Small Axe: what Steve McQueen got right and wrong about lovers rock

Centred around a Blues Party in London, the second film from the Small Axe anthology captured the excitement of setting up a party but missed things about sound system culture in the UK. Continue reading at 'The Conversation'

[ The Conversation | 2020-11-30 15:04:41 UTC ]
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A Young Woman’s Formative Queer Affair With a Married Lover

Many of us know Michelle Hart from her wonderful work highlighting queer writers when she was the assistant books editor at O, the Oprah Magazine. Now, she has her own novel to add to the fold: We Do What We Do In The Dark, an exquisitely written, intimately affecting novel about Mallory, a... Continue reading at Electric Literature

[ Electric Literature | 2022-05-03 11:00:00 UTC ]
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Small Press Distributors Survive Through Transformation

Julie Schaper, a veteran of the small press distribution world, has seen it all—and lived to tell the tale. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-04-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Time’s up for Time Out as London print edition of magazine to be axed

Final copies of erstwhile listings and entertainment bible to be printed in June after 54-year run in capitalTime Out will stop publishing its London print edition after 54 years, becoming the latest in a long line of media outlets to abandon their physical presence and go online... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2022-04-12 19:02:26 UTC ]
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Publishing Sales Had Small Gain in January

Led by a 44.1% increase in sales of K-12 instructional materials and double-digit gains in the children’s/young adult and religious press segments, industry sales rose 3.7% in January, according to AAP’s StatShot program. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Jonathan Evison’s ‘Small World’ feels like a big statement about America

In "Small World," short chapters and sheer eventfulness keep the story chugging along. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2022-01-21 12:00:01 UTC ]
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Parenting while Black was hard enough for Taylor Harris. Then something went wrong

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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Obituary: Steve Jenkins

Award-winning children’s author and illustrator Steve Jenkins, widely praised for his distinctive and detailed cut- and torn-paper collages depicting animals and the natural world, has died at age 69. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-01-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
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He saw a ‘noble’ future for Black and Indigenous composers. He was wrong.

Why Antonin Dvorak’s prediction about American classical music didn’t come true. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-12-10 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Robert Justice is using fiction to shed light on the reality of wrongful convictions

‘They Can’t Take Your Name’ is the first crime novel in a planned series about the wrongs of the justice system. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-12-10 12:00:00 UTC ]
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‘A Net for Small Fishes’ is dark, entertaining historical fiction

Lucy Jago’s story fittingly takes place in the corrupt, licentious court of England’s James I. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-12-10 12:00:00 UTC ]
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‘Small Things Like These’ reads like a Christmas classic

Claire Keegan’s novel breathes something vital into the season’s most cherished tales. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-12-07 16:50:34 UTC ]
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‘Rock Concert’ goes behind the scenes with the people who made the biggest shows happen

Marc Myers’s oral history looks at the explosion of rock concerts over four decades. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-12-01 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Alice Sebold Apologizes to Man Wrongly Convicted of Raping Her

Anthony Broadwater spent 16 years in prison after the author identified him as her attacker in an assault she described in her memoir “Lucky.” Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2021-11-30 23:51:15 UTC ]
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Alice Sebold's memoir, 'Lucky,' pulled as she apologizes to man wrongly convicted of her rape

Sebold apologized to Anthony Broadwater, convicted of her rape in 1982 and exonerated last week. Her publisher announced a pause to consider revisions. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2021-11-30 22:41:08 UTC ]
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Small supply chain changes can green up the industry, key players say

Key high street retailers, printing companies and publishers are enacting changes in their supply chains to reduce their carbon footprint, delegates at the The Bookseller's FutureBook conference heard.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-22 08:54:37 UTC ]
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A Debut Novel Where Small Moments Add Up to Something Big

In “A Little Hope,” Ethan Joella explores quiet lives in small-town Connecticut. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2021-11-16 10:00:03 UTC ]
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Goth-rock queen PJ Harvey is publishing a book-length narrative poem that took six years to write.

PJ Harvey is trying her hand at poetry again. In April 2022, Picador Poetry in the UK will publish the hardcover edition of Orlam, Harvey’s book-length narrative poem. A special collector’s edition featuring the musician’s original artwork will follow in October 2022. The long-form poem, which... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2021-11-12 18:12:55 UTC ]
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Book Lover Mugs for Sipping While Flipping Pages

These book lover mugs are perfect for enjoying a hot (or cold) cuppa while paging through your current read or towering TBR. - Kelly Jensen Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2021-11-10 11:32:00 UTC ]
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Regnery Had Small Q3 Sales Gain

Regnery Publishing had a small sales increase in the third quarter, while Salem Author Services had a 27% jump in self-publishing fees, leading to a 5.6% increase in revenue, to $5.7 million, at Salem Media's publishing group. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-10 05:00:00 UTC ]
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From a Small Nigerian Tribe to a Big American Publishing House

In Uwem Akpan’s debut novel, “New York, My Village,” a Black African editor traces tribalism at home and abroad. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2021-11-02 09:00:06 UTC ]
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