Posted on August 17, 2023 at 2:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Marjane Satrapi's memoir Persepolis has been back in the spotlight a fair amount recently, for both good and not-so-good reasons....

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Posted on August 8, 2023 at 2:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The internet loves lists, so it's not surprisingly that multiple ones popped up in front of us recently. Two of...

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Posted on August 4, 2023 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Several posts relating to new ways of enjoying existing books or authors came through our RSS feeder in the past...

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Posted on July 6, 2023 at 10:52 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Guardian interviewed two modern authors whose work remains impactful ... in ways they didn't exactly expect. Irvine Welsh, author...

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Posted on June 15, 2023 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The reason we use "bookish" in the title for this post is that neither of these obituaries is for an...

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Posted on May 9, 2023 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Happy release day to modern Hollywood legend Tom Hanks! His novel The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece is...

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Posted on April 12, 2023 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Rachel Pollack, who wrote speculative fiction and comic books, has died at the age of seventy-seven. Pollack's novel Unquenchable Fire...

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Posted on April 10, 2023 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward has unveiled the cover of her next novel, Let Us Descend. The book,...

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Posted on February 20, 2023 at 2:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Bill Watterson, beloved for his Calvin & Hobbes comic strip, is coming out of retirement. Watterson has collaborated with caricaturist...

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Posted on January 5, 2023 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Author Maia Kobabe was warned. When e showed a draft of eir book Gender Queer: A Memoir to fellow cartoonist...

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