‘True Grit’ is a modern classic, but it’s not the only great work by Charles Portis

I binge-read Portis’s books — “Norwood,” “The Dog of the South” and more. They offered just the lift I needed. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

[ The Washington Post | 2021-11-24 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Poisoned Pen Launches Horror Classics Line

Just in time for Halloween, Poisoned Pen Press, the Sourcebooks mystery imprint, has announced a new line, the Haunted Library of Horror Classics, which will debut in January 2020. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Ella Griffiths takes on newly created role of editor for Faber's classics

Faber assistant editor Ella Griffiths has been appointed to the newly created role of editor with specific responsibility for Faber’s classics, backlist, and heritage publishing.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-03 02:21:36 UTC ]
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British Book Awards and The Bookseller working class survey shortlisted for PPA Awards

The British Book Awards and The Bookseller’s working class survey have been shortlisted for prizes at this year’s Professional Publishers Association (PPA) Independent Publisher Awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-02 16:52:21 UTC ]
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Quercus bags 'riveting' modern gothic from Wynne

Quercus has bagged a “riveting” modern gothic debut set in an elite all-girls boarding school by Phoebe Wynne in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-01 21:11:58 UTC ]
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“The Faster You Pour It Down”: On Charles Bukowski’s “On Drinking”

ONE DAY IN a Los Angeles bookshop in the mid-1970s, a thick City Lights softcover with a stark black-and-white spine magnetized a suburban adolescent’s eyeballs. “BUKOWSKI” the cover read at the top in big block letters, and at the bottom, in smaller letters: “Erections, Ejaculations,... Continue reading at Los Angeles Review of Books

[ Los Angeles Review of Books | 2019-10-01 17:00:44 UTC ]
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Modern Epics: Fantasy in Translation, by T. Patrick Ortez

Lit Lists T. Patrick Ortez Fantasy is often overlooked when it comes to literature in translation, but from Gilgamesh to the Edda to The Epic of Darkness, fantasy lies at the heart of human storytelling. The genre has changed a lot since then, but fantasy... Continue reading at World Literature Today

[ World Literature Today | 2019-10-01 14:00:27 UTC ]
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It's a Great Time to Buy a Kindle (and 10 More Tech Deals)

Amazon is clearing out Kindles, and there are some deep discounts on some iPhone alternatives this weekend. Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2019-09-21 11:00:00 UTC ]
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Agencies and Brands skip work, donate ad space for Global Climate Strike

Employees at ad agencies, tech companies and brands skipped work today to join the Global Climate Strike, a protest of government and corporate inaction on climate change. Today's strike, scheduled just ahead of the U.N. Climate Action Summit in New York, is the third event in a series of... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2019-09-20 22:10:02 UTC ]
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Teddy Roosevelt’s example for America: Sweat and grit

Ryan Swanson says the president believed in the benefits of exercise, for himself and the nation. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2019-09-19 12:30:11 UTC ]
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Nearly half of all book reviews in Australia in 2018 were of works by female authors

Stella Count researchers say gender parity reached by most publicationsResearchers have praised most Australian publications for reaching gender parity in their book review sections last year.Of published book reviews in Australia in 2018 49% were for books written by women, according to... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2019-09-18 18:00:08 UTC ]
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20 Years Later, The FADER Stays True to Its Mission

In terms of digital disruption, magazines were far from the only form of traditional media upended by the rise of the internet over the past two decades. So as a relatively small fish in a rather large and well-funded pond of publications covering the music industry—a space that's undergone its... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2019-09-17 20:45:42 UTC ]
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New York academic to open London's 'first co-working space for writers'

American academic Sharon Fulton will launch Clean Prose, "London’s first co-working space designed specifically for writers", next month.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-17 18:04:26 UTC ]
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5 Great YA Science Fiction Series

If the idea of saying goodbye to epic sci-fi worlds fills you with sorrow, check out this list of great YA science fiction series and read on! Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2019-09-17 10:31:05 UTC ]
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Bud Light Seltzer is in the works amid hard seltzer sales craze

Anheuser-Busch InBev is poised to launch Bud Light Seltzer as part of a new product blitz, according to reports from two beer trade publications. Citing sources from the brewer’s distributor meeting this week, Beer Business Daily reported that the brewer was developing a seltzer line extension... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2019-09-13 13:12:06 UTC ]
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Endeavour scoops Clarke's guide to work happiness

Octopus imprint Endeavour has scooped an “inspiring” guide on how to be happy at work by happiness consultant and School of Life lecturer Samantha Clarke. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-12 17:52:44 UTC ]
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Callow to voice Headline audio orginal of Wilde works

Simon Callow will voice a Headline audio original of Oscar Wilde's poem The Ballad of Reading Gaol and De Profundis ahead of the 125th anniversary of Wilde's sentencing for "gross indecency" next year. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-11 23:14:14 UTC ]
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Oxford American, one of the great lit mags of the American South, gets a facelift.

If you pick up the newest edition of Oxford American, the quarterly general-interest literary magazine founded in 1992 and best known for its annual Southern music issues, you’ll notice a bold design aesthetic: the conspicuous dearth of cover lines, a prominent masthead, a thick, granular... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2019-09-11 20:06:33 UTC ]
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Retailers must work together to save UK high street, Bird tells BA conference

Booksellers must pull together with other retailers in their community to increase footfall and save the British high street, the Booksellers Association conference heard on Sunday. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-08 23:26:25 UTC ]
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The thoroughly modern genius of George Gershwin

Richard Crawford shows how the composer skipped across the line between “high” and “low” art. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2019-09-06 12:22:27 UTC ]
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Can an uncompromising activist keep her integrity while working in the White House?

Samantha Power’s new memoir, “The Education of an Idealist,” describes a bracing moral test. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2019-09-05 22:27:05 UTC ]
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