On revising "The Joy of Cooking" for the 21st century

Posted on 12/13/2019 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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The first year we lived on our own, one of our Christmas gifts was a copy of The Joy of...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Literary Hub, Nonfiction

Stephen King’s "The Dark Half" will become a movie ... again

Posted on 12/12/2019 at 01:09 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We have news of a new literary adaptation and an update on an already planned one. Alex Ross Perry will...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Horror, Literary Hub, Movie adaptation, Pop culture

Happy birthday, Grace Paley!

Posted on 12/11/2019 at 09:55 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The writer and activist Grace Paley was born on this day in 1922. We’ll admit it — we weren’t terribly...

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Tagged As: History, Literary Hub, Women in literature

Literary Hub picks the top 20 novels of this decade

Posted on 12/08/2019 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

So much for year-end best-of lists — the world is wrapping up an entire decade, and the Literary Hub staff...

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Enjoy a short story from Barry Lopez

Posted on 11/29/2019 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Author Barry Lopez has a new (longer) version of a decade-old short story to share with readers. The original version...

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Tagged As: Free reads, Literary Hub, Short story

Literary adaptations that will unite readers and their less-bookish relatives

Posted on 11/26/2019 at 08:44 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The holidays can pose some challenges for the classic bookworm — a person who craves quiet, calm, solitude, and (above...

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Literary Hub quizzes the National Book Awards finalists

Posted on 11/13/2019 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We’re a week away from the National Book Awards, given to outstanding work in young people’s literature, translation, poetry, nonfiction,...

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Meet the woman who brought Dostoevsky, other Russian authors into English

Posted on 11/12/2019 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Yesterday was not only Veterans Day; it was also the birthday of two significant writers: Kurt Vonnegut and Fyodor Dostoevsky....

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Read an excerpt of "Girl, Woman, Other"

Posted on 11/06/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Yesterday, newswire readers met Bernardine Evaristo, author of the Booker Prize-winning Girl, Woman, Other. Today, they can meet her acclaimed...

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Booker Prize winner Bernardine Evaristo shares her favorite books

Posted on 11/05/2019 at 08:09 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

You don’t have to admit it if you were among the readers who thought “who?” upon learning that Bernardine Evaristo...

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