BREAKING NEWS: Books (2)
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BREAKING NEWS: Books (2)Respective post owners and feed distributorsWed, 08 Nov 2017 23:55:29 +0000Feed Informer http://feed.informer.com/Satire and Sensitivity
https://www.nybooks.com/online/2025/04/08/satire-and-sensitivity-zakiya-dalila-harris/
The New York Review of Books
urn:uuid:d2268b4e-5412-457a-72b8-fbf1b03c7a91Tue, 08 Apr 2025 12:00:00 +0000<img src="https://www.nybooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Zakiya-Harris.webp" />What happens when editors become the subject of satire? Zakiya Dalila Harris, who began her career as an assistant editor at Knopf Doubleday, is the author of the 2021 novel The Other Black Girl, a work of speculative fiction whose protagonist, Nella, is the only black girl, or OBG, to work as an assistant editor […]Honoring Jackie Robinson
https://www.cbcbooks.org/2025/04/08/honoring-jackie-robinson/
Children's Book Council
urn:uuid:ae0b509d-e50f-4c28-9ddf-8b1aa465901bTue, 08 Apr 2025 11:00:00 +0000Celebrate Jackie Robinson Day on April 15th with these fun, informative books.
<p>Jackie Robinson Day is a traditional event which occurs annually on April 15, commemorating and honoring the day Jackie Robinson made his major league baseball debut. Here is a list of books for young readers about the life and importance of this trailblazing figure in American history.</p>
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<p><strong><a href="https://shop.scholastic.com/teachers-ecommerce/teacher/books/jackie-robinson-9780545540063.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Jackie Robinson: American Hero</a></strong>, by Sharon Robinson (Scholastic) — Biography / Memoir, BIPOC Characters and Creators, Sports / Games / Recreation, History, ages 7-12.</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://shop.scholastic.com/teachers-ecommerce/teacher/books/promises-to-keep-9780439678759.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America</a></strong>, by Sharon Robinson (Scholastic) — Biography / Memoir, Sports / Games / Recreation, Social Activism / Equality / Feminism, History, ages 7-12.</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://shop.scholastic.com/parent-ecommerce/books/stealing-home-the-story-of-jackie-robinson-9780590425605.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Stealing Home: The Story of Jackie Robinson</a></strong>, by Barry Denenberg (Scholastic / Scholastic Paperbacks) — Biography / Memoir, History, BIPOC Characters and Creators, Sports / Games / Recreation, ages 7-12.</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://shop.scholastic.com/teachers-ecommerce/teacher/books/testing-the-ice-9780545285483.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Testing the Ice: A True Story About Jackie Robinson</a></strong>, by Sharon Robinson; illustrated by Nelson Kadir (Scholastic) — Biography / Memoir, BIPOC Characters and Creators, Sports / Games / Recreation, Family / Community, ages 7-12.</p>
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urn:uuid:7807d1e9-ee97-93e9-04db-d7a33f7ef1edTue, 08 Apr 2025 05:00:00 +0000<b>Words with Wings and Magic Things</b> is sure to inspire readers to seek bold and courageous adventures. Many will likely even pick up a pen and create their own poetry.Don’t Trust Fish
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urn:uuid:73e68edd-8743-a060-dce5-8d55408b6d17Tue, 08 Apr 2025 05:00:00 +0000Don’t Trust Fish is an educational and highly entertaining delight, sure to inspire interest in oceanography and ichthyology—and lots of rereads.“Tales from the Dawn-Lit Mountains” by Subi Taba
https://asianreviewofbooks.com/tales-from-the-dawn-lit-mountains-by-subi-taba/
urn:uuid:df0edd67-2bc5-3dc5-cb04-83f6ad06aeb7Mon, 07 Apr 2025 22:00:29 +0000Once upon a time, “storytellers” (who predate writers by a great margin) were respected members of the communities […]<p class="intro"><span class="dropcap">O</span>nce upon a time, “storytellers” (who predate writers by a great margin) were respected members of the communities they served: entertainers, yes, but also playing a crucial role in preserving memories and lore by retelling old stories and creating new ones. If the blood of this tradition doesn’t actually run in Subi Taba’s veins, she is at the very least a vehicle for its spirit.</p>
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<p><i>Tales from the Dawn-Lit Mountains</i>, she writes in the acknowledgments</p>
