was blocked by a federal judge. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2023-08-07 21:27:31 UTC ]
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Paramount Global has sold the publisher after a federal judge blocked rival Penguin Random House from buying itSimon & Schuster has been sold to the private equity firm KKR, months after a federal judge blocked its purchase by rival publisher Penguin Random House because of concerns that... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-08-07 21:05:30 UTC ]
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The deal with KKR, a private equity firm, is said to be valued at roughly $1.62 billion, and could be announced as soon as Monday. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2023-08-07 03:00:57 UTC ]
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The private investment firm KKR, HarperCollins, and Richard Hurowitz of the investment firm Octavian & Company are all said to still be in contention to acquire the country's third largest trade publisher. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-08-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The move to acquire the publisher, one of the five largest in the country, comes after the government blocked a deal last year on antitrust concerns. Continue reading at The New York Times
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Paul Reubens 'finished a first draft' of a memoir about his life and career before he died, a representative for the Pee-wee Herman actor has confirmed. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2023-08-01 18:13:09 UTC ]
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In what is likely a record price for an audiobook publisher, KKR, the private equity firm that owns RBmedia—and a rumored contender to buy S&S—is selling the company for an alleged $1 billion sum. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-07-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The bestselling spirituality author and two-time presidential candidate says promoting 'The Mystic Jesus' doesn't "align" with her current campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-07-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for Grief is for People, a first memoir from the sharp-eyed essayist and novelist Sloane Crosley, which will be published by MCD/FSG on February 27, 2024. Here’s a bit about the book from the publisher: For most of her adult life, Sloane and Russell... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-07-19 14:00:54 UTC ]
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