Book explores the bond that readers felt with Simone de Beavoir

Posted on 08/10/2020 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Every bookworm has, at some point, felt like a particular book or its author was a personal friend. Fans of...

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Tagged As: The Guardian, Women in literature

Pulitzer-winning author Shirley Ann Grau has died

Posted on 08/10/2020 at 02:48 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Shirley Ann Grau, a Southern writer whose work drew the ire of the Ku Klux Klan, has died at age...

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Tagged As: Obituary, The New York Times, Women in literature

IndieReader bestsellers: Week of August 3, 2020

Posted on 08/10/2020 at 08:52 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here are the bestselling indie novels for the week of August 3, 2020, as compiled by IndieReader. 1. Sweet Kisses,...

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Tagged As: Bestsellers, Book lists

Bookish birthdays for the week of August 9, 2020

Posted on 08/09/2020 at 06:53 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Here are the literary birthdays to celebrate over the week of August 9, 2020. Izaak Walton (August 9, 1593): Walton’s...

Tagged As: History, Just for fun

Mother and daughter are both on an Irish literary prize's shortlist

Posted on 08/07/2020 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Yesterday we learned that two of the Booker Prize longlist authors, Brandon Taylor and C Pam Zhang, are also close...

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Tagged As: Awards

New York Times bestsellers: Week of August 15, 2020

Posted on 08/07/2020 at 07:50 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The New York Times’s bestseller list for combined print and ebook fiction is out for the week of August 15,...

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

Booker longlisted authors Brandon Taylor and C. Pam Zhang are also close friends

Posted on 08/06/2020 at 02:51 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Imagine how happy you’d be (or have been) to be nominated for an award. Imagine how happy you’ve been to...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Awards, Diversity, The Guardian

"Fallout" explains how John Hersey broke the story of Hiroshima

Posted on 08/06/2020 at 10:54 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Regardless of your stance on the use of nuclear weapons, it’s a fact that these bombs devastate their targets. And...

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Tagged As: Author interview, History, Nonfiction, NPR

Read an excerpt from "The Death of Vivek Oji"

Posted on 08/06/2020 at 10:07 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The much-anticipated novel The Death of Vivek Oji came out Tuesday. Akwaeke Emezi’s sophomore effort explores, unsurprisingly, loss; Vivek, the...

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Read an excerpt from "Life of a Klansman"

Posted on 08/05/2020 at 01:14 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Many of us are experiencing a moment of reckoning, when it comes to our ancestors’ role in racial divisions —...

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Tagged As: Excerpt, History, Memoir, The New York Times