<p> </p>
<h5>is a souvenir of my life in the hills. I was born in Arunachal Pradesh, a state resting in the lap of distant, impenetrable mountains of the eastern Himalayas. The stories in this collection are shaped by the hilly terrains of Arunachal Pradesh, stirred by the mountain rivers, flavoured by the harvests of the soil and tempered by the tribal people living in the isolated hinterlands under the shadows of magic and realism.</h5>
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<p>The stories are not so much “about” tribal people as “from” them, or at least it feels that way. Underlying the stories is a world of tribal feuds, shamans and headhunters, ghosts, curses, spirits of plants as well as animals and people, hornbills, magic pythons and vengeful tigers, poisoned arrows, mountains, forests and rivers. Conveying this world from the inside rather than voyeuristically is no mean feat, but Subi Taba writes with aplomb.</p>
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<h5>The trail of my macabre memory floats with the heavy, steady flight of the oldest living eagle in our village. It stays hidden in the heart of the hollock grove beneath our village hills. The tattoos etched on my body are the cartography of my killings. The miniature brass heads adorned in my necklace are the totems of a prized warrior. A headhunter.</h5>
<p> </p>
<p>As the collection progress, into this world which exists largely outside time, Subi Taba begins to introduce more modern elements, an American missionary, village schools, buses (as seen through tribal eyes):</p>
<p> </p>
<h5>Across the serpentine pathway, a gigantic box-like structure was crawling and honking. It came to a screeching halt amid a thick swirl of dust. Humans carrying small bags and baskets ran towards it…</h5>
<p> </p>
<p class="intro">as well as provincial officials; smartphones and even WhatsApp.</p>
<p> </p>
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<p class="intro">Subi Taba can be tender as well as graphic and violent. A widow, still young, remembers her husband:</p>
<p> </p>
<h5>The ghosts of the past crept into her dreams like a silent scuttling spider with beady eyes. She and her husband are newly married, alive and breathing together inside a boathouse floating on a small lake. It is nighttime. The waterfowls have stopped quacking, the frogs have stopped croaking, and all the worldly distractions have slunk away like unattended lovers… Below their bed, under the web of reeds and water hyacinths, the fish are eavesdropping on their conversations and swim away mouthing bubbly poesies to each other under the faint glow of the moonlight.</h5>
<p> </p>
<p>She is also a dab hand at satire, as in “Python Man” (which reads rather like a tribal take on the Brothers Grimm’s “Seven at One Blow”) in which a man who find a dead giant python and taken credit for killing, becomes a social media sensation, only to be come up against conservation regulations (better those, however, that the spirits of dead animals which plague humans in other stories).</p>
<p>It’s not that there is no politics in the collection, but it is rarely overt. There are some unctious officials, but most of oppression and violence is intra-tribal rather than something from outside. Her point, if she is making one, is holistic.</p>
<p>The collection ends with “A Man from China”, perhaps the most traditional story in the collection in that it contains no magic realism at all. A local man found himself long ago on the other side of the border and ended up settling down in Tibet and marrying a local girl who “looked like a white lotus in the breeze”, with whom he has a daughter. He is jailed for, in effect, not having papers; once he is out, he finds his wife had married his best friend and had a son. He decides to return to Arunachal Pradesh, crossing by way of “the snow-capped ranges of Mount Namcha Barwa, with its sharp edges jutting out towards the sky.”</p>
<p> </p>
<p class="intro">There is not much to fault in this wide and varied debut collection. The opening story ”A Night With The Tiger” which is, presumably, the earliest, is the least polished despite nevertheless having won the New Asian Writing Short Story Competition in 2020. They stories get progressively (even) better. The use of footnotes in fiction is usually something to be avoided, and there are more than a few here, perhaps unnecessarily since the author elsewhere makes the meaning of local terms clear in the text. The rather striking black and white illustrations are perhaps unnecessary; her powers of description suffice.</p>
