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Seattle U professor Sonora Jha on her new campus-set novel 'The Laughter'

SEATTLE — Seattle author Sonora Jha would like to make it clear, "for the record," that her new campus-set novel "The Laughter," out now from HarperCollins, is not about Seattle University, where she is a professor and associate dean. (She smiled, though, when she said it.)

Tribune News Service · Feb 22, 2023

Chris Palmer wanted to read a book about ‘Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.’ So he wrote one.

For Chris Palmer, the neon-hued pop culture of his youth in the ’80s and ’90s might have faded into a warm nostalgic glow, but he never stopped caring for the things he loved back then.

The Orange County Register · Feb 22, 2023

Review: 'I Have Some Questions for You,' by Rebecca Makkai

FICTION: The Pulitzer finalist for "The Great Believers" makes a gripping murder mystery of me-too politics at a boarding school.

Tribune News Service · Feb 22, 2023

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Review: 'Wolfish,' by Erica Berry

NONFICTION: Erica Berry tracks the cultural footprints left by wolves and uncovers a history of all too human fears.

Tribune News Service · Feb 22, 2023

In new memoir, St. Paul cartoonist recounts marrying his husband 10 years ago

MINNEAPOLIS — The first time Rob Kirby casually mentioned to a stranger that he was married to a man was when he was buying dog food.

Tribune News Service · Feb 22, 2023

As a professional romance novelist, she publishes books at a furious pace — it’s never enough

This is a love story. But like many, it’s long and lopsided. Kathy Lyons loves writing romance novels. And the romance novel industry — which claims a sizable percentage of the fiction bought in this country — only loves Kathy Lyons when it’s convenient. You might consider this an unhealthy…

Chicago Tribune · Feb 22, 2023

Review: 'The Story of a Life,' by Konstantin Paustovsky, translated from the Russian by Douglas Smith

NONFICTION: This new translation reintroduces the first three volumes of this epic Russian work to English readers. From harrowing scenes of war to schoolboy antics, the book is powerfully moving.

Tribune News Service · Feb 22, 2023

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10 great books to read during Black History Month

These titles are great to read this month — and any month. Every month.

Tribune News Service · Feb 22, 2023

Review: 'Sell Us the Rope,' by Stephen May

FICTION: An insightful, improbably wry historical novel about a future dictator.

Tribune News Service · Feb 22, 2023

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Victory City by Salman Rushdie and Untamed Shore by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.

The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2023

When your ex gets the cat: the writer who divorced in her 20s – and turned it into a runaway bestseller

The Schitt’s Creek screenwriter Monica Heisey discusses her debut novel, the similarities between heartbreak and food poisoning, and why failure doesn’t need to make you feel terrible

The Guardian - UK · Feb 22, 2023

Success is a habit, so is failure: Shiv Khera on success, motivation, and achieving more

Motivational speaker, author, educator, and business consultant- Shiv Khera- enthralled the audience by delivering an inspiring talk at the seventh edition of the Times Litfest recently.

The Times of India · Feb 22, 2023

Old God’s Time by Sebastian Barry review – a survivor’s song

This sublime study of love, trauma, memory and loss explores the legacy of childhood abuse in Ireland’s Catholic institutions

The Guardian - UK · Feb 22, 2023

Iranian Foundation Offers Land to Salman Rushdie’s Attacker

An Iranian foundation has praised a man accused of severely injuring novelist Salman Rushdie in an attack last year and promised him 1,000 sq metres of agricultural land, state TV reported on Tuesday on its Telegram channel. Rushdie, 75, lost an eye and the use of one hand following the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 22, 2023

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The National (Scotland) · Feb 22, 2023

Nicola Sturgeon to chair festival event with 'Queen of Crime' Val McDermid

FIRST Minister Nicola Sturgeon will chair a conversation with Scottish “Queen of Crime” Val McDermid at Granite Noir, Aberdeen’s crime writing…

Axios · Feb 22, 2023

"Woke, Inc." author Vivek Ramaswamy enters 2024 presidential election

"American today is so hungry for meaning and identity," he told Axios.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 21, 2023

Former U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger to release book in October

The former Illinois Republican, one of two GOP House members who voted to impeach President Trump, will tell the story of the party’s takeover by extremists.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 21, 2023

A powerhouse cast navigates a seriously abridged ‘Villette’ at Lookingglass Theatre

Clocking in at just over two and a half hours, Sara Gmitter’s adaptation of Charlotte Bronte’s “Villette,” feels abridged to the point of incompleteness.

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Tribune News Service · Feb 21, 2023

Pompeo’s PAC made bulk book order on the same day his memoir was released

A political action committee founded by the former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spent more than $42,000 on a bulk order of books the same day his memoir “Never Give An Inch” went on sale.

The Independent UK · Feb 21, 2023

Southern Baptists oust Saddleback Church over woman pastor

The Southern Baptist Convention has ousted its second-largest church — Saddleback Church — for having a woman pastor

Daily Mirror · Feb 21, 2023

Ruth Langsford brands Roald Dahl book changes 'wrong' and 'dangerous' on Loose Women

Loose Women panelists discussed the reports that new editions of children's books by Roald Dahl have been edited to remove language that may now be deemed offensive or inappropriate

Los Angeles Times · Feb 21, 2023

Roald Dahl's books have been edited to stop calling people fat so much

New editions of classic 20th century children's books by British author Roald Dahl — such as "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," "James and the Giant Peach," "Matilda," "The Witches" and "Fantastic Mr. Fox" — have been edited and rewritten to remove language seen as offensive or potentially insensitive to modern-day…

The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2023

Paul Hyams obituary

Other lives: Expert in medieval history who taught for long spells at Oxford and then Cornell University in the US

Tribune News Service · Feb 21, 2023

'Emily' review: The power and fire of the gifted, strange Brontë sister

Late in her own relatively short life, the writer Charlotte Brontë published a brief "biographical notice" about her two sisters, Emily and Anne, both fellow writers who died tragically young. Of Emily, who died in 1848 at the age of 30 after publishing her sole novel "Wuthering Heights," Charlotte wrote,…

The Independent UK · Feb 21, 2023

Arts and letters academy votes in Everett, Coppola, others

The honors keep coming in for fiction writer-poet Percival Everett

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