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15 Small Press Books You Should Be Reading This Winter - Electric Literature
Literature often captures the moments between life’s major plot points—the quiet yet profound spaces where we question choices, find love, navigate...
electricliterature.com
- 30+ days ago
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books / writing
Binnie Kirshenbaum Knows Life Is Stranger Than Fiction
In 2012, Binnie Kirshenbaum began to suspect that something was wrong with her husband. Anthony, an accomplished scientist and academic, was...
publishersweekly.com
- 30+ days ago
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America’s Coming Public Health Crisis
Efforts to stop the spread of infectious disease have always suffered from a cycle of panic and neglect. Vaccine skepticism in the new administration...
newrepublic.com
- 30+ days ago
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Bob Dylan in 10 pieces of design
With the release of A Complete Unknown, a new Bob Dylan mania is emerging: here are ten things you don’t know about the minstrel...
domusweb.it
- 30+ days ago
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Rumble in the Urban Jungle: On the Street Gangs of Old NYC
Michael Gonzales on the legacy of New York City's street gangs and the culture they inspired. Coming of age in the Sugar Hill section of...
crimereads.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
What Would Gabriel García Márquez Have Thought of the Netflix Version of His Novel?
It was in a trattoria on the Piazza Navona in early April of 1974 that for the first but not the last time I heard Gabriel...
lithub.com
- 30+ days ago
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Years ago, writer Pico Iyer lost everything in a wildfire. This is what he learned
Southern California families who have lost everything the in recent wildfires are reckoning with what it means to start over. Writer Pico Iyer's eerily time...
npr.org
- 30+ days ago
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Grady Hendrix on Unlocking the Power of Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
It was probably only a matter of time before Grady Hendrix got around to witches. The bestselling author, historian, podcast, and speaker has tackled...
pastemagazine.com
- 30+ days ago
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The Utopian Practice of Cruising - Electric Literature
I am currently sitting in the foyer of a hotel near the San Francisco airport. I’m hard at work writing my next book. I’...
electricliterature.com
- 30+ days ago
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The Most Anticipated Mystery and Thriller Books of 2025
Every year it gets more difficult to narrow down a list of psychological, social, and domestic thriller books alongside the locked room, murder, and...
pastemagazine.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Life-Changing Discipleship: Spotlight on NavPress
Fifty years ago, The Navigators launched a book-publishing ministry with its mission to encourage readers to know Christ, make him known, and help...
publishersweekly.com
- 30+ days ago
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architecture / books
New books tell the history of modern architecture
Mark Lamster on recent monographs on Mies van der Rohe, Paulo Mendes da Rocha and Architecture Research Office. How did modern architecture develop to...
dallasnews.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Is an NFL player reading a book on the sidelines a win for books?
Photo from Fox’s Twitter/X accountI’m not a big football fan, but I did watch a lot of skateboarding videos as a teen...
lithub.com
- 30+ days ago
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books / cool stuff
Can You Solve This Old- time y Riddle? #20
The riddle below dates back to the 19th century—can you figure it out? In 1820, a Yorkshire printer named James Kendrew produced a children’s...
mentalfloss.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
A Short Holiday Season Yields Happy Returns for Booksellers
A holiday season that started later than usual gathered steam in December, resulting in a strong finish to 2024 for many independent bookstores....
publishersweekly.com
- 30+ days ago
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A Short Holiday Season Yields Happy Returns for Midwestern and Western Booksellers
A holiday season that started later than usual gathered steam in December, resulting in a strong finish to 2024 for many independent bookstores....
publishersweekly.com
- 30+ days ago
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De La Soul Book Author Responds To Backlash From Group
Back in November, the esteemed journalist and critic Marcus J. Moore published High And Rising, a book that tells the story of legendary hip-hop...
stereogum.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
The Kid Is Alright
By Helen SchulmanPlayworld, author Adam Ross’s long-awaited second novel (his first, Mr. Peanut, was published in 2010), starts off with a narrative...
airmail.news
- 30+ days ago
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Author James Chappel unravels the idea of retirement
Whether it’s the plucky independence of The Golden Girls or the “boomers with zip” (also known as ‘Zoomers’ here in Canada), our popular notions...
theglobeandmail.com
- 30+ days ago
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Tolkkinen: Bondage imagery for first graders? No thanks.
Rochester superintendent shows courage in pulling “The Rainbow Parade.” Picture books are aimed at our youngest readers, using simple, understandable...
startribune.com
- 30+ days ago
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What to Read When the Odds Are Against You
Literature is full of reminders that long odds can some time s be surmounted. Almost everyone knows what it’s like to face insurmountable odds—...
theatlantic.com
- 30+ days ago
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Star Wars author Justina Ireland says her time in a galaxy far, far away is ending
Star Wars author Justina Ireland, who has published over 20 books, comics, and other stories set in a galaxy far far away, will soon publish her...
dorksideoftheforce.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
‘The number of words you can say keeps shrinking’ Meduza investigates how war time censorship has (and hasn’t) reshaped Russia’s book industry — Meduza
Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, cultural life in Russia has endured a new wave of censorship. The government bans not only works of art —...
meduza.io
- 30+ days ago
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Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2024
Among the former president's year-end shout-outs are novels that made the rounds on longlists for major awards, such as those by Martin MacInnes and...
