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Smithsonian Scholars Recommend Their Favorite Books of 2023
This year’s titles include Daughter of the Dragon, Whalefall and Witness. Illustration by Emily Lankiewicz In April this year, Smithsonian scientists in collaboration with NASA launched a revolutionary new tool into space from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. At 7,000 miles per hour, a Falcon 9 two-stage rocket delivered its satellite payload to geostationary…
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Barbara Kingsolver’s new book is for kids. It was her hardest project yet.
Author Barbara Kingsolver had just stepped away from her desk in her home office where she was logged in for a Zoom interview when her daughter, Lily, logged on from her home in Florida. Barbara quickly came back into view. “I was coming down the hall and heard Lily talking from my office!” she said,…
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Disempowering voices of propaganda: The BDS movement in books
When millions of lives are at stake, there is no longer space to entertain the debate on whether the art should be separated from the artist The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, a Palestine-led non-violent campaign, has been in the limelight lately, with the recent escalation of Israeli aggression triggering a surge of supporters.…
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Love My Library Disrupts the Traditional Book Fair Model and Challenges Scholastic’s Dominance in the Market
MANSFIELD, Tex. — In a groundbreaking departure from the status quo, Love My Library (“LML”), home to the reimagined book fair, has ignited a movement, challenging the long-standing dominance of Scholastic in the book fair market. “Scholastic’s stronghold on the educational book fair market has left educators and administrators with limited options, fostering a sense…
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Word S10.6 – ‘Books We Love’ with Riyon Harding, Craig Santos Perez and NPR’s Andrew Limbong
On this episode of KJZZ’s Word podcast about literature, we feature the winner of the National Book Award for his collection of poetry. Plus, the holiday season means it’s time for NPR’s annual, “Books We Love Feature.” Also, a children’s author offers two new interactive titles. Guest list Sandi Wright Riyon Harding is a Tucson-based…
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Rory Stewart, Jeanette Winterson and Marlon James announced for Hay festival 2024
Colm Tóibín, Marlon James, Jeanette Winterson, Rory Stewart and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall are among those scheduled to appear at the Hay literary festival next year. On Tuesday, the festival announced 29 “early-bird” events set to take place between 23 May and 2 June 2024 in Hay-on-Wye, Wales, described as a “taster” of the full programme released…
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8 Books that Explore the Power Dynamics of Love Triangles
Well-balanced partnerships of equal and mutual commitment among two parties, exchange positions of control with a seesaw’s regularity. One lifts as one descends, the other plops foreseeably downward, the process is repeated. To watch this tradeoff is like being a parent yawning at the playground perimeter. How much more eye-catching, variable, and turbulent is a…
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Quiz: Can You Guess the Last Lines from These 10 Classic Novels?
Grace Lapointe’s fiction has been published in Kaleidoscope, Deaf Poets Society, Mobius: The Journal of Social Change, and is forthcoming in Corporeal Lit Mag. Her essays and poetry have been published in Wordgathering. Her stories and essays—including ones that she wrote as a college student—have been taught in college courses and cited in books and…
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Lit Hub Daily: November 28, 2023
TODAY: In 1904, English novelist and biographer Nancy Mitford is born. Also on Lit Hub: The lived poetry of the late James Tate • What prehistoric possessions tell us about ourselves • Read from Nita Prose’s latest novel, The Mystery Guest
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Literati 2023 concludes in Chandigarh
BySubhashree Nanda Nov 28, 2023 04:32 PM IST Share Via Copy Link Engaging conversations with renowned authors including Amish, Geetanjali Shree, chef Harpal Singh Sokhi marks the ending of the Chandigarh literature fest Invigorating conversations between brilliant minds and a captivated audience kept the energy of the final day of the 11th edition of the…
