Read from "The Strangers' House: Writing Northern Ireland"

Posted on March 17, 2023 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

And here's our second March holiday post of the day. Alexander Poots recently released a book called The Strangers' House:...

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Tagged As: Excerpt, History, Literary Hub

Read a soon-to-be-published story by Tennessee Williams 

Posted on March 10, 2023 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Seven previously unpublished stories by Tennessee Williams will come out in a book next month. But you can get a...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Excerpt, Short story

Read an excerpt from "Romaine Wasn’t Built in a Day"

Posted on February 21, 2023 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Depending on your time zone, you may not necessarily be close to lunchtime. Here in the Central time zone, this...

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Tagged As: Excerpt, Language, Literary Hub, Nonfiction

Read an excerpt of "Brutes"

Posted on February 10, 2023 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Author Dizz Tate recently wrote an ode to the novel The Virgin Suicides for the Guardian. So when we saw...

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Tagged As: Excerpt, Literary Hub, Women in literature

Sample the novel "The Power" in both text and visual form

Posted on February 2, 2023 at 11:10 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We have a trailer for the upcoming series based on Naomi Alderman’s novel The Power. Amazon Prime will air the...

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Tagged As: Excerpt, TV adaptation, Women in literature

Read an excerpt from "Tough Guy: The Life of Norman Mailer"

Posted on January 31, 2023 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Today is writer Norman Mailer's birthday, making the release of an excerpt from a book — as well as the...

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Tagged As: Bookish anniversaries, Excerpt, Literary Hub, Nonfiction

Read an excerpt from "The Shards"

Posted on January 17, 2023 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It's release day for Bret Easton Ellis! The author of Less Than Zero and American Psycho continues to deliver the...

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Tagged As: Excerpt, Horror, Literary Hub

Read an excerpt from "The World According to Color"

Posted on December 29, 2022 at 2:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

In many parts of the world, this is a drab, dull time of year, visually speaking. So we're here to...

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Tagged As: Excerpt, Literary Hub, Memorabilia, Nonfiction

Read an excerpt of "Septology"

Posted on December 20, 2022 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Various installments of Jon Fosse's Septology saga have appeared on a wide variety of award lists. And now, finally, they're...

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Tagged As: Excerpt, Literary Hub, Literature in translation

Read an excerpt from “Eve Bites Back”

Posted on December 16, 2022 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It's no secret that the traditional story of English literature is dominated by male writers. And it's also no secret...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Excerpt, Literary Hub, Women in literature