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Her Life, Her Work, Her Home by Francisco de la Mora
Partially narrated in the voice of Kahlo, Francisco de la Mora’s new graphic biography of the great Mexican painter Frida…
Prince Harry Easily Tops Bestseller Lists With Spare
Posted on January 10, 2023 Prince Harry has topped bestseller lists with his memoir Spare. The book has generated a…
Ed Gorman’s blog: Book Review: ZIGZAG by Bill Pronzini
ZIGZAG You can’t fake it, the kind of mastery Bill Pronzini shows in all his writing, whatever the genre,…
The big idea: in a disaster, bad help can be worse than no help at all | Books
The first time I understood quite how bad emergency relief can be was in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean…
Behold 900+ Magnificent Botanical Collages Created by a 72-Year-Old Widow, Starting in 1772
“I have invented a new way of imitating flowers,” Mary Delany, a 72-year-old widow wrote to her niece in 1772 from…
ENOUGH: Three Poems By Tenika Stallings
ENOUGH: Three Poems by Tenika Stallings On the Other Side of the Door A punch, kick,…
On Martin McDonagh’s “The Banshees of Inisherin”
IT IS APRIL 1974 and four figures—three in black balaclavas, one in a jet-black wig—stand outside Russborough House, a stately…
‘Joan Doesn’t Give a Damn’ | Regina Marler
Among the ephemera displayed in the Joan Brown retrospective at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is the wall…
Perfect Picture Book Friday! Do You Have a Hat? by Eileen Spinelli
Before I get to Perfect Picture Book Friday I’d like to tell you that Felicia and I have the latest…
The Giver of Stars – Jojo Moyes
Summary: Alice Wright marries handsome American Bennet Van Cleve hoping to escape her stifling life in England. But small-town Kentucky…
Red Dragon by Thomas Harris, Suntup Press (2020)
[This article is from The Book Blog contributor Timothy Booksker with photos from Yegor Malinovskii.] The most “outside” part of…
Becky’s Book Reviews: 47. Among the Hidden
Among the Hidden. Margaret Peterson Haddix. 1998. 153 pages. [Source: Library] First sentence: He saw the first tree shudder and…
Today @KirkusReviews…
…I talk about Brian Conaghan's When Mr. Dog Bites: He’s a fan of wordplay, and has developed his own personal slang,…
Phillis Wheatley Biography Takes a Fresh Look at Revolutionary America
Around 1772, Phillis Wheatley, an enslaved teenager in Boston, sat down to write a poem called “On Being Brought from…
The On-Sale Calendar: July 2023
July 3 Goodbye Earl: A Revenge Novel by Leesa Cross-Smith (GCP, $29.00; ISBN 9781538707654). 60,000 copies. July 4 Wolfsong by…
Clarkesworld Magazine Temporarily Closes Submissions After Surge in ChatGPT Generated Stories
Posted on February 22, 2023 AI can now generate stories and scammers are already using the tool to try and…
Catching up with Max Allan Collins
1. Tell us about your current novel. There are a couple of things that will become available soon. One is…
A Spell of Good Things by Ayòbámi Adébáyò review – a blistering indictment of the abuse of power | Fiction
Chronic corruption and poor investment in health and education are responsible for many of Nigeria’s woes. Set in Osun state…
Why Maya Angelou’s Memoir I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings Became One of the Most Banned Books of All Time
Some good news: Maya Angelou’s 1969 memoir I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, a recounting of her first 17…
All The Forgetting – The Rumpus.net
All the Forgetting Bio: VyVy Wonder is a cartoonist, writer, physician, and educator based in Redwood City, CA. Her…
The Road to Artsakh | Susan Barba
There’s an old joke about a turtle being mugged by a gang of snails. When asked to describe the attackers,…