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Reflections on brownness, stories about migrant workers and queer immigrants, postcolonial poems — and more.Thursday, September 16, 2021 from NYT > Books
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.Thursday, September 16, 2021 from NYT > Books
There are novels about Black boys finding joy, nervy thrillers, fantasies filled with magic, angsty romances and much, much more.Thursday, September 16, 2021 from NYT > Books
In recent years, a strong interest in books on race and racism has accelerated. Authors, agents and editors are anxious to see how they do.Thursday, September 16, 2021 from NYT > Books
The first major study of Oscar Wilde in decades, the conclusion of a “magisterial” series on Pablo Picasso, and more.Thursday, September 16, 2021 from Guardian Unlimited Books
The Invisible Host, a 1930 murder mystery by two US journalists, has remarkable parallels with Christie’s most successful work A group of guests are invited to a party but, when they arrive, their mysterious host tells them by broadcast...Thursday, September 16, 2021 from NYT > Books
“The 1619 Project” expands its Pulitzer Prize-winning argument about our nation’s origins, Huma Abedin reflects on her life, and other titles imagine our post-Covid future.Thursday, September 16, 2021 from NYT > Books
Martha S. Jones, a professor at Johns Hopkins University, will write four books for Basic Books, starting with an exploration of the history and legacy of slavery’s sexual violence.Thursday, September 16, 2021 from NYT > Books
Watch for new memoirs from Gabrielle Union and Alan Cumming, Jamie Foxx’s reflections on parenthood, Patricia Highsmith’s diaries and more.Thursday, September 16, 2021 from NYT > Books
New novels from Jonathan Franzen and Anthony Doerr, a political thriller by Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny, a Korean murder mystery — and more.Thursday, September 16, 2021 from NYT > Books
A deeply reported look at the woman behind Roe vs. Wade, an investigation of lawbreaking animals, another hilarious essay collection from Phoebe Robinson — and more.Thursday, September 16, 2021 from NYT > Books
Look for reflections from Katie Couric, Stanley Tucci and Joy Harjo — and more.Thursday, September 16, 2021 from USATODAY - Books Top Stories
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The author of “All the Light We Cannot See” has a new novel, “Cloud Cuckoo Land,” that seeks to tell a sprawling story linking past, present and future.Thursday, September 16, 2021 from NYT > Books
In this world filled, sometimes, with more breakdowns than breaks, it feels sometimes an anachronism to hear anybody say they love somebody deeply.Thursday, September 16, 2021 from NYT > Books
Three new memoirs traverse the rocky terrain between illness and everyday life.Thursday, September 16, 2021 from NYT > Books
A murder mystery on a London houseboat, a 16th-century Pacific voyage, and a deep dive into humans’ relationships with animals.Thursday, September 16, 2021 from NYT > Books
Four new titles either allude to the elusive commodity or grab it by the shoulders and pin it onto the page.Thursday, September 16, 2021 from NYT > Books
“They stopped speaking to him after he wrote some pretty cruel stuff about my mom in a story published in Esquire in 1975. I wouldn’t want Truman to stay very long though, and he couldn’t have any alcohol. Actually let’s make it Truman...Thursday, September 16, 2021 from Guardian Unlimited Books
From adoption to sexuality, early pregnancy to death, a palliative care doctor explores the discussions we often try to avoid “Right now, there is quite likely to be a conversation you are trying to avoid,” writes Kathryn Mannix in her...Thursday, September 16, 2021 from Books - Chicago Tribune
Dear Amy: I am in a relationship with a man my age. We share many interests and values. The problem, I believe, is his lack of respect for me.Thursday, September 16, 2021 from Good E-Reader - eBooks, Publishing and Comic News
Hisense has released the first HIFI Music Player with an E INK screen. This device has stereo speakers, which are both the same size and also a 3.5mm headphone jack. It will play lossless audio and you can load in popular formats such as...Thursday, September 16, 2021 from NYT > Books
In a sign of his concerns, the nation’s highest-ranking military officer also gathered commanders to remind them of the safeguards in the nuclear launch procedures.Thursday, September 16, 2021 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
Translations longlisted for the National Book Award have been recognized in stages of the International Booker, the Valle Inclán, and more. The post US National Book Award 2021 Longlist: Translated Literature appeared first on Publishing...Wednesday, September 15, 2021 from NYT > Books
Some seasonal constants (and variables).Wednesday, September 15, 2021 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
If you didn’t know already, this evening marks the beginning of Yom Kippur , or the Day of Atonement—“the holiest day in the Jewish calendar,” a time for fasting, confession, and prayer. In association with all of that, Mystery Fanfare’s...Wednesday, September 15, 2021 from NYT > Books
In “The Platform Delusion,” Jonathan Knee takes apart the magical aura that surrounds one of Silicon Valley’s biggest conceptual exports.Wednesday, September 15, 2021 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