<p>Subi Taba is a strong and original voice with evident empathy with her characters and sympathy with their tribulations. Her evocation of a pre-modern time is reminiscent of <a href="https://asianreviewofbooks.com/?s=Alexander+Grigorenko">Alexander Grigorenko</a>’s novels of the Siberian taiga. Perhaps she’ll turn her skills to something longer and even more immersive.</p>
<hr><h6>Peter Gordon is editor of the Asian Review of Books.</h6>
Europe’s ‘ThinkPub’ Project: Cross-Border Collaboration
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/04/thinkpub/
Publishing Perspectives
urn:uuid:f9f34c94-75e9-c6f3-fd16-750201ac4102Mon, 07 Apr 2025 21:21:39 +0000<p>From last week at Bologna Children's Book Fair: 'Tailored Training for Publishers' was a ThinkPub presentation.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/04/thinkpub/">Europe’s ‘ThinkPub’ Project: Cross-Border Collaboration</a> appeared first on <a href="https://publishingperspectives.com">Publishing Perspectives</a>.</p>
Bodour Al Qasimi: Booksellers ‘Strengthening Positions’
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/04/bodour-al-qasimi-opens-sharjah-booksellers-conference/
Publishing Perspectives
urn:uuid:0af50535-ecc5-23a1-6034-c2e06204478eMon, 07 Apr 2025 19:37:10 +0000<p>Bodour Al Qasimi highlights booksellers' 'strategic thinking, financial literacy, digital fluency, customer insight, community leadership.'</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/04/bodour-al-qasimi-opens-sharjah-booksellers-conference/">Bodour Al Qasimi: Booksellers ‘Strengthening Positions’</a> appeared first on <a href="https://publishingperspectives.com">Publishing Perspectives</a>.</p>
Interrupting The Spiral
https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/07/interrupting-the-spiral/
Whatever
urn:uuid:679a0158-be9f-b0be-af3b-881be531a6a3Mon, 07 Apr 2025 18:22:08 +0000Hey there. Things are pretty bad right now. It’s scary out there, and the horrors certainly do seem to persist, don’t they? It’s really easy (and completely valid) to start to spiral in these unprecedented times. I have had an intense spiraling issue for years now, and in case you’re unfamiliar with the term, spiraling is […]<p><strong><img data-recalc-dims="1" fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="48640" data-permalink="https://whatever.scalzi.com/2023/08/01/a-spoiler-free-review-of-barbie/whsathenas2/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/whatever.scalzi.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/WHSAthenaS2.jpg?fit=225%2C337&ssl=1" data-orig-size="225,337" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="WHSAthenaS2" data-image-description="<p>Athena</p>
" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/whatever.scalzi.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/WHSAthenaS2.jpg?fit=200%2C300&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/whatever.scalzi.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/WHSAthenaS2.jpg?fit=225%2C337&ssl=1" class="alignright size-full wp-image-48640" src="https://i0.wp.com/whatever.scalzi.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/WHSAthenaS2.jpg?resize=225%2C337&ssl=1" alt="" width="225" height="337" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/whatever.scalzi.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/WHSAthenaS2.jpg?w=225&ssl=1 225w, https://i0.wp.com/whatever.scalzi.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/WHSAthenaS2.jpg?resize=200%2C300&ssl=1 200w" sizes="(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px" />Hey there.</strong> Things are pretty bad right now. It’s scary out there, and the horrors certainly do seem to persist, don’t they? It’s really easy (and completely valid) to start to spiral in these <em>unprecedented </em>times.</p>
<p>I have had an intense spiraling issue for years now, and in case you’re unfamiliar with the term, spiraling is when you think of something, and then think and think and continue to think in a downward spiral until you have sufficiently made yourself extremely depressed.</p>
<p>Looking at the news, doom-scrolling, all of that good stuff leads pretty easily into spiraling when you start thinking about the state of the world for too long.</p>
<p>For me, a lot of my spiraling revolves around thinking about terrible things happening to my loved ones, and I often fall down the spiral until I end up making myself cry picturing their funeral, my life without them, etc.</p>
