In post 11/8 America, the citizenry became more aware, more active, more willing to submit themselves to self-examination. Yet while the world of journals both print (Freeman’s), and online (Guernica, Lit Hub, Electric Literature), have increased their commitment to the exploration of socio-political realities in their literature, and while even the usually slow-moving publishing world […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-04-16 08:49:50 UTC ]
PW looks back at some of the library stories that captivated the publishing world this year, and what they portend for 2025. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-12-20 05:00:00 UTC ]
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December marks the start of the holiday season and the return of one of our favorite year-end traditions: the annual best book cover tournament. Now in its fourth year, this contest is our way of recognizing and celebrating the talented designers behind the books. After all, the cover is the... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2024-12-17 12:05:00 UTC ]
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Writing fiction itself might be (and often is) considered an act of translation: from experience to language, from emotion to logic, from chaos to legibility. Perhaps it is a mere coincidence, or a stroke of good luck, then that these three fall debut novelists selected for our craft series each... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2024-12-17 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Not to brag, but Lit Hub is a pretty good website. We’re closing in on our ten-year anniversary—the digital publishing equivalent of roughly a century—and we’ve published consistently since the day we launched, resulting in an archive of thousands of articles. On top of that, Lit Hub has decent... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2024-12-05 09:57:47 UTC ]
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This month’s column is my twelfth for Lit Hub, which means I’ve been sharing new children’s book releases with you for a full year now. And 2024 has been a wonderful year for young readers! As I’ve reviewed each month’s new releases, I’ve found some of my own favorite new books, and I hope I’ve […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2024-12-02 09:56:42 UTC ]
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Artificial intelligence is pushing the publishing world toward volume. That could drown out the good work. AI has the power to pump out words in record speed. And already, that’s substantially inflating the book publishing market. Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2024-12-02 09:00:00 UTC ]
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Native publishers are critical in preserving and amplifying Indigenous perspectives. While narratives about Indigenous peoples often focus on the devastating impacts of colonization—death, disease, grief, and addiction—these publishing programs create space for the full spectrum of the Native... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2024-11-27 12:05:00 UTC ]
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I yearn for a literary world where, as readers, we’re familiar with a wider spectrum of narrative traditions and approaches than what we now think of as the canon. We Bengalis love so much to talk, to weave tales, to let our anecdotes tangle with each other’s into a larger collective... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2024-11-19 12:05:00 UTC ]
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Florida is one the most diverse and fastest growing states in the United States. It is also, tragically, the epicenter of book banning in America. Thousands of books have been banned from public schools and libraries in an attempt to silence dissenting voices that explore the experiences of... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2024-11-13 12:05:00 UTC ]
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“My personality is more indebted to The Simpsons than any other book or movie or album or show or art thing.” Meet the 2024 National Book Award finalists while they answer some of our quick questions. | Lit Hub In Conversation Mirza Waheed explains why he’s boycotting a screening of a film... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2024-11-13 11:30:55 UTC ]
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If you’ve read only one book about the Spanish Civil War, chances are it’s either Ernest Hemingway’s novel For Whom the Bell Tolls or George Orwell’s memoir Homage to Catalonia. And if you’ve read only two, as to what they might be, I’d confidently push all my chips into the center of the... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2024-11-11 12:00:00 UTC ]
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No Man’s Mare by Djuna Barnes Pauvla Agrippa had died that afternoon at three; now she lay with quiet hands crossed a little below her fine breast with its transparent skin showing the veins as filmy as old lace, purple veins that were now only a system of charts indicating the pathways where... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2024-11-04 12:10:00 UTC ]
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Naomi Cohn’s memoir focuses on her progressive vision loss and her embrace of braille as an act of reclaiming her love of reading and writing, along with an expanded sensory and sensual existence in the world. Intertwined with this focus are themes braided and bountiful, including a history of... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2024-10-25 11:00:00 UTC ]
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Zara Chowdhary’s The Lucky Ones is a devastating, timely memoir about survival, reclamation and what it means to exist on the margins of society and within your own familial unit. Zara speaks to us, raw and unfiltered, about growing up as a young muslim girl in Ahmedabad, India, in the aftermath... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2024-10-17 11:00:00 UTC ]
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My favorite book is a pale, mint green, Illustrated Junior Library edition with edges sprayed indigo blue. The girl on the cover wears a white pinafore over a practical plaid dress. Her two orangey-red braids fall around her shoulders, topped off with a wide-brimmed straw hat covered in... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2024-10-16 11:10:00 UTC ]
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I’ve been reading from outside of Phoenix, where there have been over 120 days of 100 degree temperatures as summer comes to a close. With Hurricane Helene devastating the Southeast and war spreading in the Middle East, the uncertainty about our collective futures—whether it is from climate... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2024-10-11 11:05:00 UTC ]
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Forty years after the publication of Leaving the Land, Pulitzer Prize finalist Douglas Unger returns with his fifth novel, Dream City, an excoriating tale of hope, greed, and betrayal in Las Vegas. C.D. Reinhart is Unger’s fatally flawed protagonist, a failed actor bent on self-improvement who... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2024-10-08 11:05:00 UTC ]
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Books about ballet dancers are, invariably, books about growing up. Whether it is a young child desperate to win a place at a ballet school, a ballerina escaping from a dangerous relationship, or a memoir about finding a sense of belonging in the dance world, ballet books return again and again... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2024-10-04 11:05:00 UTC ]
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Increasing number of black authors forced to self-publish or promote work on social media, says Selina BrownThe founder of a book festival celebrating black authors has said they are “forced” to pave their own way into the publishing world because of a lack of diversity within the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2024-10-02 16:06:33 UTC ]
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