Lois Lowry talking about The Giver, how she doesn't consider herself a Sci-Fi author, and why her book keeps getting challenged in libraries.
Lois Lowry, Author of The Giver Reads
SF Weekly (blog)
What we miss about teaching, however, is the excuse to share our love of fantastic books like The Giver, Lois Lowry's dystopian children's novel that won the Newbery Medal, and is paradoxically required reading in some schools and banned in others. See ...
SF Weekly (blog)
Former teen who had sex with Polanski writing book
Huffington Post
NEW YORK — The former teen whom Roman Polanski was convicted of having sex with – leading to one of Hollywood's most notorious scandals and the director's flight from the U.S. – is writing a memoir. Samantha Geimer, now 47, has a deal with Atria ...
Author Bret Easton Ellis Blasts 'Fifty Shades of Grey' Screenwriter
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Yesterday, it was announced that “Terra Nova” co-creator Kelly Marcel would write the screenplay for the film adaptation of the bestselling erotic book “Fifty Shades of Grey” by author E.L. James. Ellis, author of the novel “Less Than Zero,” responded ...
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Exiled Syrian author wins literary courage award
Reuters
Yazbek, who fled her homeland late last year after repeated run-ins with the state security services, was recognized for her book, "A Woman In The Crossfire", an account of the early stages of the Syrian revolution. In line with the late playwright ...
BookShout Addition Lets Readers Import E-Books from Any Platform
Publishers Weekly
Announced at TOC Frankfurt, beginning today users can import e-books purchased at Amazon and Barnes & Noble into their BookShout accounts and have all their e-book titles available in one location. The new function addresses one of the biggest ...
World's biggest book fair homes in on children's literature
AFP
FRANKFURT — The world's biggest book fair opened here on Tuesday with the spotlight on children's literature, traditionally an "under-recognised" sector but now seen as a driving force in publishing. More than 7,000 exhibitors are expected from ...
AFP
Arnold's book: The questions The Governator did not answer
UC Berkeley (blog)
Here are five (admittedly wonky) questions that I wish Arnold Schwarzenegger had answered in his new book – and how he missed the boat on each. 1. What are the inside details of the process that led to the passage of AB 32, the state's limit on ...
PICKET: New book shows US top earners pay larger share of taxes than any ...
Washington Times (blog)
The Wall Street Journal's Stephen Moore has just come out with a new book titled Who's the Fairest of Them All?: The Truth about Opportunity, Taxes, and Wealth in America and he reveals some interesting information about how much the top ten percent of ...
Washington Times (blog)
Assange to Publish Book on Cyber 'Resistance'
Truthdig
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will publish a book called “Cypherpunks” in late November, based on a conversation hosted on his television show with international “hacktivists” and co-authors Jacob Applebaum, Jeremie Zimmermann and Andy ...
Truthdig
New Super Bowl book will interest New Orleans Saints fans
NOLA.com
After the Packers' exciting 28-27 win, McGinn surprised me with a copy of his newbook The Ultimate Super Bowl. This is the second edition of the book, which was published last month by MVP Books. It includes detailed breakdowns of Super Bowls XLIV, ...
NOLA.com
Malden author's collection of poetry published by RoseDog Books
Boston.com
It was published by RoseDog Books of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For more information, or to request a review copy, please go to our virtual pressroom at www.rosedog.com/pressroom or our online bookstore at www.rosedogbookstore.com.
Txtr Unveils Reading Device to Encourage Mobile Reading
Publishers Weekly
In a venture designed to bring giant mobile phone carriers more directly into the book market, German e-book retailer Txtr has unveiled plans at the Frankfurt Book Fair to release a new e-ink digital reading device that can be offered as an inexpensive ...
Q&A: Stacy London tells “The Truth About Style”
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
London is promoting her new book “The Truth About Style,” which intertwines bits of her personal memoir with nine case studies of real women who each face a specific issue that many readers may relate to. The book details various aspects of their ...
Le French Book Releases Wine-and-Crime Whodunit with Second Chance at ...
San Francisco Chronicle
Le French Book is giving away a trip to France and French wine to kick off the release of Treachery in Bordeaux, by Jean-Pierre Alaux and Noël Balen, the first in a 20-bookseries that is a hit on television in France. “It is set in ... New York Times ...
