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francisco_aragon_page_one.mp3 Francisco Aragón reads from his poetry collection After Rubén , published in May 2020 by Red Hen Press.Tuesday, June 2, 2020 from NYT > Books
Her well-regarded books chronicled day-to-day life, spurning fast-paced gimmicks in favor of carefully built portraits.Tuesday, June 2, 2020 from NYT > Books
The Belarus Free Theater’s livestreaming, mind-bending adaptation of Sasha Sokolov’s poetic novel assumes the bifocal eye-view of a divided self.Tuesday, June 2, 2020 from USATODAY - Books Top Stories
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Statements on George Floyd have been arriving this week from Chicago cultural institutions, sports teams and businesses. That's the power of protests.Tuesday, June 2, 2020 from NYT > Books
In his first installment of a new series on overlooked or under-read American writers, A.O. Scott, a critic at large for The New York Times, considers Wallace Stegner, the Western novelist who captured, and criticized, his region’s...Tuesday, June 2, 2020 from Daily Express :: Books Feed
THE death of George Floyd has rocked the world as protests erupt in response to police brutality. These are the seven anti-racism books you should read right now.Tuesday, June 2, 2020 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
Summer reading season is in full swing with a novel reminiscent of a modern classic from Toni Morrison, a provocative debut, and a literary thriller. Tuesday, June 2, 2020 from Guardian Unlimited Books
Abi Daré, Derek Owusu and Okechukwu Nzelu tackle the big, intimate themes we all face: family, sexuality, trauma, empire, race, migration and love, writes Preti Taneja I am chair of the judges for the Desmond Elliott prize for debut...Tuesday, June 2, 2020 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
Hay Festival organizers in Wales are outspoken about the broad participation they’ve had in the digital iteration of their flagship event, while the Costa program has called for entries in its 49th edition. By Porter Anderson,...Tuesday, June 2, 2020 from USATODAY - Books Top Stories
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Need something to occupy your mind and your time? Consider two book-themed diversions that grab your attention using post or pixel.Tuesday, June 2, 2020 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
Kofi Dadzie - "Baton" “I orchestrate brutality but I never wanted to compose this symphony. We batons fell into the role masterfully though as the blue Beethovens adorned in badges use us to keep the beat on black notes....” In...Tuesday, June 2, 2020 from Books Features - Los Angeles Times
Stephen Rebello's "Valley of the Dolls" history, "Dolls! Dolls! Dolls!," is only good if you think the movie is — which it's not.Tuesday, June 2, 2020 from Daily Express :: Books Feed
GAME OF THRONES author George RR Martin may have hinted that Mad King Aerys II was right to stop Rhaegar Targaryen marrying Cersei Lannister, according to a popular new fan theory.Tuesday, June 2, 2020 from The eBook Reader Blog
I noticed a couple of differences on my Kindle Paperwhite 4 this morning. The dark mode toggle finally showed up on the quick settings menu, and now there’s also the option to permanently delete purchased ebooks and personal...Tuesday, June 2, 2020 from NYT > Books
Published scientific research, like any piece of writing, is a peculiar literary genre.Tuesday, June 2, 2020 from NYT > Books
Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Hachette and Wiley accused the nonprofit of piracy for making over 1 million books free online.Tuesday, June 2, 2020 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
Author Drew Murray knew he wanted to write a technothriller with his novel Broken Genius — but how to do it in a way that reader would not get lost in the technological weeds? Murray explains his solution for you now. DREW MURRAY:...Tuesday, June 2, 2020 from Guardian Unlimited Books
Running to more than 800 pages, with some 50 significant characters, this is a big book in every way – there is certain to be a lot to entertain us Our Mutual Friend has won the vote and will be our Charles Dickens book for June. And...Tuesday, June 2, 2020 from NYT > Books
In 1957, Franklin Kameny was fired from a government job for being gay. His bold fight against bias, Eric Cervini shows in “The Deviant’s War,” inspired a movement.Tuesday, June 2, 2020 from NYT > Books
“A Burning” captures the political landscape of modern-day India through the lives of three characters.Tuesday, June 2, 2020 from NYT > Books
In her latest book, “The Next Great Migration,” the science journalist Sonia Shah traces the global movements of humans today to age-old patterns in other species.Tuesday, June 2, 2020 from NYT > Books
“Parakeet,” Marie-Helene Bertino’s trippy, surreal new novel, follows a heroine reckoning with her unhappy engagement and other life choices.Tuesday, June 2, 2020 from NYT > Books