publishersweekly.com
- 30+ days ago
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books / entrepreneurship
This Detroit Entrepreneur Turned A Program For Black Female Authors Into A Publishing Firm
Tamira Chapman, the CEO of Storehouse In A Box, discusses how she landed a partnership with Penguin Random House to improve diversity in the book...
forbes.com
- 30+ days ago
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The Blogs: Book review: Principled Uncertainty – A Quantum Exploration of Maimonides Perfect and Infinite God
Using a king in theological analogies has worked quite efficiently since time immemorial. When used to show power and supremacy, characters like a...
sofisrael.com
- 30+ days ago
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Family-friendly fun on Staten Island this weekend: Museum story time , craft a vision board and more
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Enjoy a variety of exciting events this weekend, including story time at The Noble Mari time Collection, winter nature crafting...
silive.com
- 30+ days ago
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How Great Artists Work, and What To Do With Their Unfinished Projects
In this indispensable book, Kristopher Jansma does not merely examine the works at hand but the writers’ personalities, methods of working, and how...
nysun.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Twin Cities weekend events: Adult book fair, inflatable obstacle course, ice fishing tournament
Temperatures are plunging again, making this the perfect time to visit a new-to-you exhibit at your local museum. Driving the news: The Minnesota...
axios.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
2025 BIPOC Horror Novels for the Read Harder Challenge
Horror fans, are you ready to embark on another year of Read Harder Challenges? The 2025 Book Riot Read Harder Challenge features a lot of great...
bookriot.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
New Book Connects Eugenics To Big Tech – Book Review
Anita Say Chan, an associate professor in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has authored a new book...
eurasiareview.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
My First Thriller: Kate White
From 'Cosmo' to crime, magazine editor Kate White worked her way up one slice at a time . It started with a Sunday morning phone call...
crimereads.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Martha Wells on MURDERBOT, Weird Science, the 12 Best time Loop Movies, and More!
Hello, my little squirrel-cicles! In today’s round-up of recent sci-fi and fantasy links, I have stuff to share with you about the best time...
bookriot.com
- 30+ days ago
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B.C.: 15 bestselling books for the week of Jan. 4
1. Whitewater Cooks the Food We Love — Shelley Adams and Conner Adams (Alicon Holdings Ltd)....
vancouversun.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
The great Ben Fountain left Dallas, but Dallas may never let him go
Hailed as a genius and beloved for his generosity, the award-winning novelist has moved from the city he helped the rest of us understand. On...
dallasnews.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Tartufo
Tranquil old-world elegance is boasted by a wall of sanded stone. An operatic drama of arched windows. Gold lettering winks from polished...
lithub.com
- 30+ days ago
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A Small Town In Georgia, A Shocking Murder, and a Well-Liked Killer
P.J. Nelson looks back on the mid-century crimes of Anjette Lyles, who poisoned her loved ones for the insurance money In the 1950s Anjette...
crimereads.com
- 30+ days ago
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[Book review] A reality check on efforts to decentralise natural resource governance
• After centuries of centralised governance, India has seen a shift in recent decades with policies aimed at empowering local communities in managing...
mongabay.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
How midlife became a crisis
In the acknowledgments of her 2024 novel “All Fours,” Miranda July explains that she was inspired by a series of conversations about “physical and...
theconversation.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
I couldn't find people suffering from chronic illness in books – so I wrote my own
Even as a child, I always knew I was ill – having a chronic illness permeates every moment of your life. But as a child, it...
bigissue.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Poet Billy Collins likes to leave his audiences ‘pleasantly disoriented’
Midway through a conversation with poet Billy Collins, talk turns to the topic of inspiration, and how a writer recognizes the small moments around...
ocregister.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
8 Books That Should Be On Your Radar in 2025
New year, new reading list. You already know about our favorite under-the-radar titles from 2024, on top of our favorite books of the year. But...
publishersweekly.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Weekly New Books YouTube Video Is Up!
It’s the first week of 2025 and everyone at Locus is super excited for another year of fantastic new releases to share with you! Come...
locusmag.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
In 1894, A French Writer Predicted the End of Books & the Rise of Portable Audiobooks and Podcasts
The end of the nineteenth century is still widely referred to as the fin de siècle, a French term that evokes great, looming cultural,...
openculture.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Print Book Sales Saw a Small Sales Increase in 2024
Though unit sales of print books rose by less than 1% in 2024 over 2023, it was the first annual increase in three years at outlets that report...
publishersweekly.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
This rock band’s lyricist? Homer.
It’s hard to find a room at Fort Knox — the sprawling Irving Park rehearsal studio, not the military base. A walk through its labyrinthine...
chicagotribune.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Working on the (Underground) Railroad
Born a free Black man, William Still kept the books and managed the money for the Philadelphia branch of the Underground Railroad. How do you...
jstor.org
- 30+ days ago
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books
Book Deals: Week of January 13, 2025
In a preempt, HarperVia’s Alexa Frank took world English rights to two novels by 2023 PEN Translation Prize winner Tiffany Tsao from Daniel Lazar at...
publishersweekly.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week
Adam Haslett’s Mothers and Sons, Liz Pelly’s Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist, and Karissa Chen’...
lithub.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
The latest Kindle is one of my best purchases from last year, and you can now save on its essentials bundle
Comes with a cover and power adapter. What better way to start up your e-reading adventures? SAVE $ 15: As of Jan. 10, the Kindle essentials bundle is...
mashable.com
- 30+ days ago
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