Meet the author who caused lovers to leave locks on bridges

Posted on 03/02/2021 at 10:27 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Italian author Federico Moccia didn’t invent the idea of leaving locks on bridges as a signal of love, but his...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Literature in translation, Romance, The New York Times, Young adult literature

Anne de Bourgh is the latest Austen character to get her own novel

Posted on 02/19/2021 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Authors are just like us — fascinated by Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice and all the characters, minor and major,...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Classic literature, Literary Hub

The lessons of "The Tale Of The Mandarin Duck" by Bette Midler

Posted on 02/18/2021 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Ready for another inspirational children’s book about a newsworthy bird? Award-winning entertainer Bette Midler has delivered it: The Tale Of...

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New book shares lessons about policing from a volunteer officer

Posted on 02/17/2021 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We’re willing to bet that few people have matched the kind of research that Rosa Brooks did for her new...

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How Beverly Jenkins became the queen of Black historical romance

Posted on 02/11/2021 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Any author who can boast of popular and profitable books has put years (decades, maybe) of hard work and persistence...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Diversity, Historical fiction, NPR, Romance

Why actors David Duchovny and Ethan Hawke also want to write

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

Not everyone is a fan of celebrities who pursue fields other than the ones that originally made them famous. But...

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Ida B. Wells's great-granddaughter has written a new book about her

Posted on 02/02/2021 at 10:05 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Most of us can imagine, even if we didn’t meet them, that our great-grandparents lived through challenging times and hopefully...

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Kristin Hannah discusses her new book, "The Four Winds"

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

Last week, we noticed a Kristin Hannah book on the New York Times bestseller list and thought “huh, we missed...

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Actress Cicely Tyson talks about her memoir days before her death

Posted on 01/29/2021 at 09:37 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We were sorry to hear that actress Cicely Tyson died yesterday at age ninety-six. But we were also impressed at...

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Author Janice Nimura shares lessons from pioneering female doctors

Posted on 01/22/2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Janice Nimura’s new book, The Doctors Blackwell, comes at a doubly fitting time. It’s about, obviously, a pair of doctors...

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