An important gay civil rights history, the story of human migration and summery, juicy new novels from Kevin Kwan, J. Courtney Sullivan, Max Brooks and Ottessa Moshfegh.Tuesday, June 2, 2020 from USATODAY - Books Top Stories
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We catch up with the author of a novel that Colum McCann describes as "a significant novel, beautifully crafted and deeply felt.... a high bonfire of our era's vanities."Tuesday, June 2, 2020 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
The effects of the coronavirus COVID-19 may serve as an accelerant to trends already spotted before the outbreaks, says Rüdiger Wischenbart in his Readmagine presentation today. The post At the Readmagine Conference Online:...Tuesday, June 2, 2020 from Guardian Unlimited Books
Notes made in the shadow of a devastating outbreak show the great scientist sketching out some distinctly queasy remedies It is not as bad as suggesting injections of disinfectant. Isaac Newton’s 17th-century prescription for plague –...Tuesday, June 2, 2020 from NYT > Books
An excerpt from “The Next Great Migration,” by Sonia ShahTuesday, June 2, 2020 from NYT > Books
An excerpt from “The Deviant’s War,” by Eric CerviniTuesday, June 2, 2020 from NYT > Books
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.Tuesday, June 2, 2020 from NYT > Books
“Between Everything and Nothing,” by Joe Meno, recounts the harrowing quest by two Ghanaian men to gain asylum in North America.Tuesday, June 2, 2020 from NYT > Books
“Ornamental,” by the Colombian writer Juan Cárdenas, smashes together art, science and philosophy in a compact, fast-moving novel.Tuesday, June 2, 2020 from NYT > Books
Naoise Dolan’s debut follows a young Irishwoman as she becomes involved in the lives of Hong Kong’s upper crust.Tuesday, June 2, 2020 from NYT > Books
“The Dragons, the Giant, the Women” is a migration memoir of separations, relocations and reunions.Tuesday, June 2, 2020 from Guardian Unlimited Books
Young heroes and heroines battle adversity in the shape of undersea beasts, homophobes and fitting in at time-travel school Coping with threat and change aren’t themes solely reserved for the present moment. Overcoming obstacles is one...Tuesday, June 2, 2020 from Guardian Unlimited Books
An atrocity by Israeli troops begins a sophisticated, oblique novel about empathy and the urge to right wrongs In Adania Shibli’s third novel, a young Arab woman is raped and murdered by Israeli troops in 1949. The difficulty of...Tuesday, June 2, 2020 from NYT > Books
A 2009 novel predicted the Chinese people would forget a traumatic crisis. The puzzle, says its author, is how it happened so fast.Tuesday, June 2, 2020 from Books - Chicago Tribune
Neighbor spreads lies about fellow homeowners.Tuesday, June 2, 2020 from The Nook Blog
Our guest today is Brit Bennett, author of our June Barnes & Noble Book Club selection The Vanishing Half. The lives of identical twin sisters diverge when they leave their tiny hometown in this indelible story of identity, family...Tuesday, June 2, 2020 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
During a recession, people spend significantly more time on social media. Facebook, LinkedIn, When a recession hits, your business may experience a downturn. Fortunately, recessions do not last forever. You should consider steps to keep...Monday, June 1, 2020 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
On 7 September 1695, just off Surat in Gujarat, an English pirate ship knocked off the Fath Mahmamadi, […]Monday, June 1, 2020 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
Books for kids and young adults that honor diversity or invite conversation about race.Monday, June 1, 2020 from Books - Chicago Tribune
Chicagoans can do their part by joining cleanup efforts, making donations, supporting businesses and reporting looting.Monday, June 1, 2020 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
The events over the weekend have been a wake-up call for some and a long-ringing alarm for others. Here are six books for those seeking to understand and change institutionalized injustice.Monday, June 1, 2020 from NYT > Books
The enormous independent bookstore in Portland, Ore., became an unlikely tourist attraction. Now that it’s shut, Emily Powell, the chief executive, is having to rethink the books business.Monday, June 1, 2020 from NYT > Books
These essays on American authors — some well known, some unjustly forgotten, some perpetually misunderstood — aim to restore a sense of the “complex fate” of being an American. Read more about the series.Monday, June 1, 2020 from Books on HuffingtonPost.com
The top books coming out this month to add to your "to read" list.Monday, June 1, 2020 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
For the month of June I thought I would try something sort of new, sort of not: A brief daily write-up of five things I’m thinking about in one way or another for that day — could be news, could be personal things, could be a...