<p>But I also tend to fall down the political spiral and state of the world spiral these days, too. Lots of spirals going on and none of them are good.</p>
<p>So, a long time ago in therapy, my therapist taught me how to interrupt the spiral, and I thought it might be helpful for some of you, too.</p>
<p>The solution is a lot simpler than I imagined. Distract yourself. That’s really all there is to it. You’re hyper-fixated on thoughts you can’t stop yourself from having, so you just have to forcefully push other thoughts into your brain.</p>
<p>For me, doing something like watching a movie or listening to music used to be pretty sufficient, I could just focus on whatever media I threw onto the closest screen in front of me. Lately, though, I just seem to tune out the media and continue down the spiral, but now with <em>Megamind </em>on in the background.</p>
<p>The thing that seems to work the best, and quickest, for me lately is cleaning. Cleaning is not something that I particularly like to do, in fact I’d say I struggle with it. I hate doing dishes. I hate folding laundry. They’re not things I enjoy doing. <em>But </em>they are things that when I do, I am fully focused on and they take up all of my brain space.</p>
<p>I get so focused on scrubbing dishes and folding shirts just right, that I find I’m no longer thinking at all about what made me upset in the first place. And, as an extra bonus, now I have done chores that I otherwise would’ve struggled with.</p>
<p><em>And, </em>it turns out that being productive, moving your body, and cleaning up your environment makes you feel better mentally! How wild is that. So really, it’s a win-win situation for me.</p>
<p>But the best part about this advice is that you can distract yourself with whatever works for you. It doesn’t have to be cleaning, maybe you could knit or crochet, or cook a meal, or take your dog for a walk. Anything to get your brain out of the spiral, and focused on something else.</p>
<p>I know it sounds like obvious advice, like <em>yes </em>obviously not thinking about the thing that is upsetting you is helpful, but I still needed to hear it. I needed to hear that I have to actually <em>do</em> something in order to stop thinking about it, it won’t just go away on its own no matter how much you think it will.</p>
<p>So, I hope you find this helpful, or that you were ahead of the curve and have already been implementing strategies that work for you. Either way, the horrors persist, but so do we.</p>
<p>-AMS</p>
Most Americans want to read more books. We just don't.
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/07/nx-s1-5333652/books-reading-poll
Book News & Features
urn:uuid:de26392d-33da-7907-9ebe-d01b47b15f85Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:36:29 +0000When we worry about the declining rates of literacy and a lack of reading skills, it's often about children. But how often are adults reading these days? And what are we reading? A new NPR/Ipsos poll finds out.<img src='undefined' alt='undefined'/><p>When we worry about the declining rates of literacy and a lack of reading skills, it's often about children. But how often are adults reading these days? And what are we reading? A new NPR/Ipsos poll finds out.</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5333652' />'All Boys Aren't Blue' tops the ALA's list of most challenged books
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/07/nx-s1-5354808/banned-books-library-most-challenged
Book News & Features
urn:uuid:c3828bc7-3ebd-3882-37ea-3b45b90c00e9Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:28:12 +0000Organized pressure groups, not individual parents, are leading the fight to remove books from shelves, according to a new report from the American Library Association.<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3000x2000+0+0/resize/3000x2000!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F78%2F37%2F9763a8f849dfaee0170a1ad77adc%2Fap25036773531053.jpg' alt='According to the American Library Association, organized groups are behind the push to censor books in libraries.'/><p>Organized pressure groups, not individual parents, are leading the fight to remove books from shelves, according to a new report from the American Library Association.</p><p>(Image credit: Rebecca Boone)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5354808' />How Do Authors Avoid Book Marketing PTSD?
