Widow, slaveholder, mother of our first president

Mary Ball Washington’s life was marked by family deaths and financial hardship, Martha Saxton writes. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

[ The Washington Post | 2019-07-25 12:42:38 UTC ]

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Widow, slaveholder, mother of our first president

Mary Ball Washington’s life was marked by family deaths and financial hardship, Martha Saxton writes. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2019-07-25 12:42:38 UTC ]
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In “All My Mother’s Lovers,” a Mother’s Secret Letters Reveal Her Secret Life

Not to sound like an assistant district attorney from SVU, but it is beyond a shadow of a doubt that acclaimed essayist and book critic Ilana Masad has carved a prominent space for herself in the realm of mother-daughter literature with her debut novel, All My Mother’s Lovers. It sits upon a... Continue reading at Electric Literature

[ Electric Literature | 2020-06-22 11:00:00 UTC ]
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T&F Callanan becomes PA president, Shelley vice-president

Annie Callanan, c.e.o. of Taylor & Francis, has been elected president of the Publishers Association (PA) and vowed to demonstrate the “value and opportunity that publishers provide to society”. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-15 17:06:00 UTC ]
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Finding My Literary Style (with a Little Help From My Mother)

I wear my mother’s cropped grey jacket to the book launch party in LA. Her navy blazer with pinstripes to my book reading in Brooklyn. Her leopard print scarf on my way to introduce Jennifer Egan at Carnegie Library in Pittsburgh. In Seattle, Corte Madera, Kansas City, I wear her thin platinum... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2024-10-28 08:56:53 UTC ]
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Diddy and Kim Porter's children blast alleged memoir attributed to their late mother

Kim Porter's children take aim at a purported memoir detailing her relationship with Sean 'Diddy' Combs: 'Claims that our mom wrote a book are simply untrue.' Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2024-09-25 18:22:50 UTC ]
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Tracy O’Neill’s Mid-Pandemic Search for Her Birth Mother Became A Globe-Trotting Memoir

Tracy O’Neill’s Woman of Interest is a quest memoir: a voyage there and back, out and in. The book recounts the author’s search for her birth mother during the frightening heights of covid, “a pandemic that had miniaturized life.” Enlisting the help of a PI named Joe, a former CIA operative,... Continue reading at Electric Literature

[ Electric Literature | 2024-09-13 11:00:00 UTC ]
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President Obama's 2024 Summer Reading List, Reviewed

Check out what 'PW' had to say about the books on the former president's much-anticipated annual summer reading list. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Sam Helmick Named ALA President for 2025-2026

Helmick, who is community and access services coordinator at Iowa City Public Library, steps in after Ray Pun, who won the election for ALA president in March, announced last month that he was stepping down for health reasons. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Tim Holman Promoted to Orbit President and Publisher

Holman launched Orbit, Hachette Book Group's SFF division, in 2007, publishing such authors as N.K. Jemison and Andrzej Sapkowski. In his new role, he will continue to report to HBG CEO David Shelley, who said the division is currently having its "most successful period ever" following "two... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Regina Brooks Named AALA President

The founder and CEO of Serendipity Literary Agency has been elected to lead the Association of American Literary Agents, succeeding Jennifer Weltz of JVNLA. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Matthew Kissner Named President and CEO of Wiley

Kissner, who was named interim CEO of Wiley last October following the resignation of Brian Napack, has had the interim title removed, taking over as president and CEO. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Alice Munro's daughter reveals sexual abuse by stepfather, says mother stayed silent

Canadian author Alice Munro, who died in May, allegedly 'chose to stay with, and protect' husband Gerald Fremlin, who pleaded guilty to 'indecently assaulting' her daughter. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2024-07-08 23:36:30 UTC ]
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10 New Books for Mother’s Day

With Mother's Day fast approaching, perhaps you have forgotten to get a gift for the mother or maternal figure in your life—or perhaps you are a mother and are mulling the multivarious meanings of motherhood. If either is true, perhaps this list is for you. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Panel Mania: 'Single Mothering' by Anna Härmälä

Anna Härmälä’s new graphic novel, 'Single Mothering,' offers an all too reliable, often hilarious account of the social and emotional challenges facing single mothers. An eight-page excerpt. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
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PEN President Jennifer Finney Boylan Announces Plans to Review PEN’s Work Going Back a Decade

PEN America has faced an enormous amount of criticism from the literary world for, among other things, failing to call Israel’s six-month assault on Gaza a genocide, and is now facing a wave of withdrawals from two of its signature events, the literary awards and the World Voices Festival. In... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2024-04-18 14:26:32 UTC ]
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Crystal Hana Kim on Writing as a Mother, the Korean Diaspora, and How to Structure a Page-Turner

I first met Crystal Hana Kim at Women and Children First Bookstore in Chicago in 2017 for a book event, just after she just won the 2017 PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers. She greeted me with warm enthusiasm and we spoke about Korean history. Her debut novel, If You Leave... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2024-04-02 08:54:17 UTC ]
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