Read an excerpt from "Blue Ticket"

Posted on 06/30/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Happy release day to Sophie Mackintosh and her new novel, Blue Ticket! Mackintosh previously burst onto the literary scene with...

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"A Visit From the Goon Squad" may be getting a companion book

Posted on 06/29/2020 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Did you love A Visit From the Goon Squad? Well, good news: Jennifer Egan is writing what she described as...

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Magazine invites writers to finish Louisa May Alcott's short story

Posted on 06/25/2020 at 10:01 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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The Strand Magazine is publishing Louisa May Alcott’s short story “Aunt Nellie’s Diary” for the very first time. And also...

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Happy 25th anniversary to "Practical Magic"

Posted on 06/18/2020 at 11:19 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Literary Hub is celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the novel Practical Magic today. Alice Hoffman’s 1995 novel, for those unfamiliar...

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Novelist Tayari Jones describes her voting ordeal in Georgia's primary

Posted on 06/16/2020 at 11:11 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Today’s installment of authors are regular people, too: Tayari Jones spent four hours in an Atlanta voting line last week....

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Read an excerpt from "Night. Sleep. Death. The Stars."

Posted on 06/10/2020 at 10:45 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Joyce Carol Oates's latest novel, Night. Sleep. Death. The Stars., came out to critical praise yesterday. Though the novel centers...

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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

Novelist explains why she loves Austen — and why she's not alone

Posted on 05/27/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Many of us are turning to comfort reads right now, and we’re willing to bet that Jane Austen falls into...

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Read the short story that inspired “Normal People”

Posted on 05/14/2020 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Sally Rooney’s award-winning novel, Normal People, began as a short story, published to some acclaim in The White Review. The...

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Unpublished novel by Simone de Beauvoir comes out this fall

Posted on 04/28/2020 at 11:14 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Simone de Beauvoir referenced an unpublished novel in her 1963 memoir, years after she’d seen considerable critical success with her...

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Tagged As: Literature in translation, The New York Times, Women in literature