The real villain of Mary Trump’s family tell-all isn’t Donald. It’s Fred.

Review of ‘Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man’ by Mary L. Trump Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

[ The Washington Post | 2020-07-09 13:20:12 UTC ]
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Will Trump keep getting intelligence briefings? Who decides?

Presidents typically continue to receive intelligence briefings after they leave office, but some officials say that’s not a good idea in Trump’s case. It’s hard to transition from one day knowing the world’s intelligence secrets to the next day being all alone in America, pocketing $400,000... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2021-01-20 08:10:04 UTC ]
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Open letter calls for publishing boycott of Trump administration memoirs

More than 500 book industry professionals have added their names to a call for publishers not to sign up veterans of the departing president’s governmentFive-hundred American authors and literary professionals have signed a letter calling on US publishers not to sign book deals with members of... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2021-01-19 16:25:50 UTC ]
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Read an open letter from publishing professionals condemning Trump enablers’ book deals.

As you may remember, about a week ago, Senator Josh Hawley challenged the results of the election, encouraged the storming of the Capitol, and then complained about Simon & Schuster canceling his book deal, calling the publisher’s decision “Orwellian” (how?) and “a direct assault on the... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2021-01-19 16:20:57 UTC ]
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Hundreds in publishing sign letter objecting to book deals for the Trump administration

More than 250 members of the literary community signed a letter this week urging publishers not to sign book deals with anyone in the Trump administration. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2021-01-15 19:12:33 UTC ]
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With ‘Concrete Rose,’ Angie Thomas eviscerates stereotypes about Black families

Thomas’s prequel to ‘The Hate U Give’ peels back another layer on preconceived ideas about race. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-01-15 15:25:34 UTC ]
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Mary Catherine Bateson, anthropologist and author of ‘Composing a Life,’ dies at 81

She also wrote a memoir about her parents, anthropologists Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-01-15 14:46:04 UTC ]
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Industry Members Unite to Block Trump Administration Book Deals

In an open letter, more than 250 authors, agents, booksellers, and publishers urged publishers not to sign book deals with members of the Trump Administration or anyone "who incited, suborned, instigated, or otherwise supported the January 6, 2021, coup attempt." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-01-15 05:00:00 UTC ]
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How family separation inspired a children's book about a fearless girl

"Rebeldita la Alegre en el País de los Ogros," by Oriel María Siu, was inspired by the glaring gap between her family's experiences and the children's books she saw on library shelves. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2021-01-13 15:00:43 UTC ]
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Fox News and the real insurrection

If there’s one thing that Fox News could use, it’s more right-wing opinion programming. Yesterday, Fox announced a scheduling reshuffle that, among other tweaks, will see Martha MacCallum’s news show replaced in the 7pm Eastern hour by a new opinion program with a rotating cast of hosts; Brian... Continue reading at Columbia Journalism Review

[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2021-01-12 13:23:07 UTC ]
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Gary Paulsen’s Real-Life Survival Guide

“Gone to the Woods” is a memoir so rife with childhood trauma he wrote it in the third person. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2021-01-09 08:01:28 UTC ]
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The real housewives of the Third Reich

James Wyllie uncovers the domestic lives and petty rivalries of top Nazi spouses. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-01-08 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Read Harder: An Own Voices YA Book With a Black Main Character That Isn’t About Black Pain

We've got books for the Read Harder task asking you to read an own voices YA book with a Black main character that isn't about Black pain. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2021-01-07 11:30:00 UTC ]
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Corruption, violence and toxic masculinity: What strongmen like Trump have in common

Ruth Ben-Ghiat lays out shared traits of leaders who oversee democracy’s downfall. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-12-24 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Souvenir Press picks up 'new framework for family life' from Oster

Souvenir Press will publish The Family Firm: A Data-Driven Guide to Better Decision Making in the Early School Years by Emily Oster. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-21 19:56:26 UTC ]
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The virus isn’t transforming us. It’s speeding up the changes already underway.

The accelerating shifts, often for the worse, in digital life, inequality, foreign policy and other realms. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-12-18 14:22:16 UTC ]
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8 Intergenerational Family Sagas to Dig into This Winter

These eight brilliant novels of historical fiction featuring intergenerational family sagas tell sweeping and epic tales, including Disoriental by Négar Djavadi, translated by Tina A. Kover. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2020-12-16 11:39:00 UTC ]
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The best journalism of 2020: Covering Trump

With our regular newsletter author on a much-needed holiday break, today we begin a week-long series highlighting some of our favorite stories of the year. We’ll remind you of exemplary reporting on Covid-19 and racial justice, and reprise some of our own favorite work from CJR. But first up,... Continue reading at Columbia Journalism Review

[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2020-12-14 13:48:57 UTC ]
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Melania Trump’s post-White House book might not be a memoir after all, which is fine.

For a while, Melania Trump has teased that she might write a book after the Trump family exits the White House. I, like many, had mixed feelings. On one hand, it’d be interesting to see the Trump administration from the point of the view of the famously sullen First Lady; but on the other hand,... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-12-10 18:18:04 UTC ]
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Roald Dahl was anti-Semitic. Do we need his family’s apology now?

We’re still coming to grips with the “revelation” that creators we love can say and do despicable things. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-12-07 08:29:15 UTC ]
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HarperCollins pre-empts 'definitive account' of Trump presidency from Haberman

HarperCollins Publishers has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, for a currently untitled book about Donald Trump by New York Times journalist Maggie Haberman. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-02 16:56:42 UTC ]
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