Smith and Pullman top the critics’ picks

Ali Smith’s seasonal novel Winter (Hamish Hamilton), Sally Rooney’s "perfectly observed" début Conversations with Friends (Faber) and the eagerly anticipated first instalment of Philip Pullman’s Book of Dust trilogy, La Belle Sauvage (Penguin/David Fickling Books), were among the critics’ favourite titles of 2017. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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PW Picks: Books of the Week, May 2, 2022

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Rolando Hinojosa-Smith, ‘dean of Chicano authors,’ dies at 93

His wry, understated novels turned the Lower Rio Grande Valley into an almost mythic setting for explorations of family, history and cultural identity. Continue reading at The Washington Post

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In critic Margo Jefferson’s memoir, a life is refracted through art

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Register Today for AAPI Communities in Conversation #4 Featuring Top Chef Sheldon Simeon

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