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Karl Ove Knausgaard: The Man, The Myth, The Legend
Esquire via Yahoo News· 9 months agoKarl Ove Knausgaard: The Man, The Myth, The LegendNils Petter Nilsson - Getty Images To talk to Karl Ove Knausgaard, I got up at 3:30 in the morning. I...
With Jon Fosse’s Win, the Nobel Prize in Literature Is So Back
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 8 months agoAfter enormous dramas, intense scandals, a notable awardless year, a subsequent year in which one of...
Review: A memoirist 'phenomene' is France's answer to Knausgaard — minus the narcissism
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoÉdouard Louis has become famous in France and beyond for his politically inflected memoirs. His latest chronicles his mother's escape from oppressive men
Greta Thunberg to launch new book at London Literature Festival
Press Association News via AOL· 2 years agoGreta Thunberg has been announced as the headliner for this year’s London Literature Festival. The...
The 21 Best Books About Fatherhood
Esquire via Yahoo News· 12 months agoThe 21 Best Books About FatherhoodCourtesy publishers As soon as people find out you’re going to become a parent, the endless suggestions begin. There...
Has Rachel Cusk gone too far?
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 1 week agoSpeaking earlier this year at a literary event in Paris – her home since 2021 – Rachel Cusk recalled how, when she was 11 or 12 years old, the diary she...
30 books we can't wait to read this fall
LA Times via Yahoo News· 9 months agoFiction from Zadie Smith, Yiyun Li and Jesmyn Ward, memoirs from Sly Stone and Werner Herzog and a bio of Elon Musk are among the fall's most anticipated...
Famous birthdays for Dec. 6: JoBeth Williams, Jason Reynolds
United Press International via Yahoo News· 6 months agoJoBeth Williams arrives for the the 25th annual SAG Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los...
Why should a good novel be realistic? Ask a Marxist
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 months agoA man once came up to Pablo Picasso in a railway compartment. Why, he asked, did the Spaniard not paint people as they really are? “What do you mean?”...
What Not to Carry on Your First Thru-Hike
Outside via Yahoo News· 11 months agoFear and overzealousness often lead to an overstuffed pack, which you'll regret for hundreds of miles. Our thru-hiking columnist has advice on what not...