Beyond the Book: Connie Chung’s ‘Connie’
Connie Chung was 23 when she landed her first job in TV news. At 47, she was named coanchor of…
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How to Tell if You’re a Writer
Posted on July 28, 2024 In this Big Think video, John Irving explains how to tell if you’re a writer.…
Notes on a scandal: Monica Heisey on why Ursula Parrott’s account of divorce is still alarmingly relatable | Fiction
Late in the novel Ex-Wife, a pair of newlyweds turned sudden divorcees gather for a final dinner. Peter and Patricia…
See Albert Camus’ Historic Lecture, “The Human Crisis,” Performed by Actor Viggo Mortensen
Back in 2016, New York City staged a month-long festival celebrating Albert Camus’ historic visit to NYC in 1946. One event in…
Necromancer: On Frederick Seidel’s “So What”
WITH HIS UMPTEENTH COLLECTION, Frederick Seidel—half Catullus of the Upper West Side “still stalk[ing] sex at eighty-six,” half perverted Lear…
Famine and Civil War in Sudan
Ninety-five percent of Sudan’s total grain production occurs in November and December. It should be a time of plenty. In…
School's Out For SOME PEOPLE…
It’s that time of year and school is out for ONE of us (Ashley is so lucky). My kids…
Becky’s Book Reviews: 52. Operation Happy
Operation: Happy. Jenni L. Walsh. 2024. 240 pages. [Source: Library] [j historical fiction, mg historical fiction, animal fantasy] First sentence:…
Thomas J. McCormack Dies at 92; Transformed St. Martin’s Press
Thomas J. McCormack, an iconoclastic chief executive and editor who transformed St. Martin’s Press into a publishing behemoth with best-selling…
Costco Plans to Sell Books Only From September to December
Posted on June 8, 2024 A move by Costco to sell books less frequently may land another blow to authors…
Crime and thrillers of the month – review | Crime fiction
We don’t learn the name of the protagonist of Scarlett Thomas’s gloriously dark and tangled thriller, The Sleepwalkers (Scribner), for…
How the Year 2440 Was Imagined in a 1771 French Sci-Fi Novel
Many Americans might think of Rip Van Winkle as the first man to nod off and wake up in the…
Actual Real Life: On Curtis Hanson’s “8 Mile”
BY THE TIME 8 Mile opened in theaters in the fall of 2002, Eminem was the biggest rapper on the…
In the Path of Totality | Andrew Katzenstein, Willa Glickman, Daniel Drake, Lucy Jakub
I. Andrew Katzenstein in Mason, TexasII. Willa Glickman in Rochester, New YorkIII. Daniel Drake in Warren, VermontIV. Lucy Jakub in…
Four Years Trapped in my Mind Palace – Johan Twiss
Summary: Fourteen-year-old Aaron Greenburg is trapped in a vegetative state. He’s awake and aware of everything around him — but…
Becky’s Book Reviews: 38. Snowglobe
Snowglobe. (Snowglobe Duology #1) Soyoung Park. Translated by Joungmin Lee Comfort. 2024. 384 pages. [Source: Library] [YA Dystopian; New Adult]…
Leigh Bardugo’s Latest Travels to Renaissance Spain
THE FAMILIAR, by Leigh Bardugo For those unacquainted with Catholic demonology, a familiar, or “familiar spirit,” as the phrase shows…
Week of April 8, 2024
Quill Tree Takes Tremblay’s MG Debut Rosemary Brosnan at Quill Tree Books has bought North American rights to Another, the…
Karlie Kloss to Relaunch Life Magazine at Bedford Media
Posted on March 28, 2024 Life Magazine is coming back to life. It will be relaunched by Bedford Media where…
‘Teenagers are exhausting’: Teacher and author Carol Atherton on why her profession deserves more respect | Fiction
Carol Atherton is shattered. Her classroom may have emptied for the day, but the final push before A-levels and GCSE…
How to Rewire Your Brain in 6 Weeks: A BBC Reporter Explores How Everyday Life Changes Can Alter Our Brains
If you suspect that your brain isn’t quite suited for modern life, you’re not alone. In fact, that state of…