San Francisco Chronicle
'Mr. Penumbra' Bridges The Digital Divide
NPR
Author Robin Sloan has spent time on both sides of the digital divide, both as a short-story writer and an employee at Twitter — where he described his job as "something to do with figuring out the future of media." Sloan's first ... Books, says Sloan ...
Celebrity Author Festival This Weekend At Bethesda Row
Guestofaguest.com
Posh shopping area, Bethesda Row, announced its first Writers on the Row series, a weekend-long festival this Thursday, October 11 through Sunday, October 14 celebrating food, fashion, fame and more in books from renowned and celebrity authors. How to ...
Guestofaguest.com
Book Review: The God Franchise: A Theory of Everything by Alan H. Dawe
Blogcritics.org (blog)
In The God Franchise: A Theory of Everything, the author Alan H. Dawe tries to give us a stance that he believes answers those questions and more. Not having written abook on any one religion, Dawe delves to the core of the questions that haunt. With ...
Blogcritics.org (blog)
Freakonomics » Bring Your Questions for Hanna Rosin, Author of ...
By Stephen J. Dubner
“In the Great Recession, three-quarters of the 7.5 million jobs lost were lost by men,” writes Hanna Rosin, author of the new book The End of Men (and the Rise of Women) . “The worst-hit industries were overwhelmingly male, and deeply ...
Freakonomics
Book News: Classics Trashed, Handwriting Praised : The New Yorker
By Andrea DenHoed
Lena Dunham has signed her first book deal, for over 3.5 million dollars. Austin Allen visits Allen Tate's grave. Classic books that got the hatchet job in their first reviews. A new study suggests that creative writing might be...
Page-Turner
Humble Bundle goes literary, offers octuplet of books at a humble ...
By Ben Gilbert
... however, centers on the literary-minded among us, offering a set of eight e-Books for just under $10. Of course, a main staple of the bundle is its pay what you want price model, which applies here as well -- should you only want six of the books, you can pay any price (one penny for six books! hot dog!) ... If you want that sub-$10 price, we'd suggest heading over sooner than later. Another good reason? You've only got two weeks before this humble e-Book bundle disappears forever.
Engadget
Humble eBook Bundle Launches New Pay-What-You-Want Bundle ...
By Dianna Dilworth
BenBella Books is looking for a Fast Track Publishing Intern (full-time). next job Diversion Books is looking for a Production Assistant. next job John Wiley & Sons, Inc. is looking for a Editor. next job New Horizon Press is looking for a ...
GalleyCat
Read a Portion of Sophie Calle's 'Address Book' | GalleristNY
By Michael H. Miller
Over at The New Yorker's Page-Turner blog, there's an excerpt of Sophie Calle's Address Book, which was published serially in the French newspaper Libération in 1983 and has appeared in English for the first time thanks to the publisher ...
GalleristNY
Books as Bricks: Amazing Architecture Made From Literature - Curbed
By Amy Schellenbaum
These last few years, artists and architects have been using books to create some mindblowing structures, and topping the list of striking tome towers is this aptly named Book Mountain (above), unveiled by Rotterdam-based architecture firm ...
Curbed National
Coppernickel Goes Mondrian: A Picture-Book Homage to the Iconic ...
By Maria Popova
Coppernickel Goes Mondrian (public library) by Dutch artist Wouter van Reek is an absolute treasure from my friends at Enchanted Lion Books, who previously gave us Albertine's Little Bird, Blexbolex's gems, and the charming Bear Despair.
Brain Pickings
One Direction fan fiction gets book deal | New York Daily News
By Page Views
“Loving the Band” will be released as an e-book next month. Baker told The Daily Mail Online that it's “about a girl who lives in Scotland and comes down to London to visit her best friend. When she gets there she bumps into a boy band and ...
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New book claims Bill Clinton asked Hillary for a divorce in 1990 ...
New book claims Bill Clinton asked Hillary for a divorce in 1990: A new book by historian William Chafe, entitled “Bill and Hillary,” dissects the couple's marriage and alleges that Bill Clinton asked Hillary for a divorce in 1990 before he ...
IrishCentral.com - Top Stories
Publishers Lunch Job Board: Editorial Assistant, Book Clubs ...
By Direct Brands, Inc.
