Awards roundup: Costa Prize; Newbery and Caldecott medals

Posted on 01/28/2020 at 04:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The week may have begun with music awards, but the past few days have been all about books. On Monday,...

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Tagged As: Awards, Children's literature, History, Nonfiction, NPR, The Guardian

NPR re-interviews "American Dirt" author

Posted on 01/24/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

NPR interviewed one of the most talked-about authors last week — and then had to toss it out. The writer...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Diversity, NPR

"American Dirt," a tale of Mexican migrants, draws high praise and heavy criticism

Posted on 01/22/2020 at 08:49 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Jeanine Cummins’s new novel, American Dirt, had been declared one of the most anticipated books of 2020. And now that...

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Tagged As: Book reviews, Diversity, NPR, Politics, The Guardian

Isabel Allende's new novel, "A Long Petal of the Sea," is out

Posted on 01/21/2020 at 12:03 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Happy release day to author Isabel Allende! Her brand-new novel, A Long Petal of the Sea, follows refugees of the...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Excerpt, Historical fiction, NPR, The New York Times, Women in literature, Writer's Digest

Author Bryan Stevenson on addressing the injustices of the past

Posted on 01/20/2020 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

As you may know, the new movie Just Mercy is based on a memoir of the same name by lawyer...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Nonfiction, NPR

Why writer John McPhee is starting a project that will never end

Posted on 01/15/2020 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Many of us are drawn to tasks with a natural completion, or at least we’ve chosen those for our New...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Nonfiction, NPR

Why NPR's Steve Inskeep wrote a book on Jessie and John Frémont

Posted on 01/13/2020 at 03:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

If reading is your escape from reality, this author interview may not be for you. Because not only is NPR...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Nonfiction, NPR, Politics

Why "Such a Fun Age" author Kiley Reid is already adapting it for the screen

Posted on 01/08/2020 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Another debut novel that’s hitting several headlines is Such a Fun Age, by Kiley Reid. Reese Witherspoon has chosen it...

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Tagged As: Book reviews, Diversity, Excerpt, NPR, The Guardian, Women in literature

Find out why there's such fuss over "Topics of Conversation"

Posted on 01/08/2020 at 09:13 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Have you been seeing Topics of Conversation all over your literary newsfeed and wondered what the fuss was about? Well,...

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Tagged As: Book reviews, Excerpt, Literary Hub, NPR, Women in literature

Elizabeth Wurtzel, author of "Prozac Nation," has died

Posted on 01/07/2020 at 04:33 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Influential memoirist Elizabeth Wurtzel has died. A friend confirmed to NPR that the Prozac Nation writer succumbed to breast cancer...

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Tagged As: Memoir, NPR, Obituary