Parisian bookstore and lending library Shakespeare and Company is digitizing decades of its records, revealing the reading habits of its famous patrons. The post The Reading Habits of Ernest Hemingway and Gertrude Stein appeared first on The Millions. Continue reading at 'The Millions'
[ The Millions | 2020-05-22 20:30:26 UTC ]
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Imagine following Harry Potter’s adventures while the gothic library of Hogwarts glows in the background. Apple’s latest VR headset suggests that future may be near. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The American Library Association has for nearly 40 years been putting out “Read” posters featuring celebrities and books. Lots of us remember these from school and libraries—my elementary school had the Shaq one guarding the reference books section. When I set out to compile a list of these... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2024-07-18 08:56:19 UTC ]
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A bestselling author takes on the bots, Penguin Random House acquires a comics publisher, an epic bookstore roadtrip, and more. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-07-11 15:00:00 UTC ]
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In July, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” Patricia Highsmith’s classic 1955 thriller about wealth, status, obsession and murder. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2024-07-02 09:03:17 UTC ]
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The American Library Association’s 2024 conference emphasized the threats posed by book bans and the undermining of public institutions and trust with a Rally for the Right to Read and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
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🏆 These are the “it” books of the year so far.🏖️ Emily Henry became a bestselling author without book tours ... Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-06-28 15:00:00 UTC ]
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Anyone who’s an avid Kindle reader is gonna want this tiny page turner for Kindle devices—and right now you can get it for just $15 if you’re an Amazon Prime member (or $18 if you aren’t). This nifty gadget is a total game changer if you love reading ebooks but hate having to tap the... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2024-06-24 16:23:09 UTC ]
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“A memoir is closer to historical fiction than it is to biography” writes artist and author Jill Ciment in her retrospective memoir Consent. At seventeen, Ciment had an affair with her forty-seven-year-old painting teacher. The two married, and Ciment wrote the original account of the affair in... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2024-06-24 08:55:21 UTC ]
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The history of abortion in the United States is the story of my life—or my life’s work. I’ve run a clinic since 1971, two years before Roe and now, fifty-three years later—two years post-Roe—I’m still at it, running Choices Women’s Medical Center. Since the roll-back in women’s human rights that... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2024-06-24 08:54:36 UTC ]
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The evenhanded scientist is generous to Trump, but you can tell what he really thinks. Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2024-06-21 15:04:13 UTC ]
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Golden Voice narrator Kate Reading joins host Jo Reed to discuss her career in audiobook narration. Her experience with audiobooks began with her first job at the Library of Congress’s Talking Books program, which gave her an education in audiobook narration. In their conversation, Jo and Kate... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2024-06-21 08:01:04 UTC ]
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Over the past half-decade, the Read with Jenna Book Club has become a valuable platform for new literary voices. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
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I’d bought my copy of James Joyce’s Ulysses at a Barnes and Noble in Manhattan in 1999, the summer before I left for college, along with a stack of other novels that I was convinced my much-smarter classmates would have already read. How I even decided which novels those were, I am still not... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2024-06-14 08:56:12 UTC ]
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Renée Watson's breakfast keynote, panel discussions on underperformance in the children's book market and the ongoing surge in book bans, and a wall-to-wall evening author reception were among the highlights on a busy second day of CI 2024. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Teens have been at the forefront of fighting for the freedom to read. BANNED TOGETHER, publishing in March, is a YA anthology to encourage and support them while talking frankly about contemporary book censorship. Check it out! Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-06-11 12:30:00 UTC ]
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In the past few years, books written by and about queer characters have become more visible to the general reading public. Gradually, straight, cisgender readers are discovering the pleasure of reading books by authors whose identities are different from their own. This is true in the mystery... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2024-06-05 11:00:00 UTC ]
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👯 Here are the best book club books coming out in June. 🏳️⚧️ Looking for some books to help you ... Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-05-30 16:42:59 UTC ]
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As Asian American Pacific Islander Month comes to end, it’s important to remind ourselves that the Asian American identity is more than just race or shared affinity. Born out of political activism and the anti-war movement to protest and rally against injustice, warfare, imperialism, and... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2024-05-30 11:00:00 UTC ]
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NPR critics reveal their summer TBRs, Reese brings back the YA book club, and the sexiest book of summer isn't a rom-com. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-05-29 16:17:51 UTC ]
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If you’re reading Lit Hub, it’s a fair guess that you have fond memories of school reading challenges over summer break, those individual and classroom-wide challenges to log your summer’s reading, show off, and maybe earn a prize in September. I definitely remember logging my books every... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2024-05-29 14:30:35 UTC ]
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