Posted on July 18, 2024 at 2:12 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past few days ... or take a deeper dive into each story. Your choice!
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See some of the literary insights from the 2023 American Time Use Survey (Book Riot).
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The New York Times shares the sixty-one books that readers said should've appeared on the original best 100 books of the 21st century list (they agreed with thirty-nine of the NYT choices, apparently).
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In pop culture news: Shōgun, based on the book by James Clavell, received 25 Emmy nominations, but it was far from the only adaptation to receive acclaim; Gypsy Rose Blanchard, whose abusive childhood and later conviction in the death of her mother were dramatized on screen, will narrate the audiobook version of her upcoming memoir, My Time to Stand.
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Meet the writers and poets who received Disability Futures fellowships from the Ford Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (Book Riot).
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The Ukrainian publishing industry has thrived in spite of — or perhaps because of — Russia's war on the country, including constant attacks on the publishing hub of Kharkiv (NPR).
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