https://bookmarketingbuzzblog.blogspot.com/2025/04/how-do-authors-avoid-book-marketing-ptsd.html
BookMarketingBuzzBlog
urn:uuid:a873407b-c676-f587-d754-8165837d9047Mon, 07 Apr 2025 12:58:00 +0000<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5lMFiC3Al628A-Kx44-_QWWVj-mPnuKTUZQrExwun9XNR40_vUoq3X-kEviJylK2C86wJ7LylxgOay4Juf-sY2M1fl5MCWRW2jrOWJdW1FDq0arFQqQQz9XeeKIQFgk7UJRHmZaOIEPdSFjnYVpK4N_C_yGyTJxHAglVtcIVIuDRqrSacmB1H_Eez48AR/s612/istockphoto-183859944-612x612.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="408" data-original-width="612" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5lMFiC3Al628A-Kx44-_QWWVj-mPnuKTUZQrExwun9XNR40_vUoq3X-kEviJylK2C86wJ7LylxgOay4Juf-sY2M1fl5MCWRW2jrOWJdW1FDq0arFQqQQz9XeeKIQFgk7UJRHmZaOIEPdSFjnYVpK4N_C_yGyTJxHAglVtcIVIuDRqrSacmB1H_Eez48AR/w387-h257/istockphoto-183859944-612x612.jpg" width="387" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.1in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.1in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Any
author who has promoted a book likely experienced a gamut of emotions, from
fear, anxiety, and depression to ecstasy, happiness, and fulfillment. But so
many were left to feel a bit beaten by the process that’s needed to market
one’s book successfully. These writers have <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Book Marketing PTSD.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.1in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>How
can authors re-group and find the strength to promote their next book
effectively</b>?</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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your book. Repeat those things. For things that did not go well, examine why,
and determine if and how you would take a second shot at doing those things.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Take note of your
concerns - your biggest fears and disappointments. Confront them. Get to the
bottom of why you feel this way and determine a strategy to defeat them. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Think back at how prior
losses or traumatic events in your life were dealt with. Is something holding
you back in life, not just with your book marketing, that requires therapy,
even medication?</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">See the optimistic side
to life, how your book marketing efforts could get lucky and actually yield the
wins that you seek. Keep hope alive. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.1in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman"; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Remind yourself of how
you were able to meet past challenges, defeat bullying forces, and dismiss
negative thoughts. Embrace your strength, resources, and network to help you
pull through your book marketing. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.1in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman"; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Spend your time
efficiently- take action rather than dwell on contemplating what to do. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.1in; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo6; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman"; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Find someone or
something that grounds you and gives you joy. Lean on your comfort compass to
get through any book marketing challenges. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.1in; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo7; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman"; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Remember why you write
your book in the first place. Recapture that go-get-’em spirit and put your
heart, mind, and efforts into marketing your book, just as you did to write
your book. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.1in; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo8; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman"; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Give yourself permission
to succeed and to start fresh with your next book. Your past does not have to
be your future. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.1in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.1in;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Authors, stop letting yourself:</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .6in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.1in 0in 0.6in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l10 level1 lfo9; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman"; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Get caught up in
anticipatory grief </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .6in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.1in 0in 0.6in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l10 level1 lfo9; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman"; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Constantly remember your
failures </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .6in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.1in 0in 0.6in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l10 level1 lfo9; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatu Being a librarian was already hard. Then came the Trump administration
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urn:uuid:c7b73fbf-c137-ee00-268a-566677a7c81fMon, 07 Apr 2025 11:00:00 +0000 For many librarians, the stakes of the job are high – they're facing burnout, book bans, legislation pushed by rightwing groups, and providing essential resources in an effort to fill gaps in the US's social safety net.
