The History of the United States According to Colson Whitehead

Since the publication of his first novel in 1999, Colson Whitehead has become one of the most lauded, prized, taught, and studied American novelists writing today. Winner of the National Book Award, two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize (the only writer apart from William Faulkner and John Updike to accomplish this), recipient of a MacArthur […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

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Predicting the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (and How to Watch It Live!)

The year that was has made its artistic judgments. Mostly. The world of film declared Anora as Best Picture. Music selected Beyonce’s Cowboy Carter as Album of the Year. Now, finally, on May 5th, book world gets its big moment. On Monday, at 3:00 p.m. EST, the award ceremony will be live... Continue reading at Electric Literature

[ Electric Literature | 2025-04-28 11:05:00 UTC ]
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Acclaimed author and Upper West Sider sells neighborhood home

Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper columnist and acclaimed author Anna Quindlen has sold her longtime Upper West Side home after almost three decades, records show.Quindlen—whose novels include her first, 1991's Object Lessons, and her latest, 2024's After Annie—parted ways with the 5-story... Continue reading at Crains New York

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Mario Vargas Llosa dies at 89: Nobel laureate from Peru was the last of 'El Boom' novelists

Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel literature laureate and a giant of Latin American letters for decades, has died, his son said Sunday. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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These YA Novelists Celebrate Queer, Fat Characters

Crystal Maldonado, Julie Murphy, and other authors discuss the importance of joyful representation. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Who Needs Intimacy?

Influential novelists are imagining what women’s lives might look like without the demands of partners and children. Continue reading at The Atlantic

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Translator and Author Tim Mohr Dies at 55

Mohr, who translated such German novelists as Alina Bronsky, chronicled the Berlin music scene in a 2018 book, and helped bring to life a number of musicians’ memoirs, died at his home in Brooklyn on March 31. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Translator and Author Tim Mohr Dies

Mohr, who translated such German novelists as Alina Bronsky, chronicled the Berlin music scene in a 2018 book, and helped bring to life a number of musicians’ memoirs, died at his home in Brooklyn on March 31. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for March 23, 2024

"Russian James Bond" defects, a Latino chef's memoir, a Shakespearian retelling by a Pulitzer Prize winner, and more of today's best book deals Continue reading at Book Riot

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There and Back with Wally Lamb

For his first novel in nine years, Wally Lamb draws on his battles with self-doubt and addiction. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Book Deals: Week of March 17, 2025

William Morrow picks up a Pulitzer Prize–nominated playwright’s debut novel, Poisoned Pen bags a buzzy psychological thriller, Ten Speed Graphic readies a Rebecca Yarros adaptation, and more in this week’s book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Martin Scorsese to Adapt Marilynne Robinson’s ‘Home’

The Academy Award–winning director is set to helm the Pulitzer Prize–winning author’s 2008 novel as a feature film for Apple, starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Apple also plans to develop the other three novels in Robinson's Gilead series, with Scorsese and Todd Field attached to write, direct, and... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Chimamanda Adichie Is a Hopeless Romantic

Discussing Dream Count, her first novel in 12 years, the Nigerian author shares her thoughts on masculinity, political chaos, and the future of fiction. Continue reading at The Atlantic

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Chimamanda Adichie’s Fiction Has Shed Its Optimism

The Nigerian American author’s first novel in 12 years depicts troubled relations between men and women—but no tidy resolutions. Continue reading at The Atlantic

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Book Review: ‘Dream Count,’ by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

In her first novel since “Americanah,” she draws on a real-life assault as she follows the lives of three Nigerian women and one of their former housekeepers. Continue reading at The New York Times

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Frankétienne, Father of Haitian Letters, Is Dead at 88

A prolific novelist, poet, painter and soothsayer, he was inspired by the chaos of his country and published the first novel written entirely in Haitian Creole. Continue reading at The New York Times

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Who Were the Women Novelists Who Really Inspired Jane Austen?

“You see, but you do not observe.” –Sherlock Holmes, “A Scandal in Bohemia” * It all started with a book that made me curious. I was on a house call in Georgetown, invited to browse the personal book collection of a woman who used to be a professional rare book dealer like me. I spent […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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Lit Hub Daily: February 18, 2025

Sophie Lewis chronicles the rise and fall of #girlboss feminism: “The funeral for ‘trickle-down feminism,’ eerily, keeps repeating itself, suggesting that, every time we report that the girlboss is dead, we’re being wishful.” | Lit Hub Criticism Rebecca Romney on unearthing a legacy of... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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Elyse Durham on Depicting the Artistic Side of the Cold War in Fiction

Elyse Durham’s immersive and thematically timely first novel centers on twin sisters, born during the Siege of Leningrad, trained as ballet dancers at the celebrated Vaganova, and launching their careers at the height of the Cold War. The plot is set to detonate at a critical point in the Cold... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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