As needed, the Assistant reviews book submissions and helps the Editor make decisions on what books to sell in the clubs. Also responsible for moving all titles through the system, including entering titles into Catalog Management System ...
Publishers Lunch Job Board
Book Review Double Feature: Princess Academy and Palace of ...
By Thea
I loved this book. I was hesitant to read this title from Shannon Hale, despite loving the Books of Bayern so much, because the title sounds a little…well, silly. I confess, I did not want to read Princess Academy because the idea of girls competing to .... Author: Shannon Hale. Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult. Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens Publication date: August 2012. Hardcover: 323 pages. Coming down from the mountain to a new life in the city seems a thrill beyond imagining.
The Book Smugglers
Eagles Over the Kennebec - Policy Statement: Autographed Books
By Sharon Lee
I really didn't think I need to publish a policy statement for this, but I'm told that "most authors don't mind" the behavior discussed below. As it turns out, I very much mind this behavior, so! Discussion Sharon Lee and Steve Miller are delighted to ...
Eagles Over the Kennebec
J.K. Rowling's Next Book Will Be For Children
By Tayla Holman
At the Cheltenham Literature Festival in England Sunday, the Harry Potter author said she has several ideas for her next book, and that it would be aimed at a younger audience than the series that made her famous. “I have a lot of things on my laptop currently, including a couple of things for children—for a slightly younger age group than Harry Potter was aimed at—which are nearly done and will, I think, be the next thing I publish,” Rowling said. She also said she has run the books ...
The Inquisitr
The Breakfast Meeting: Dunham Book Deal and Girls Who Like Steak
New York Times (blog)
Lena Dunham, the creator of “Tiny Furniture” and “Girls,” has signed a book deal worth at least $3.5 million with Random House, where executives are clearly hoping to have another “Bossypants” on their hands. The tentative title is “Not That Kind of ...
Book buzz: Gillian Flynn, 'Fifty Shades' finds screenwriter
USA TODAY
RL Stine aims to give adults 'Goosebumps'
CNN
Stine has written more than 300 books that have sold a combined 350 million copies around the world. (At one point, he was churning out 12 "Goosebumps" books a year; now he's down to six.) At the recent National Book Festival in Washington, the author ...
Children's book used to smuggle drugs through Dubai
7DAYS
One man, who flew from Brazil through Dubai en route to the Ivory Coast was arrested there with 3kg of cocaine found hidden inside books and gift boxes after getting a tip-off from authorities in the UAE. . Children's books were used to smuggle drugs ...
To sell books to China, foreign publishers may have to play by its rules
paidContent.org
China has a huge publishing industry, with over 367,000 titles published in 2011 — making it a large and lucrative market for foreign publishers who want to sell bookrights there. But they may face unique challenges, including an ebook market very ...
paidContent.org
Author of book on famous jazz drummer to speak at Abbot Public Library Oct. 14
Boston.com
On Sunday, October 14th, at 7:00 pm, author Maria Judge will speak at the Abbot Public Library about her new book, "Jake Hanna: The Rhythm and Wit of a Swinging Jazz Drummer." The volume provides a collection of anecdotes about Judge's uncle, Jake ...
Frankfurt Book Fair 2012: At ToC Frankfurt, Data Shows E-Book Growth, and ...
Publishers Weekly
However, a significant number say they have increased their print purchasing because of e-books, and most notably, a significant number who said were not print buyers at all were actually enticed into buying print from e-books. “The formats clearly ...
Books: The John Lennon Letters (2012)
Something Else! Reviews
Arranged in chronological order, The John Lennon Letters commences with a note written in neat penmanship to Aunt Harriet in 1951, thanking her for a towel and book she gave her nephew for Christmas. Examples of John's homemade books, created when ...
Gabrielle Giffords's Husband Mark Kelly Pens Children's Book
People Magazine
"Why a children's book? Because education is the most important thing I think we do in this country. It touches everything, and to have good books that will interest kids at a young age that they'll read is really important, and kids tend to be ...
Digital revolution hot topic at Book Fair
Deutsche Welle
The book publishing industry isn't particularly healthy. Last year the German bookmarket had a turnover of almost 10 billion euros ($1.3 billion), marking a slight downturn for the first time in seven years. The majority of books are still sold in ...