These 10 longlisted titles include verse, illustration, and prose about gender, sexual identity, race, politics, family history, world events. The post US National Book Awards 2021 Longlist: Young People’s Literature appeared first...Wednesday, September 15, 2021 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
Postponed for three weeks on the order of health authorities, the Beijing International Book Fair is running this week. The post Beijing International Book Fair Now Open, After COVID-19 Delay appeared first on Publishing Perspectives .Wednesday, September 15, 2021 from NYT > Books
His Pulitzer-winning novel, “The Overstory,” left him so drained that he didn’t know whether he would write again. His new book, “Bewilderment,” came to him when he imagined a child talking to him in a forest.Wednesday, September 15, 2021 from NYT > Books
A grieving astrobiologist bemoans the state of the planet while raising his sensitive 9-year-old son in Powers’s new novel.Wednesday, September 15, 2021 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
The Börsenverein and federal interior ministry have opened 'Days of the Regions' with a jury's selection the 'Most Beautiful Regional Book.' The post Germany Honors Its ‘Most Beautiful Regional Book’ appeared first on...Wednesday, September 15, 2021 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
The longlist nominees for this year's National Book Awards are being announced over the course of the next few days — we'll have them all right here in a continuously updated post.Wednesday, September 15, 2021 from The eBook Reader Blog
There have been a lot of sales on dedicated reading devices lately, and now the 8-inch Kobo Forma has made the list. Right now the Kobo Forma is on sale at Amazon and Walmart for $219 with free shipping. That’s $30 off the regular...Wednesday, September 15, 2021 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
Ideas come out of anywhere, and for Amanda Jayatissa, the motivating spark of the novel My Sweet Girl came out of being really, really, really annoyed. Hey, whatever works. Here’s Jayatissa to fill you in on the circumstances and...Wednesday, September 15, 2021 from Books Features - Los Angeles Times
Nick Davis grew up with the Mankiewicz legend: great Herman and perfidious Joe. His new book, "Competing With Idiots," tells a more complicated storyWednesday, September 15, 2021 from NYT > Books
In her second memoir, “You Got Anything Stronger?,” the actor bares her struggles with fertility, rape, aging and grief.Wednesday, September 15, 2021 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
I woke this morning to the news that California governor Gavin Newsom has defeated the recall initiative against him, and apparently by a margin large enough that even committed conspiracists can’t make a claim that the vote was...Wednesday, September 15, 2021 from Books Features - Los Angeles Times
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Julia Alvarez's groundbreaking book has become a classic.Wednesday, September 15, 2021 from Books Features - Los Angeles Times
Vince Gilligan was so inspired by the profusion of fan art made in response to "Breaking Bad" and "Better Call Saul" that he turned it into a book.Wednesday, September 15, 2021 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
The final shortlist of six novels has been revealed for this year’s Booker Prize. As always, the lucky winners will be the readers. The final six includes debut novelist Patricia Lockwood with No One Is Talking About This. Damon...Wednesday, September 15, 2021 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
I make a living doing what many authors can’t or won’t do when it comes to marketing their brand and promoting their books. I have no incentive to tell you that you can do a lot more to help yourself, but hey, that is just the...Wednesday, September 15, 2021 from Guardian Unlimited Books
The 1952 work by the the Streetcar Named Desire playwright was found in Yale University’s archives As soon as he crossed the border into Italy, Tennessee Williams found his health was “magically restored”. “There was the sun and there...Wednesday, September 15, 2021 from Guardian Unlimited Books
The untruths we believe in all to easily drive books by authors from Shakespeare to F Scott Fitzgerald and Neil Gaiman Why do you believe what you believe? Do you know? Do you wonder? We always wonder why we believed the lie. But have...Wednesday, September 15, 2021 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
Six titles made the shortlist for this year's Booker Prize for Fiction, one of the most prestigious prizes for English-language literature. This year's finalists were chosen from 158 novels published in the U.K. or Ireland between...Wednesday, September 15, 2021 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
Written when the composer was just 12, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “La Finta Semplice” qualifies as a real rarity. […]Wednesday, September 15, 2021 from Guardian Unlimited Books
Can a good index be compiled by computer software, or is there an art to this overlooked endeavour? It may be a sign of the joylessness of contemporary academia, or simply of inattentiveness to detail, but I have never paid much...Wednesday, September 15, 2021 from NYT > Books
A selection of books published this week.Wednesday, September 15, 2021 from Guardian Unlimited Books
A bullish survey of AI, biotech, renewables and more explains how change is leaving us behind, and what to do about it A 2020 survey found that 60% of people felt the pace of change in life was too fast. Faced with steam engines or lifts...