On the bicentenary of John Keats’s death

Posted on 02/27/2021 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Tuesday marked the 200th anniversary of the death of poet John Keats. Although the COVID-19 pandemic certainly changed how the...

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Tagged As: History, Memorabilia, Poetry, The Guardian

Read excerpts of “The Smash-Up” and “Singled Out”

Posted on 02/26/2021 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Whether you seek fiction, nonfiction, or a mix of both, the recent book excerpts from the New York Times should...

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Tagged As: Excerpt, Nonfiction, The New York Times

Save the date for the TV premiere of "The Underground Railroad"

Posted on 02/26/2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

There is finally a premiere date for the limited-series adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad. Literary Hub reports that...

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Tagged As: Historical fiction, Literary Hub, TV adaptation

Olga Tokarczuk’s "magnum opus" has been translated into English

Posted on 02/26/2021 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

After seven years in translation, Polish novelist Olga Tokarczuk’s greatest work will appear in English. The Books of Jacob, described...

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Tagged As: Historical fiction, Literature in translation, The Guardian

New York Times bestsellers: Week ending February 20, 2021

Posted on 02/26/2021 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The New York Times’s bestseller list for combined print and ebook fiction is out for the week ending February 20,...

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Tagged As: Bestsellers, Book lists, The New York Times

About Tennessee Williams’s first published piece

Posted on 02/25/2021 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

On this day in 1983, acclaimed playwright Tennessee Williams passed away. In honor of the event, Literary Hub took a...

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Tagged As: History, Literary Hub

Check out this online library of West African cookbooks

Posted on 02/25/2021 at 12:14 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Bored with your standby recipes? Or eager to replicate some of the interesting dishes you’ve had while exploring the broadening...

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Tagged As: Libraries, Nonfiction

Daughter's autobiography accuses Amos Oz of "sadistic abuse"

Posted on 02/25/2021 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

One daughter of a famous author is accusing her late father of “sadistic abuse” — a claim the rest of...

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Tagged As: Literature in translation, Scandal, The Guardian

The movie version of "Cherry" underwhelms author Nico Walker

Posted on 02/25/2021 at 08:17 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Last night, during a virtual author event, we heard a writer praise the work filmmakers had done to adapt his...

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Tagged As: Literary Hub, Movie adaptation

A rare set of early paperbacks is up for sale

Posted on 02/24/2021 at 03:48 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Penguin Books (accurately) receives credit for popularizing the idea of the paperback book. But it certainly wasn’t the first publisher...

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Tagged As: Literary Hub, Memorabilia