We, Too, Sing America: Poetry 2020

Tommy Pico, Layli Long Soldier, and others show that Native American poetry contains multitudes. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-03 04:00:00 UTC ]

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2 Literary Novels Find the Poetry in Animal Rescue

A Nobel laureate and a future publisher play major roles in Margarita Engle’s “Singing With Elephants” and Michael Morpurgo’s “The Puffin Keeper.” Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2022-06-03 04:06:53 UTC ]
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‘I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings’ Review: A Life Too Simplified

This New York City Children’s Theater adaptation of Maya Angelou’s celebrated memoir faces the challenge of faithfully telling a story that encompasses a great deal of pain. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2022-05-25 20:59:11 UTC ]
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Newly Published, From Palestinian Poetry to Stories on Reproductive Freedom

A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2022-05-20 20:53:25 UTC ]
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Printing fake news, this editor helped push America into World War I

Providence Journal editor John Revelstoke Rathom also had a fake biography, writes journalist Mark Arsenault. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2022-05-20 12:00:53 UTC ]
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IPA’s Al Qasimi in Latin America: Empowerment for Women

The president of the International Publishers Association stresses the need to develop women's roles in world publishing. The post IPA’s Al Qasimi in Latin America: Empowerment for Women appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2022-05-12 01:34:36 UTC ]
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Poetry matters. Two new books remind us why.

Edward Hirsch’s “The Heart of American Poetry” and Brad Leithauser’s “Rhyme’s Rooms: The Architecture of Poetry” give reason to slow down and savor language Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2022-04-27 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Conservative Publishing in America Today

Former Regnery Books president and publisher Marji Ross argues that conservative publishers, after finding their voice and audience, now face challenges to being heard. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-04-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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“I Trust Nothing But Music.” Valzhyna Mort on the Patient Listening of Writing Poetry

My first encounter with Valzhyna Mort’s work was Collected Body, her second book of poems released in America, which I picked off a shelf in a bookstore in Upstate New York. As its title suggests, the collection explores the body as a conflicted site of desire and repulsion, mythology and... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2022-04-13 08:51:54 UTC ]
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Treva B. Lindsey’s ‘America, Goddam’ Explores How State And Sexual Violence Impact Black Women

Invoking #SayHerName, this new book fuses together history, data and first-person stories to envision a world free of violence. Continue reading at The Huffington Post

[ The Huffington Post | 2022-04-11 14:10:48 UTC ]
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First Issue of Captain America Comic Book Sells For $3.1 Million

With the sale, Captain America joined Superman and Spider-Man in having debut issues that topped $3 million at auction. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2022-04-08 13:21:14 UTC ]
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PEN America Report Documents Massive Spike in Book Bans

The new report finds an astonishing 1,586 book bans and restrictions in 86 school districts across 26 states, targeting some 1,145 unique book titles. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-04-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
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America's Biggest Publishers Keep Posting a Profit

The four of the Big Five publishers to release their financial results publicly all saw strong increases in earnings in 2022. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-04-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Watch the dramatic new trailer for Where the Crawdads Sing.

The book that spent 150—yes, 150!—weeks on the New York Times bestseller list is coming to theaters this July. The movie adaptation for Delia Owens’ Where the Crawdads Sing finally has a shiny new trailer! You know Daisy Edgar-Jones from Hulu’s Normal People adaptation, but now she tests her... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2022-03-22 17:05:44 UTC ]
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A Time of Renewal For America’s Libraries

With more than 4,000 library workers and advocates expected to attend, library leaders say this week's Public LIbrary Association conference, the largest in-person library gathering since February 2020, feels like a sign of renewal. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
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A memoir of family, race, poetry and stereo systems

Garrett Hongo tells a coming-of-age story wrapped in his love of writing and music, and recounts his lifelong quest for the perfect audio equipment. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2022-03-18 12:00:15 UTC ]
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The year, and the election, that set America’s path for the 21st century

The events of 2000, including the disputed election and the 9/11 hijackers' preparations, "broke" America, Andrew Rice argues. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2022-03-18 12:00:11 UTC ]
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For mixed-descent people on America’s frontier, acceptance and suspicion

Historian Anne F. Hyde examines intermarriage among tribes, and between Indigenous people and Whites, and the challenges these families faced. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2022-03-11 13:00:33 UTC ]
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From the Archive: March 30, 2020

In March 2020, PW was racing to keep up with the changes to the industry unleashed by the start of the Covid pandemic. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Imagination, Reality, and Two Very Different Americas

Qian Julie Wang’s debut memoir Beautiful Country is a compelling and intimate portrait of  an undocumented childhood. Much like Betty Smith’s A Tree Grows In Brooklyn and Frank McCourt’s Angela’s Ashes, we are carried into the heart and mind of a child: this time, a young, undocumented girl in... Continue reading at Electric Literature

[ Electric Literature | 2022-03-10 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Dancing with Words: The Poetry of Jean-Baptiste Para, by Alice-Catherine Carls

Essay Para on Lake Baikal in southern Siberia / Photo courtesy of the author Editorial note: “Siberian Romance,” a suite of Para’s poems, accompanies this introductory essay. Born in 1956, Jean-Baptiste Para is a poet, art critic, essayist,... Continue reading at World Literature Today

[ World Literature Today | 2022-03-08 19:30:36 UTC ]
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