-
Review | The years-long search for an enslaved author’s true identity
Probably the most significant moment in my literary life — indeed, one of the most significant moments in my life — is the time my first-grade teacher introduced me to the poet Phillis Wheatley. I was living in Bountiful, Utah, and I was an inveterate reader. I had never read a book by a Black…
-
How Has Big Publishing Changed American Fiction?
Play/Pause Button Pause Under Review How Has Big Publishing Changed American Fiction? A new book argues that corporate publishing has transformed what it means to be an author. By Kevin Lozano November 1, 2023 Illustration by Tyler Comrie Save this storySave this story Save this storySave this story In 1989, Gerald Howard had been a…
-
The impact book bans can have on youth mental health
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The move to ban some books from schools is spreading across the country. These types of bans can have a detrimental impact on a young person’s mental health, however. KDKA’s John Shumway is here with concerns some people are raising about the trend. A group called PEN America tracks book bans and…
-
Contemplating Cormac McCarthy
The summer I was 26, the woman I loved ended things and set me so utterly adrift that most nights I could not sleep, and unless I was at work I was consumed by the thoughts and feelings that come with first romantic loss. I made it through those dry, quiet and sunny afternoons in…
-
Jane Mount Makes Good Interviews: A Discussion With the Creator of Books Make Good Friends
In 2018 there was a book making the rounds that was neat. “Neat” is an odd little word, but I can’t think of a better one in this case. The book was called Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany and it was written and illustrated by one Jane Mount. Ostensibly for adults, it was filled with favorite…
-
Books Offer Shelter From the Storm of Dementia
Mixing the medical and the personal, several memoirists find literary analogies the best way to capture unwelcome visits to “unimaginable lands.” “How did you go bankrupt?” one character asks another in Hemingway’s “The Sun Also Rises.” “Gradually and then suddenly,” comes the reply that has been latterly used to characterize crises from the coronavirus to…
-
Dawg-Eared: Worth the Reid
Taylor Jenkins Reid’s books can be found at the Butler Bookstore. Photo by Elle Rotter. ELLE ROTTER | STAFF REPORTER | [email protected] “Dawg-Eared” is a book review column that covers books that Bulldogs have requested including popular series, books that have been turned into movies and niche books that keep Dawgs turning the pages. With…
-
FRIENDS OF GEORGE MEMORIAL LIBRARY PLAN BOOK SALE FOR LIBRARY’S BOOK FESTIVAL
In conjunction with the “Fort Bend County Libraries Book Festival” on Saturday, November 18, the Friends of George Memorial Library will have a major Book Sale from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm, at the front entrance of the library, located at 1001 Golfview in Richmond. People who love books, people who love bargains, and people…
-
Liwanag Literary Festival returns for its second year
More and more Filipino American authors and stories are being published and represented, something the Liwanag Literary Festival looks to recognize. This festival saw the unison of Filipino American History Month and National Book Month, both of which are celebrated in October. The second annual book fest took place on Saturday, October 21 at the…
-
Review | In ‘The Vulnerables,’ a parrot saves a woman from loneliness
Even before I worked through all the toilet paper I’d panic-bought during the pandemic, I was receiving novels about covid. The books seem to arrive more frequently than new booster shots. Gary Shteyngart’s “Our Country Friends,” Louise Erdrich’s “The Sentence,” Ali Smith’s “Companion Piece,” Jodi Picoult’s “Wish You Were Here,” Ann Patchett’s “Tom Lake” and…
