NPR sources: Subpoenas issued in connection with Bolton book

Posted on 09/15/2020 at 02:16 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

NPR is reporting that a grand jury has issued subpoenas in connection with former national security adviser John Bolton’s memoir....

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Tagged As: Memoir, NPR, Politics

Michael Cohen, Jenna Bush Hager, Claudia Rankine release books today

Posted on 09/08/2020 at 10:52 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Whether you’re seeking calm or controversy, today’s new releases will include something for you. Controversy: Michael Cohen, a former personal...

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Tagged As: Memoir, New release, NPR, Politics, Scandal, The New York Times

Reviews: Ferrante doesn't miss a beat with "The Lying Life of Adults"

Posted on 09/02/2020 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Lying Life of Adults, the first major work of fiction from Elena Ferrante since her smash hit Neapolitan quartet...

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Tagged As: Book reviews, Literature in translation, NPR, The New York Times

NPR's list of the best children's books, as suggested by readers

Posted on 09/01/2020 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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The results are in from NPR’s summer reader poll, looking for the best children’s books. Judges took nominations from thousands...

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Tagged As: Children's literature, NPR, Young adult literature

Review: Maria Dahvana Headley's "Beowulf" translation is brilliant

Posted on 08/27/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Maria Dahvana Headley has returned to the world of Old English literature and, once again, put a modern spin on...

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Tagged As: Book reviews, New release, NPR

What will readers actually learn from “Finding Freedom”?

Posted on 08/13/2020 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family, the supposed insider look at the former...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Nonfiction, NPR, Pop culture, The Guardian

"Fallout" explains how John Hersey broke the story of Hiroshima

Posted on 08/06/2020 at 10:54 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Regardless of your stance on the use of nuclear weapons, it’s a fact that these bombs devastate their targets. And...

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Tagged As: Author interview, History, Nonfiction, NPR

Read an excerpt from "The Death of Vivek Oji"

Posted on 08/06/2020 at 10:07 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The much-anticipated novel The Death of Vivek Oji came out Tuesday. Akwaeke Emezi’s sophomore effort explores, unsurprisingly, loss; Vivek, the...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Diversity, Excerpt, NPR, The New York Times

Isabel Wilkerson shares highlights from her book "Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents"

Posted on 08/05/2020 at 11:04 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Oprah Winfrey recently announced Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents as her August book club pick, with the declaration that...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Diversity, Nonfiction, NPR

"Hamnet" author wants us to think of Shakespeare as a person

Posted on 07/23/2020 at 03:39 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We were struck by one line from author Maggie O'Farrell’s recent interview with NPR. Of William Shakespeare, the father of...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Historical fiction, NPR