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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PW Picks: Books of the Week, July 15, 2019

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The Writers Who Left: Cuban Exile and What Comes Next, by Margaret Randall

Cultural Cross Sections Margaret Randall Children’s choir at the 2014 La Matanza Book Fair / Photo by Mauro Rico / Ministerio de Cultura de la Nación / Flickr When good engineers or scientists emigrate, they are able to continue their work. Novelists... Continue reading at World Literature Today

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Dolly Alderton's first novel goes to Fig Tree

Fig Tree will publish journalist and author Dolly Alderton’s debut novel, Ghosts, about a food writer with a dedicated online following whose personal life is falling apart. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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In Colson Whitehead’s ‘The Nickel Boys,’ an idealistic black teen learns a harsh reality

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Tochi Onyebuchi Recommends African Visions of the Future by Women and Nonbinary Authors

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Viewfinders: 10 Y.A. Novelists Spin Fiction From Vintage Photos

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Judith Krantz, Whose Tales of Sex and Shopping Sold Millions, Dies at 91

She published her first novel at 50, and her heroines were invariably rich, savvy, ambitious and preternaturally beautiful. Continue reading at The New York Times

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You can live-stream a stage adaptation of the Mueller Report tonight

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Looking Back, Moving Forward: ReShonda Tate Billingsley Reflects on Her 50 Novels

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Jurors Announced for the 2020 Neustadt Prize

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Powers takes the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

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Fleet to publish 'devastating' new novel from Colson Whitehead

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BLP, which was a part of the New York University School of Medicine when its 'Tinkers' by Paul Harding won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, has completed its transition to an independent nonprofit literary house. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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iBooks Bestsellers: Woodward's 'Fear' Dominates in First Week on Sale

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