Which books are mentioned the most online?

Posted on 05/16/2021 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

You might be sick to death of hearing about certain books, but are their fans really the most egregious offenders?...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Book lists, Literary Hub

Bookish birthdays for the week of May 16, 2021

Posted on 05/16/2021 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Here are the literary birthdays to celebrate over the week of May 16, 2021. Adrienne Rich (May 16, 1929): Rich,...

Tagged As: History, Just for fun

Former inmate discusses how poetry saved him

Posted on 05/15/2021 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Many of us experienced a sense of isolation in the past year-plus, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns....

Categories: Author Interview

Tagged As: Author interview, Memoir, NPR

Fussy’s favorites: Week of May 9, 2021

Posted on 05/15/2021 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It’s easy to miss the occasional post or two online, so we’ve rounded up some of the highlights from our...

Categories: Favorites

Tagged As: Just for fun

"Luster" hasn't lost its shine, wins the Dylan Thomas Prize

Posted on 05/14/2021 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Congratulations to the 2021 Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize: Luster, by Raven Leilani. The award is among the most prestigious...

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Tagged As: Awards, Women in literature

Publisher who claimed to be a Trump advisor has been arrested

Posted on 05/14/2021 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The tale of Christine Favara Anderson’s alleged antics would make quite the legal thriller. Federal prosecutors have charged Anderson, who...

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Tagged As: Scandal

Nobel judges worried about endangering Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Posted on 05/14/2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Choosing a single author to honor with the Nobel Prize for Literature can’t be easy in most years. But consider...

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Tagged As: History, Literature in translation, The Guardian

New York Times bestsellers: Week ending May 8, 2021

Posted on 05/14/2021 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The New York Times’s bestseller list for combined print and ebook fiction is out for the week ending May 8,...

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

About that wait for the TV version of "The Underground Railroad"

Posted on 05/14/2021 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

After months of tease and trailer releases, it’s the actual premiere day for the TV version of The Underground Railroad....

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Tagged As: TV adaptation

The similarities between Klobuchar and Hawley's antitrust books

Posted on 05/13/2021 at 02:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We doubt that Senators Amy Klobuchar and Josh Hawley agree on much. One of those very few things is that...

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Tagged As: Book reviews, Nonfiction, Politics, The New York Times