Deutsche Welle
Google, publishers shelve book-scanning suit
WCNC
The truce announced Thursday ends a federal lawsuit filed in 2005 by several members of the Association of American Publishers after Google Inc. began stockpiling its Internet search index with digital duplicates of books scanned from libraries. Google ...
Book by survivor of Nazis prepared her for blessings
Philadelphia Inquirer
Perhaps it was luck, fate, or a blessing, but weeks before being diagnosed with breast cancer, Karen Weiss read a book by Corrie Ten Boom called The Hiding Place. Weiss was amazed how the faith of the author, who hid Dutch Jews from the Nazis, grew ...
Philadelphia Inquirer
Book Review: Not Famous Anymore by Michael Loyd Gray
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
Not Famous Anymore by Michael Loyd Gray is a fictional book which addresses the price of fame. We all know that being famous cannot be easy, but why do famous people who got what they wanted keep complaining? Elliott Adreian's parents have died ...
NW Books: 'Griefland,' 'Juan de Fuca's Strait'
The Seattle Times
New books of Seattle interest: a history of the discovery and political battle over the Strait of Juan de Fuca; a graphic-novel adaptation of Patricia Briggs' work; a journey of grief when two women both lose their youngest child; and a collection of ...
BOOK REVIEW: 'Planning Reagan's War'
Washington Times
BLOGS: Inside Politics · ...
Washington Times
On a Journey Book Club
Chicago Tribune
On a Journey Book Club was started four years ago by two Fulbright Exchange teachers who were reunited. Our members span many age groups and backgrounds. The hostess usually selects the book. Often the refreshments reflect the focus.
Chicago Tribune
Book Review: Internet Marketing: 8 Key Concepts Every Business MUST Know ...
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
Bookshelves are full and running over with marketing books that promise to deliver instant or overnight success with "one trick" that will push you over the top and make you a millionaire. Internet Marketing: 8 Key Concpets Every Business MUST Know is ...
Boy who says he saw heaven has new book
NBCNews.com
Two years after the release of the best-selling book, “Heaven Is for Real,” telling the story of Colton Burpo's near-death experience at age 4, Colton, his dad, Todd, and his mom, Sonja, speak about their second book, a devotional called “Heaven ...
NBCNews.com
Books | Wanderlust, family a juggling act for '80s movie star
Columbus Dispatch
McCarthy, 49, recently talked about his new book, The Longest Way Home: One Man's Quest for the Courage To Settle Down. As much as the book is about travel, it's also about his committing to his longtime girlfriend, Dolores Rice.After the couple — who ...
Columbus Dispatch
The Book Of Unwritten Tales Deluxe Edition
Inside Mac Games
The Book of Unwritten Tales from Nordic Games is a light hearted, somewhat humorous graphical adventure that is both fun and entertaining. This game is peppered with references to fantasy novels, movies, and other games, sometimes poking fun, other ...
Arnold's Book: The Questions the Governator did not Answer
Fox and Hounds Daily
Here are five (admittedly wonky) questions that I wish Arnold Schwarzenegger had answered in his new book – and how he missed the boat on each. 1. What are the inside details of the process that led to the passage of AB 32, the state's limit on ...
Lena Dunham's Book of Essays Brings $3.7M Bid :: Books :: News ...
Few people are having a better year than Lena Dunham. The 26-year-old actress catapulted onto the pop culture scene with HBO's (love it or hate it) Girls and interest in her sparked an intense bidding war last week for a proposed book of ...
Paste Magazine
New York Times (blog)
Lena Dunham, the creator of “Tiny Furniture” and “Girls,” has signed a book deal worth at least $3.5 million with Random House, where executives are clearly hoping to have another “Bossypants” on their hands. The tentative title is “Not That Kind of ...
Book buzz: Gillian Flynn, 'Fifty Shades' finds screenwriter
USA TODAY
RL Stine aims to give adults 'Goosebumps'
CNN
Stine has written more than 300 books that have sold a combined 350 million copies around the world. (At one point, he was churning out 12 "Goosebumps" books a year; now he's down to six.) At the recent National Book Festival in Washington, the author ...
Children's book used to smuggle drugs through Dubai
7DAYS
One man, who flew from Brazil through Dubai en route to the Ivory Coast was arrested there with 3kg of cocaine found hidden inside books and gift boxes after getting a tip-off from authorities in the UAE. . Children's books were used to smuggle drugs ...