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Now, as Donald Trump's administration rolls out their agenda, many librarians are describing his policies as "catastrophic" to accessing information and the libraries themselves – institutions considered fundamental to democracy.Midnight Motorbike
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urn:uuid:501a916b-a4e4-9807-d669-927f152ace32Mon, 07 Apr 2025 05:00:00 +0000Maureen Shay Tajsar and Ishita Jain’s <b>Midnight Motorbike</b> is an exciting and ultimately comforting ode to adventure, observation and love.Home is a Wish
https://www.bookpage.com/reviews/home-is-a-wish-julia-kuo-book-review/
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urn:uuid:1c495f46-8b0b-3b35-a669-522b20ce5c9dMon, 07 Apr 2025 05:00:00 +0000<b>Home Is a Wish</b> is a gorgeous book that allows readers to feel both the emotions of displacement and the comforts of home.Anatomy of an Andrea Long Chu takedown
https://www.bookpage.com/interviews/andrea-long-chu-interview-authority/
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urn:uuid:abe0a136-22e0-2afa-dc0f-807d506d144aMon, 07 Apr 2025 05:00:00 +0000The Pulitzer Prize-winning critic thinks of her blistering critiques as an “aggressive form of friendship.” Interview With Author Sulaiman Hamed
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urn:uuid:bab379f8-4b97-c22a-3d7b-3f7fb7c17b87Sun, 06 Apr 2025 23:23:00 +0000<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgROZT-6v3hJVn5R8UqohDMcqui2GdEypwW7BZuVLxHpPlUP56ffO2UaQbuv-XJjiX2t7kjh4g9ocEy_Fc8mKs-xf3sKqoYuU6yE0_OuXGVWXU8PBFuf6NGB-u4dZQQu68x3RE7vBeRL23ntOc1_CCJWpHEdPesbznLVpZXaJAgO3SPiv0phUYK1QO-ODdZ/s445/51wkcewiRJL._SY445_SX342_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="279" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgROZT-6v3hJVn5R8UqohDMcqui2GdEypwW7BZuVLxHpPlUP56ffO2UaQbuv-XJjiX2t7kjh4g9ocEy_Fc8mKs-xf3sKqoYuU6yE0_OuXGVWXU8PBFuf6NGB-u4dZQQu68x3RE7vBeRL23ntOc1_CCJWpHEdPesbznLVpZXaJAgO3SPiv0phUYK1QO-ODdZ/s320/51wkcewiRJL._SY445_SX342_.jpg" width="201" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 32.15pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What inspired you to write this book? </span><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Happiness, positivity, productivity and
growth.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 32.15pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What exactly is
it about — and who is it written for? </span><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It is about winning the highest level of
succusses and growth in modern-day life through transformational and
motivational ways of finding Joy and acting on It.</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What do you hope
readers will get out of reading your book? </span><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Life changes from one level to another world
of growth, success and development in shaping wealth and happiness.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo4; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How did you decide on
your book’s title and cover design? </span><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As my life approaches and daily bases growth
in transformational and motivational phases of authentic growth by the novel.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo5; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What advice or words
of wisdom do you have for fellow writers – other than run!? </span><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Keep the run with the impact and growth of
others and your lives in such a way that making every matter fact change.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo6; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Were there experiences
in your personal life or career that came in handy when writing this
book? </span><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Learning from each experience as precious
growth for the next.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo7; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How would you describe
your writing style? Which writers or books is your writing similar to? </span><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Persuasive in the descriptive picture that
covers expository in a simple way of reasoning and sparking the mind from the
narrative. Also, my book was a very genuine novel that was not quoted from
others, but my free time energetic novel work where authors were almost
affecting me as a successful writer.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo7; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo8; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How do you feel your
book compares to others in your genre? </span><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Having its own speciality, the way of the
novel, for example, the expression not as same the uniqueness is the key with
creativity in growth making it extremely exciting.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo9; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What challenges did
you overcome in the writing of this book? </span><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Time management in executing book within 3
months.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo10; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If people can buy or
read one book this week or month, why should it be yours? </span><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Because we are living the growth through a
modern era where the fact.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><u><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Author Bio</span></u></b><u><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></u><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sulaiman Hamed is a novel writer and job seeker who is searching
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Do You Need Book Marketing & PR Help?<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What inspired you to write this book?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I feel that there is a need to revive art
in America, now more than ever. The gradual loss of art and music
programs in schools due to budgetary constraints diminish how we see and
interact with the world. Poetry is one of the most beautiful ways to
combine art and music into relatable stories that stir emotions. To take
poetry to the next level requires great effort that is not easily found today;
creating a complete and epic story in rhyme. Delfi was created out of
love for epic poetry such as Wadsworth’s' "Hiawatha" and the
fantasy-adventure of Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings". It delivers
both the rhythm and emotion of poetry and the exhilaration of adventure and
expresses the true definition of courage; that courage isn't the absence of
fear but the willingness to face the challenge despite it.</span><span style="color: #0e2841; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What exactly is
it about — and who is it written for? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #215f9a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I wrote “Delfi” for all ages. It is a fast-paced fantasy
adventure in the ilk of “Lord of the Rings” but it is more than just an
adventure. It is also a coming-of-age story intertwined with deeper
lessons about love, heroism, and redemption. Synopsis: Once
upon a time, fairies and trolls roamed the world and mankind was a friend to
all. The world was at peace. Then, great battles ensued for the
right to rule the earth. Blackgaard, whose strength was unequaled and
whose greed was without bounds, vanquished all who stood before him. In
such a world in turmoil could two beings, as different as the sun and the moon,
find love and defeat the evil about to envelope them?
