A year has passed since the novel coronavirus first emerged. Even with mass inoculation efforts underway, it continues to rage on, with little sign of abating. Throughout this year, we’ve relied on journalism to make sense of it all—especially as the virus’s spread frequently outpaced our abilities to comprehend and respond to it. Below, CJR has compiled some of the year’s most illuminating, hard-hitting, and enduring coverage of the pandemic. Looking ahead The Coronavirus in America: The Year Ahead By Donald G. McNeil, Jr. From the early days of the outbreak, McNeil Jr.’s prescient stories for The New York Times demystified and narrativized a virus that, to this day, continues to evade grasp. In a time of frenetic news cycles, such clear and careful writing served as a much-needed antidote to protracted uncertainty. (McNeil, Jr.’s recent story, about the toll covid-19 may yet take even as vaccinations and an administration change draw near, is another sobering account of what lies ahead of us.) How the Pandemic Defeated America By Ed Yong Another marquee reporter on the science beat, Yong, of The Atlantic, wrote prodigiously about the pandemic. Among his anthology of indispensable works, this unsparing account of America’s abject failure to meet the coronavirus when it arrived at its shores stands out. One sentence—comprising 212 words, punctuated by 7 semicolons, and beginning with “No one should be shocked…”—must be the most incisive of the year. Putting... Continue reading at 'Columbia Journalism Review'
[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2020-12-15 13:02:41 UTC ]
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How does book cover design work? Find here an introduction to the process, both in self- and traditional publishing. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2023-07-10 10:30:00 UTC ]
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Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for Pulitzer Prize finalist Daniel Mason’s North Woods, “a sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England, told through the lives of those who inhabit it across the centuries,” which will be published by Random House in September.... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-04-11 14:00:21 UTC ]
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Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for Athena Dixon’s memoir in essays The Loneliness Files, forthcoming from Tin House this fall. Here’s a bit about the book from the publisher: In Spring 2020, the world as we knew it ground to a halt at the start of the COVID pandemic—streets emptied,... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-02-28 15:00:10 UTC ]
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Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for Ed Park’s long awaited second novel Same Bed Different Dreams, which will be published by Random House this fall. Here’s a bit about the novel from the publisher: March, 1919. Far-flung Korean patriots establish the Korean Provisional Government to... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-02-24 15:00:34 UTC ]
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Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for Rachel Eliza Griffiths’s novel Promise, which Danielle Evans calls “a stunning exploration of the weight and triumph of legacy” and which will be published by Random House in July. Here’s some more about the book from the publisher: The Kindred... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-02-23 15:00:59 UTC ]
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Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for National Book Foundation 5 under 35 honoree and Center for Fiction and VCU Cabell First Novel prize finalist Lydia Kiesling’s second novel, Mobility, which this August will be the first book to be published on the new imprint from Crooked Media,... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-02-13 16:01:46 UTC ]
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Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for Edan Lepucki’s Time’s Mouth forthcoming from Counterpoint in August 2023. From the bestselling author of California, comes this “enthralling saga about family secrets that grow more powerful with time, set against the magical, dangerous landscape... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-12-15 14:30:17 UTC ]
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Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for Elysha Chang’s A Quitter’s Paradise, the first book on Sarah Jessica Parker’s imprint at Zando, forthcoming in June 2023. This debut novel examines the grief of a young woman desperate to detach from the reality of her mother’s death and... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-12-08 14:30:46 UTC ]
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With visually stunning, bespoke titles that focus on environmental and social issues, the publisher looks to inspire curious, confident, and engaged young readers. (Sponsored) Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-11-23 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for Luis Alberto Urrea’s Good Night, Irene, the latest novel from the bestselling novelist and Pulitzer Prize and NBCC finalist, which will be published by Little, Brown, this spring. Here’s how the publisher describes the novel: In 1943, Irene... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-10-21 13:30:51 UTC ]
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Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for Jai Chakrabarti’s A Small Sacrifice for an Enormous Happiness, forthcoming from Penguin Random House in February 2023. The book, comprised of 14 short stories, details what family means today across cultures, continents, and faith. The title story,... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-10-12 15:00:59 UTC ]
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As our worlds careened off the cliffs of normalcy, some books were so prescient that you had to wonder: What did these authors know that we didn’t? Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-11-19 13:30:00 UTC ]
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Take a peek at a trend in YA book covers: realistic illustrated covers! We've rounded up a bunch of gorgeous designs from recent years and launching 2020. Continue reading at Book Riot
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Independent bookshop Cover to Cover in Swansea is to take on new ownership after former owner Sarah Rees has decided to step down. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Publishers Weekly names the best books of 2024, John Green will publishing a book about tuberculosis, and more. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-11-02 15:00:00 UTC ]
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Online swaps and little libraries - a Cambridge puzzle exchange community was born out of the pandemic and is still thriving. Continue reading at CBC
[ CBC | 2024-10-29 08:00:00 UTC ]
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This year's ICv2 Insider Talks found that while comics sales were down 7% from the “COVID peak” of 2022—with manga, once the primary driver for comics growth, seeing the largest drop—they're still holding strong, with 2023 sales up 67% above 2019. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-10-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
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We cover news ourselves, or at least what we think could also be considered news in the world of books and reading. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-10-13 19:19:38 UTC ]
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Maia Kobabe calls this graphic nonfiction book a "beautiful and compassionate primer" to trans histories. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-10-10 18:35:00 UTC ]
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Online publication takes out two out of three nominations for digital media innovation, including interactive based around messages between friends in Gaza and US Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGuardian Australia... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2024-10-10 06:09:24 UTC ]
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