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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, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Flatiron to Launch New Imprint with S.A. Cosby’s Next Novel Next summer, Flatiron Books will launch Pine &

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The following is from Regina Porter’s The Rich People Have Gone Away. Porter is an award-winning playwright and author of The Travelers, a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel and longlisted for the Orwell Prize for political fiction. A graduate of the MFA fiction program at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, her writing has

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The Best of the Literary Internet, Every Day More Story The Rich People Have Gone Away There are Hansel and Gretel breadcrumbs that tell the tale of relationships Theo lost on the road. Women and men who warmed… View original source here

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Designing a book cover is always something of an emotional roller coaster. There’s the excitement of nailing it on the first try (rare!); there’s the low of working hard on an idea, only for it to be discarded; there’s the struggle (every time) and the self-doubt (ever present) that come with trying to visually capture

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Margaret Kingsbury grew up in a house so crammed with books she couldn’t open a closet door without a book stack tumbling, and she’s brought that same decorative energy to her adult life. Margaret has an MA in

The Best of the Literary Internet, Every Day TODAY: In 1924, James Baldwin is born. This year is his 100th birthday.  Celebrating a century of James Baldwin’s life and work on his birthday. | Lit Hub “Baldwin doesn’t judge; he observes, leaving his readers to judge.” Tom Jenks on reading—and rereading—James Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues.” |

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August 2, 2024, 9:00am James Baldwin would have turned a hundred years old today. There are far more than a hundred reasons to celebrate the man. A brilliant, complicated author and one of our most fearsome public intellectuals, he left cultural fingerprints everywhere. And not for nothing, his shadow seems to loom larger all the

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TODAY: In 1949, Colette dies. M.V. Ramana on why nuclear power won’t solve the climate crisis. | Lit Hub Science “Already in antiquity, a connection developed between Lesbos and subversive sexual practices.” Daisy Dunn on Sappho’s poetry and the modern use of the word “lesbian.” | Lit Hub History Celebrating a century of James Baldwin’s

Start your weekend off right with a round-up of Book Riot’s most popular pieces from the week. In an exclusive four-part podcast series last month, Tortoise Media reported that two women, who were 20 and 23 at the time of the alleged events, had accused Neil Gaiman of sexual assault. The story was picked up in a

August 2, 2024, 1:05pm The inaugural Inside Prize has named its first recipient—the author Imani Perry. The new book award is “a collaborative project of Freedom Reads, the National Book Foundation, Center for Justice Innovation and Dallas bookstore owner Lori Feathers.” And in a novel move, all the prize judges are incarcerated individuals. Perry’s award-winning

I had a great interaction at work on Wednesday, where I got to register a first-time voter! In our area, most voters register themselves online, so it’s pretty cool to register someone in person. Hang onto those positive library interactions, though, because this last week hasn’t had the greatest news updates…multiple bomb threats, two disbanded

Few writers can be considered as poignantly relevant decades after their passing as James Baldwin. The Harlem-born writer was often considered ahead of his time, a figure who managed to cut through the noise on issues of race, identity, and social justice and provide a framework to question politics and power. This year, on August