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West Virginia author’s Pulitzer Prize winner took 8 years of research, writing
The Charleston Gazette· 1 day agoWest Virginia’s own Jayne Anne Phillips, won a Pulitzer Prize earlier this month for her novel,...
Anthony Doerr shines a light on books as instruments of change
The Santa Fe New Mexican via Yahoo News· 7 days agoHis fifth book, the novel was a breakout success that went on to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
2 top Penguin Random House editors leaving amid ongoing changes at publishing house
WJTV Jackson· 3 days agoNEW YORK (AP) — Two top editors at Penguin Random House are leaving as the country’s leading trading publisher continues to transform during a period of uncertain revenues and generational ch…
Cristina Rivera Garza continues crossing borders into award-winning territories
The Week via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIn the novel, as with much of her work, Rivera Garza, ever the interrogator of boundaries, ruptures...
‘Ask Amy’ says goodbye, making way for new advice columnist, R. Eric Thomas
Chicago Tribune· 1 hour agoLongtime syndicated Tribune advice columnist Amy Dickinson is not retiring. Dickinson is looking...
Jane Smiley's New Novel, Lucky, Draws on Her Charmed St. Louis Childhood
Riverfront Times· 2 days agoLike any good St. Louisan, Jane Smiley has an opinion on the high school question. "If you ask...
Samantha Koon Jones: The 6 best graphic novels for readers new to the genre
The Daily Progress· 2 days agoGraphic novels have only recently started to pique my interest, but I’ve already read several titles...
The Best Books of 2024... So Far
Town & Country via Yahoo News· 3 days agoBardugo is a demonstrated expert at fantasy (see: Shadow and Bone, or Ninth House), but proves here her skill in historical fiction: The Familiar...
Binged ‘Bridgerton’ already? Read these historical romances next.
Washington Post· 6 days agoThese eight novels from Jenny Holiday, Joanna Lowell and others feature all of the dukes, spies and...
David Walliams: ‘Children have a billion things they would rather be looking at than a book’
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 days agoI was once a reluctant reader. It wasn’t that I hated books, it was that I loved watching...