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Read All About It! The Long and Bloody History of True Crime Lit.
The genre’s roots date back hundreds of years, to the prison cells and gallows of 17th-century London. “There’s been 11 hardback books on me,” the serial killer John Wayne Gacy told a reporter on the eve of his execution in 1994. “Thirty-one paperbacks, two screenplays, one movie, one Off Broadway play, five songs and over…
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Against Disruption: On the Bulletpointization of Books
It’s the beginning of a new year and you might have seen, floating around on social media, lists like 52 Books To Read in 2024 or 42 Books That Will Change Your Life posted by Library Mindset, an account with 4.6 million Instagram followers. You might notice comments on these lists like “Omg I wish…
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IrishCentral Book Club’s ultimate Irish reading list
The best Irish reading list around … Welcome to the IrishCentral Book Club! Each month we will pick a new Irish book or a great book by an Irish author and celebrate the amazing ability of the Irish to tell a good story. With all these fantastic recommendations we’ve created the best Irish Reading List,…
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Debut poet Grace Yee wins $125,000 for ‘feminist vision’ at Victorian premier’s literary awards
A first-time poet has won both the $100,000 Victorian prize for literature and the $25,000 poetry category at this year’s Victorian premier’s literary awards, becoming the first poet to win the overall award in a decade. Selected from a record 807 books entered for the prize, Grace Yee won the awards on Thursday night for…
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Debut poet takes home $125,000 in prize money for a verse novel that almost wasn’t published
Melbourne poet Grace Yee has won the $100,000 Victorian Prize for Literature at the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards (VPLAs) for her debut verse novel, Chinese Fish. It is the first time a poet has won the prize, which is Australia’s richest literary award, since 2014. Yee also won the $25,000 poetry prize on Thursday night,…
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Popular new literary genre mixes romance and fantasy
Leah Koch: I think that attitude has changed a lot throughout my lifetime, throughout even the amount of time we have been doing this. But it definitely still persists. The thing that I have noticed is people in general, but especially younger people, are getting much better at identifying how things like misogyny, sexism, racism,…
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All about Jaipur Literature Fest 2024: Dates, venue, tickets and everything else
The Holy Grail of all literature festivals, the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) is back with its 17th edition and it’s bigger and grander than ever. As the Pink City is all set to host and provide a platform to a starry ensemble of writers, speakers, thinkers, and more, literature enthusiasts all over India are gearing…
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10 Books About Seasonal and Migrant Farmworkers in America
In the U.S., immigrant and citizen migrant farm laborers work behind the scenes every day to ensure the planting, harvest, and shipment of the food and other agricultural products we rely on. Their work is an essential part of our daily lives—breakfast, lunch, and dinner—but their voices don’t usually get a seat at our tables. …
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11 Books About Seasonal and Migrant Farmworkers in America
In the U.S., immigrant and citizen migrant farm laborers work behind the scenes every day to ensure the planting, harvest, and shipment of the food and other agricultural products we rely on. Their work is an essential part of our daily lives—breakfast, lunch, and dinner—but their voices don’t usually get a seat at our tables. …
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There’s Always Been Trouble in ‘The Groves of Academe’
American higher education is in crisis. What else is new? Last year, allegations of scholarly malfeasance brought down the presidents of Stanford and Harvard. Now, public attention is focused on D.E.I. policies and the continuing fallout from the war in Gaza. Our colleges find themselves caught in (take your pick) the cross hairs of the…