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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books. Here’s a look at the literary news we covered this week. The Best of the Rest And here’s even more news from around the bookish internet. All Access members, read on. View original
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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. After a failed HBO pilot in 2012, Jonathan Franzen’s acclaimed novel The Corrections (2001) will get another crack at TV adaptation. CBS Studios is in the early phases of development for a series. Meryl Streep has signed on
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–Publicly denounce Israel’s regime of genocide and setter-colonial apartheid against the Palestinian people. –Adhere to the long-standing calls from Palestinian civil society, including the absolute majority of writers, scholars, and cultural institutions, to refuse professional engagements with Israeli cultural institutions that are complicit in whitewashing or justifying Israel’s oppression against Palestinians. This means refusing collaboration
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Nerd Rating: 7. Fake maps of fake stories is pretty high up there. The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore by Evan Friss (Viking, August 6th) Publisher’s Description: Evan Friss’s history of the bookshop draws on oral histories, archival collections, municipal records, diaries, letters, and interviews with leading booksellers to offer a fascinating look
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September 25, 2024, 2:14pm Attention, bookworms and fellow travelers! Verso, the beloved left wing publishing house and hub for radical thought, is in big financial trouble. The company’s UK distributor, Marston Book Publishing, filed for bankruptcy this July—and left behind some unsettled debts. Verso explained how those debts have affected operations in a series of
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The Best of the Literary Internet, Every Day TODAY: In 1995, the iconic TV adaptation of Jane Austen‘s Pride and Prejudice, starring Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth, debuts on BBC One.  Isabella Hammad recommends essential books about Palestine, featuring work by Jean Genet, Ghassan Kanafani, Mahmoud Darwish, and more. | Lit Hub Reading Lists How
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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to The Best of Book Riot, our daily round-up of what’s on offer across our site, newsletters, podcasts, and social channels. Not everything is for everyone, but there is something for everyone. Preeti Chhibber (Spider-Man’s Bad Connection
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