Crime writer takes a critical look at his craft's relationship with police

Posted on 06/05/2020 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Crime novelist John Fram, like many of us, has done some reflection about injustice in the United States, his complicity...

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Tagged As: Scandal, The New York Times

Bath officials approve plans for a Frankenstein museum

Posted on 06/05/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here’s something to look forward to when travel becomes freer again. The house in Bath, England, where Mary Shelley wrote...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Literary tourism, Women in literature

New York Times bestsellers: Week of June 13, 2020

Posted on 06/05/2020 at 07:54 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The New York Times’s bestseller list for combined print and ebook fiction is out for the week of June 6,...

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

12 literary estates have a new owner

Posted on 06/04/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A new literary rights group has picked up the estates of some significant classic authors. The Hollywood Reporter says that...

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Tagged As: Literature in translation, Movie adaptation, Mystery, TV adaptation

Sales of anti-racism books soar in wake of George Floyd's killing

Posted on 06/04/2020 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

No surprise here: The Guardian is reporting a surge in anti-racism book sales in the United States and the UK...

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Tagged As: Diversity, The Guardian

Poetry provides a peek into the mind of post-Black Death Europe

Posted on 06/04/2020 at 07:45 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

One of our lockdown pastimes (and one that we share with many folks, we’re sure) is wondering what the world...

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Tagged As: coronavirus / COVID-19, History, Poetry

Celebrity book club picks for June 2020

Posted on 06/03/2020 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Celebrity book clubs have released their picks for June. Jenna Bush Hager picked A Burning by Megha Majumdar. The novel...

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Tagged As: Book club, Pop culture

Awards roundup: Lambda Literary Award winners, Desmond Elliott prize shortlist

Posted on 06/03/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Lambda Literary has revealed the winners of its annual literary awards. The “Lammies” honor the best in LGBTQ books in...

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Tagged As: Awards, Book lists, Diversity

A literary reaction to George Floyd's death

Posted on 06/03/2020 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Those of you moved to explore diverse voices and the issues facing them have likely found no shortage of must-read...

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Tagged As: Audiobook, Book lists, Book reviews, Diversity, NPR, The Guardian

Read a previously unpublished short story by Ernest Hemingway

Posted on 06/02/2020 at 02:01 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Well, we won’t have an Ernest Hemingway lookalike contest this year, but we do have something new related to Papa:...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Short story