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A Nail-Biter Show for Late-Night Binging
The Atlantic· 2 days agoThis is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and...
Danielle Dutton’s Surreal Take on Human Existence
New York Times· 7 days agoLucy Ellmann’s latest novel is “Ducks, Newburyport.” Aspiring writers now get M.F.A.s in creative writing, instead of studying literature, and novelists end up teaching these ...
Bringing a Social Movement to Life
The Atlantic· 4 days agoThis is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. For me, that title was Adam Hochschild’s King Leopold’s Ghost,...
2 Memoirs by Poets
New York Times· 3 days agoNot long ago at a book party (yes, they still exist), I fell into conversation with a well-known poet (they also still exist) who told me that, at her...
How a French Ph.D. dissertation became a Southern California beach read
Orange County Register· 8 hours agoOriginally from Paris, Elsa Devienne spent a year studying at UCLA in the late ‘00s. With a gig as a dog sitter in Santa Monica, she had affordable rent and the chance to visit the local beaches ...
Amy Tan | Bookreporter.com
Book Reporter· 2 days agoAmy Tan is the author of several novels, including THE JOY LUCK CLUB and THE BONESETTER'S DAUGHTER. She is a co-producer and co-screenwriter of the film version of THE JOY LUCK CLUB and is on ...
Author Q&A: A lyrical, atmospheric new picture book celebrates author and environmentalist Wilma...
Chattanooga Times Free Press· 3 days agoIn her new picture book, "Of Words & Water," Shannon Hitchcock tells the story of underappreciated author and environmentalist Wilma Dykeman. As a grown woman living with her family in East ...
‘No Judgment’ and ‘All Things Are Too Small’: Attitude and Argument
The Wall Street Journal· 4 days agoThis stance begins to make more sense as the book’s intended audience comes into view. Ms. Oyler is...
Zibby Owens talks about 'Blank,' the Hamptons
Newsday· 4 days agoWater Mill-based author, podcaster, bookshop owner, and publisher Zibby Owens is known as a disruptor in the publishing industry, as is Pippa Jones, the...
Sylvia Brownrigg Comes To Terms With Secretive Family History In ‘Staggering Mystery’
San Francisco Chronicle· 7 days agoIn 1938, Gawen Brownrigg, 27, the sports editor for East Africa's largest newspaper, went to bed in the hotel room he rented in Nairobi in British-controlled Kenya. Brownrigg had come to Kenya ...
