Now’s the time for “American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin,” Terrance Hayes’ electric, new book. In his five previous poetry collections — “Muscular Music” (1999), “Hip Logic” (2002), “Wind in a Box” (2006), the National Book Award-winning “Lighthead” (2010) and “How to Be Drawn” (2015)... Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New collections of works by Gregory Orr, Tess Gallagher, Jim Harrison and Drew Pisarra. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-06-24 22:30:02 UTC ]
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Bluebird has scooped world right to two new books from Jack Monroe, including her first volume of vegan recipes. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-23 23:20:24 UTC ]
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Alice Oswald has been elected as the next Oxford University Professor of Poetry after triumphing in the vote, making her the first woman to serve in the role in 300 years. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-23 18:01:20 UTC ]
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The pursuit of happiness shouldn’t come at the expense of one’s health and relationships, argues VisumCx founder and CEO. We all want to be happy. You’ve probably watched movies about seeking it, read books on what you need to do to achieve it, and listened to songs about finding it. If you’re... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2019-06-20 13:00:03 UTC ]
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If you want to get Susan Orlean riled up, just ask her about the economist who suggested the government could eliminate public libraries and "save taxpayers lots of money" now that we have Amazon for books and Starbucks as a gathering place. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-06-20 10:00:09 UTC ]
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If you want to get Susan Orlean riled up, just ask her about the economist who suggested the government could eliminate public libraries and “save taxpayers lots of money” now that we have Amazon for books and Starbucks as a gathering place. This modest proposal was published on Forbes.com... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-06-20 10:00:00 UTC ]
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A member of the Muscogee Nation, Harjo has authored eight collections of poetry. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-06-19 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Atlantic will publish Elisa Gabbert's essay collection, The Unreality of Memory, next year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-18 12:15:00 UTC ]
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The jury is out on the road ahead for Intelligent Assistants like Alexa and Siri, with the potential for customers to abandon the voice search technologies before they become sophisticated enough to work effectively, a market research company has warned. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-18 06:55:52 UTC ]
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At the 2019 Cannes Lions festival, the Netflix star and best-selling author charmed the ad industry, while P&G launched a new initiative it says will improve your life. For 66 years, the advertising industry has gathered in the South of France to make deals, get inspired by work from around... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2019-06-17 16:30:37 UTC ]
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After living her entire life in the public eye, Vanderbilt died from stomach cancer on Monday. Continue reading at The Huffington Post
[ The Huffington Post | 2019-06-17 14:28:03 UTC ]
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Hafsah Aneela Bashir, Anthony Joseph and Yomi Sode have been selected as the Jerwood Compton Poetry Fellows for 2019/20. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-17 07:38:10 UTC ]
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Eric Liu says the nation needs a “civic religion” to restore its hope and purpose. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-06-14 12:29:22 UTC ]
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Jia Tolentino writes about the children’s book “The Westing Game,” by Ellen Raskin. Continue reading at New Yorker
[ New Yorker | 2019-06-13 16:15:43 UTC ]
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For Renée Rettig, owner of Books on B in Hayward, Calif., her first visit to Book Expo America was a thrill: "I felt like Cinderella!" Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-06-03 21:58:57 UTC ]
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For Renée Rettig, owner of Books on B in Hayward, Calif., her first visit to Book Expo America was a thrill: “I felt like Cinderella!” Rettig, whose bookstore is just under 2 years old, was one of 200 store owners brought to BookExpo America under a new grant program to introduce fledgling... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-06-03 21:55:00 UTC ]
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When Kate Mulgrew was growing up in Iowa, she dreamed of becoming a writer. Then, one day, her mother suggested she would be a much better actress and even tucked a collection of Shakespeare plays under her daughter’s pillow that night to reinforce the point. That decided things. “Roles were... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-05-31 14:00:00 UTC ]
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Stephanie Burt’s target demographic is “people who do not, or do not yet, read nearly as much” as she does. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-05-30 14:41:42 UTC ]
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Suzanne Hinman uses a new book about the second Madison Square Garden to revisit the Gilded Age. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-05-30 13:42:39 UTC ]
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Even as the London Book Fair brings its CAMEO Awards this week to BookExpo, BookBrunch does the same with its Selfies Awards for self-publishing authors. The post During BookExpo: BookBrunch Announces American ‘Selfies’ Awards appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-05-30 05:30:49 UTC ]
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