That.....is the story of Delfi</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What
do you hope readers will get out of reading your book?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #215f9a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I hope that readers will feel the emotion behind this
fantasy-adventure and identify with the main characters. The lessons that
can be learned from this book are that love comes to all who can hope and
dream, despite our differences and that being a hero is not something we strive
for, but is borne from the challenges we must face.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4. How did you decide on your book’s title and cover
design? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #215f9a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The title, “Delfi”, was derived from a dream I had about a
mythical kingdom and the cover was designed to depict love and hope in an
otherwise chaotic world.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What
advice or words of wisdom do you have for fellow writers – other than run!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #215f9a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">LOL! My advice is simple and direct. If you deeply
feel the passion of your creation, keep developing it until you can inspire
others to feel it too. Then rewrite it until no one wants to put your
book down.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Were there experiences in your
personal life or career that came in handy when writing this book? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Growing up in the Bronx, in a tough
neighborhood, was my motivation to overcome obstacles and realize my dreams to
reach the pinnacle of my career yet maintain the values that my parents
instilled in me.</span><span style="color: #0e2841; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How would you describe your writing style?
Which writers or books is your writing similar to?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’ve written across many genres,
including poetry, action-adventure novels, scientific books on health,
and even screenplays and musical comedies. I try not to mold myself after
anyone else’s style but, when it comes to fiction, I tend to develop a movie in
my head and then transcribe it to the written page.</span><span style="color: #0e2841; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><u><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">About
The Author:</span></u></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #215f9a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A modern-day Renaissance man; physician,
musician, poet, author, actor, photographer, and artist. Steve comes from a
long family line of singers, actors and artists. He is an internationally
renowned music composer and singer, with more than 120 songs recorded
world-wide. He has written many screenplays for both television and
motion pictures, a musical comedy called “The Pied Piper” and has published
books on poetry, photography, novels and healthcare. One of his
photographs, “Seattle Street”, hangs in the Mora Museum of International
Art. As a result of his achievements as an actor, author, poet and
composer, Steve is also a member of the Academy of Television Arts and
Sciences, the Screen Actors Guild and the American Society of Composers, Authors
and Publishers. writing a musical play of his own, entitled “The Pied Piper”.
For more info, please see: </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.stevearnoldmusic.com/" target="_blank"><span style="colo“Requiem and Other Poems” by Aharon Shabtai
https://asianreviewofbooks.com/requiem-and-other-poems-by-aharon-shabtai/
urn:uuid:bf3da13c-e85b-6f6a-71b6-82c14e05059dSun, 06 Apr 2025 22:00:42 +0000Renowned poet and Hebrew translator of Greek drama, Aharon Shabtai, now 85, has a new collection, Requiem and […]<p class="intro"><span class="dropcap">R</span>enowned poet and Hebrew translator of Greek drama, Aharon Shabtai, now 85, has a new collection, <i>Requiem and Other Poems</i>, translated by Peter Cole, that spans the early years of Israel to the days just after 7 October 2023. The book, although concise at just 87 pages, provides a vivid and comprehensive look at a writer who has spent his life promoting peace.</p>
