Victor LaValle’s 2017 literary horror novel, The Changeling, contains another book at its center: Maurice Sendak’s children’s tale Outside Over There. In Sendak’s story, goblins steal a neglected baby while “Papa is away at sea,” replacing her with a child made of ice. In LaValle’s novel, rare bookseller Apollo Kagwa has an obsession with the […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-09-07 08:37:37 UTC ]
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Chances are good you know someone who has subscription fatigue from the many digital services that have become essential in our lives. Or maybe you have a loved one getting a new game console or some other exciting new hardware. In either case, we’ve pulled together a number of digital gifts and... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2022-12-14 14:18:30 UTC ]
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You should watch Euphoria, a friend told me while we were on a walk during our young daughters’ dance class. I wasn’t sure why she would suggest this. Particularly in the context of our conversation: I was confiding in her about the anxiety that felt like it had been boiling inside of me for... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2022-12-13 12:05:00 UTC ]
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The victory of Kim de l’Horizon, a nonbinary writer, in a top literary prize stirred a debate about how the German language can accommodate people who don’t identify as male or female. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2022-11-30 11:35:52 UTC ]
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The Fall of Tess Gunty (I speak of Autumn, not ruination) continues apace with news that the Indiana author’s much-ballyhooed debut novel The Rabbit Hutch—the story of a group of residents of a low-income housing community in a fictional Indiana town over the course of one sweltering summer—has... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-11-29 16:36:13 UTC ]
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Amazon's Black Friday deals have started going live, and its Echo Show displays, Fire tablets and Fire TV devices are already being sold at a discount. Also on sale? Its Kindle e-readers, some of which are now listed for the lowest prices we've seen for them on the website. The Kindle Paperwhite... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2022-11-18 13:13:24 UTC ]
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As guests lined up to walk the red carpet at the 73rd National Book Awards Celebration, many were greeted by HC union employees offering information about worker rights and fair wages. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-11-16 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Several new and forthcoming faith-based books on marriage and parenting feature straight-talk, Scripture, and a spike of humor. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-10-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
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In the studio, the best-selling author surrounded himself with people he loves. It shows in his audiobook. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2022-09-29 09:00:24 UTC ]
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Assassin’s Creed Mirage, the next entry in Ubisoft’s long-running action-adventure series, will arrive in 2023. The publisher announced the release date today during its Ubisoft Forward event. Set two decades before the events of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, the game will reunite fans with a Basim... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2022-09-10 20:07:51 UTC ]
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With D23 underway this weekend, Disney had a lot to share with Star Wars fans. In all, the company debuted three trailers at the expo. First, there was a final look at Star Wars: Andor ahead of the show’s Disney+ premiere on September 21st. Then, we got to see Tales of the Jedi, a new animated... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2022-09-10 19:06:44 UTC ]
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Based on Anne Deveson’s 1991 memoir about her son’s experience with schizophrenia, this play can be achingly sad. But it also offers hope. Continue reading at The Conversation
[ The Conversation | 2022-08-26 01:01:35 UTC ]
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Worthy Books is publishing Pope Francis’s response to the pandemic in ‘A Gift of Joy and Hope’ on September 27. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Measurement company Nielsen has launched four-screen ad deduplication, adding connected TV to its existing computer, mobile and linear TV deduplication measurement of YouTube. Top line The move will allow buyers to compare YouTube reach on linear TV, computer, mobile and connected TV devices,... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2022-07-21 14:50:01 UTC ]
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The Fable app is a new platform that aims to make reading more social. Here's what one writer thought of it. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2022-07-20 10:36:00 UTC ]
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Like our universe, the science fiction genre is constantly expanding. Here is a sampling of the seemingly endless list of its subgenres. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2022-07-18 10:40:00 UTC ]
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"The Pallbearers Club" is presented as a found memoir manuscript, complicated by the contradictory annotation of an enigmatic woman. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-07-04 13:00:00 UTC ]
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In an update on the status of a "security incident" that forced Macmillan to take many of its computer systems offline, the company said it has made progress in restoring access, but said that while it is accepting orders electronically, it is “unable to process them at the time.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-07-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
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From one-tweet fiction to serialized short stories and retellings, Twitterature demonstrated the literary possibilities of Twitter. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2022-06-23 10:36:00 UTC ]
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Families of people who live in a privately owned Winnipeg personal care home want to know why two care aides were allowed to work for months after allegations were brought forward that they had abused 15 residents. Continue reading at CBC
[ CBC | 2022-06-22 20:00:25 UTC ]
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After publishing a tell-all memoir about her family’s struggles with undiagnosed mental illness, Lindsay Wong was surprised by their reaction when she moved back in with her parents during the pandemic. Continue reading at CBC
[ CBC | 2022-06-17 15:51:56 UTC ]
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