2022 Pen America Finalists Announced
Publisher’s Weekly has a complete rundown of the 65 authors and translators competing in 11 awards for 2022. The winners will be announced on Monday, February 28.
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Artistic Photos Capture Locations That Inspired Southern Fiction
The New Yorker’s website recently published a book review of Tema Stauffer’s photography collection Southern Fictions. Stauffer explores some of the places that influenced and shaped the work of William Faulkner, Eudora Welty, and more. The article also shares one of the more memorable – if horrible – Faulkner legends. Suffice it to say that…
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The Dirt: Filthy
Let me start with two things: 1) I’m glad I don’t have to code this post, because the amount of ö and ü I’d have to type in this band’s name would drive me to an insane life of unabashed hedonism, and 2) I wish I had to code this post. But seriously folks, although…
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A Cluster of All-Purpose Book News: February 20, 2019
Quote of the Post: “Comics will break your heart.” – Jack Kirby Faith Erin Hicks’ debut YA novel “Comics Will Break Your Heart” pulls the covers back on the comic book world; fittingly its title is a quote by Jack Kirby, whose heart was probably broken by comics a thousand times. I’m not sure what’s…
continue readingA Cluster of All-Purpose Book News: February 11, 2019
Quote of the Post: “Maybe everybody in the whole damn world is scared of each other.” – John Steinbeck, “Of Mice and Men.” And he never even read a Facebook post. It’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science, so put down your protractor and pick up one of these books. Sidney Sheldon, who…
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