<p>The book is centered around an epic poem set from the end of the British Mandate to the early years of the State of Israel. “Requiem”, from which the book takes its title, reads almost like the Homeric poems Shabtai has translated from Greek to Hebrew. It’s the highlight of the book, forms its second section, and is a lovely look at his childhood in Tel Aviv and the vibrancy of the streets he walked down each day. Shabtai penned this poem in 2022.</p>
<p> </p>
<h5>Look,</h5>
<h5>here’s Aharon</h5>
<h5>coming out</h5>
<h5>of school</h5>
<h5>bookbag on</h5>
<h5>his back</h5>
<h5>starting to flee</h5>
<h5>along Frischman</h5>
<h5>and down Frug</h5>
<h5>from the twins</h5>
<h5>Amiram and Giora</h5>
<p> <br />
But it’s not just these boys he needs to fear. In another section, his father strikes his back with a belt. A few pages later, he writes about fleeing to his kibbutz’s bomb shelter.</p>
<p> </p>
<h5>Life begins</h5>
<h5>with a siren</h5>
<h5>in the middle of the night,</h5>
<h5>with all of the neighbors</h5>
<h5>descending</h5>
<h5>to the shelter</h5>
<h5>beneath the ground</h5>
<h5>and afterwards climbing</h5>
<h5>back up and dispersing</h5>
<h5>and then as usual</h5>
<h5>coming back</h5>
<p> <br />
Shabtai’s father works as a carpenter and is part of the largest trade union, the </p>
<h5>We sing</h5>
<h5>Russian songs</h5>
<h5>“Wide and mighty,</h5>
<h5>O Dnipro, Dnipro”</h5>
<h5>And at home</h5>
<h5>father tears</h5>
<h5>down from the clothes closet</h5>
<h5>the pictures of Stalin</h5>
<p> </p>
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<p class="intro">The poem is bookended with a section that deals with 7 October 2023 and with how Shabtai views his final years and his death. The first section opens with “Tikkun”, which translates to “mending” in English. Shabtai wrote this page-long poem on 10 October 2023 with the message that mending this century-old conflict can only happen from:</p>
<p> </p>
<h5>someone opening their eyes,</h5>
<h5>someone who speaks with compassion,</h5>
<h5>someone listening</h5>
<h5>someone learning and wise</h5>
<h5>someone waiting and thinking</h5>
<h5>someone guiding someone</h5>
<h5>down a path of kindness, affection</h5>
<p> <br />
A few pages later, Shabtai has time to reflect on the war and pens four poems in February 2024 and one a year later in October 2024. One of the February 2024 poems, “On the Situation of the State”, criticizes “Good Benjy” for caring only about his own power, while “Curriculum Vitae” discusses the Shoah, or the mass murder of Jews during World War Two, and now the destruction on 7 October, the deadliest attack of Jews since. Shabtai was born in Tel Aviv in 1939, at the start of the War in Europe. In this poem, he writes:</p>
<p> </p>
<h5>I grew up</h5>
<h5>and then grew old,</h5>
<h5>my back is bent,</h5>
<h5>my eyes have settled on books.</h5>
<h5>Now darkness is falling</h5>
<h5>there in the window.</h5>
<p> </p>
<p class="intro">The final part of the book is short like the first and Shabtai uses it to reflect on the final chapter of his life. There’s a poem titled “The Quiet” in which he predicts the stillness of his home after he dies and one titled “From ‘Aharon’” which covers topics like death, oblivion, the end, fear, happiness, and balance, among others. In the last part about balance, he concludes:</p>
<p> </p>
<h5>And when it’s bad for Aharon,</h5>
<h5>when there is no love,</h5>
<h5>and the body’s weak and aching.</h5>
<h5>he prepares for death</h5>
<h5>Aharon will vanish</h5>
<h5>and there will be only Aharon’s poems</h5>
<p> <br />
This poem was written ten years ago and thankfully Shabtai is still around to see this collection in print. His poems are easy to understand and a good example of how poetry can beautifully depict one’s home, in good times and in bad.</p>
<hr><h6><a href="http://www.susanbkason.com/">Susan Blumberg-Kason</a> is the author of <em>Bernardine’s Shanghai Salon: The Story of the Doyenne of Old China</em>, <em>Good Chinese Wife: A Love Affair with China Gone Wrong</em> and <em>When Friends Come From Afar: The Remarkable Story of Bernie Wong and Chicago’s Chinese American Service League</em>.</h6>
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