To sell books to China, foreign publishers may have to play by its rules
paidContent.org
China has a huge publishing industry, with over 367,000 titles published in 2011 — making it a large and lucrative market for foreign publishers who want to sell bookrights there. But they may face unique challenges, including an ebook market very ...
paidContent.org
Author of book on famous jazz drummer to speak at Abbot Public Library Oct. 14
Boston.com
On Sunday, October 14th, at 7:00 pm, author Maria Judge will speak at the Abbot Public Library about her new book, "Jake Hanna: The Rhythm and Wit of a Swinging Jazz Drummer." The volume provides a collection of anecdotes about Judge's uncle, Jake ...
Frankfurt Book Fair 2012: At ToC Frankfurt, Data Shows E-Book Growth, and ...
Publishers Weekly
However, a significant number say they have increased their print purchasing because of e-books, and most notably, a significant number who said were not print buyers at all were actually enticed into buying print from e-books. “The formats clearly ...
Books: The John Lennon Letters (2012)
Something Else! Reviews
Arranged in chronological order, The John Lennon Letters commences with a note written in neat penmanship to Aunt Harriet in 1951, thanking her for a towel and book she gave her nephew for Christmas. Examples of John's homemade books, created when ...
Gabrielle Giffords's Husband Mark Kelly Pens Children's Book
People Magazine
"Why a children's book? Because education is the most important thing I think we do in this country. It touches everything, and to have good books that will interest kids at a young age that they'll read is really important, and kids tend to be ...
Digital revolution hot topic at Book Fair
Deutsche Welle
The book publishing industry isn't particularly healthy. Last year the German bookmarket had a turnover of almost 10 billion euros ($1.3 billion), marking a slight downturn for the first time in seven years. The majority of books are still sold in ...
Deutsche Welle
Google, publishers shelve book-scanning suit
WCNC
The truce announced Thursday ends a federal lawsuit filed in 2005 by several members of the Association of American Publishers after Google Inc. began stockpiling its Internet search index with digital duplicates of books scanned from libraries. Google ...
Book by survivor of Nazis prepared her for blessings
Philadelphia Inquirer
Perhaps it was luck, fate, or a blessing, but weeks before being diagnosed with breast cancer, Karen Weiss read a book by Corrie Ten Boom called The Hiding Place. Weiss was amazed how the faith of the author, who hid Dutch Jews from the Nazis, grew ...
Philadelphia Inquirer
Book Review: Not Famous Anymore by Michael Loyd Gray
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
Not Famous Anymore by Michael Loyd Gray is a fictional book which addresses the price of fame. We all know that being famous cannot be easy, but why do famous people who got what they wanted keep complaining? Elliott Adreian's parents have died ...
NW Books: 'Griefland,' 'Juan de Fuca's Strait'
The Seattle Times
New books of Seattle interest: a history of the discovery and political battle over the Strait of Juan de Fuca; a graphic-novel adaptation of Patricia Briggs' work; a journey of grief when two women both lose their youngest child; and a collection of ...
BOOK REVIEW: 'Planning Reagan's War'
Washington Times
BLOGS: Inside Politics · ...
Washington Times
On a Journey Book Club
Chicago Tribune
On a Journey Book Club was started four years ago by two Fulbright Exchange teachers who were reunited. Our members span many age groups and backgrounds. The hostess usually selects the book. Often the refreshments reflect the focus.
Chicago Tribune
Book Review: Internet Marketing: 8 Key Concepts Every Business MUST Know ...
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
Bookshelves are full and running over with marketing books that promise to deliver instant or overnight success with "one trick" that will push you over the top and make you a millionaire. Internet Marketing: 8 Key Concpets Every Business MUST Know is ...
Boy who says he saw heaven has new book
NBCNews.com
Two years after the release of the best-selling book, “Heaven Is for Real,” telling the story of Colton Burpo's near-death experience at age 4, Colton, his dad, Todd, and his mom, Sonja, speak about their second book, a devotional called “Heaven ...
NBCNews.com
Books | Wanderlust, family a juggling act for '80s movie star
Columbus Dispatch
McCarthy, 49, recently talked about his new book, The Longest Way Home: One Man's Quest for the Courage To Settle Down. As much as the book is about travel, it's also about his committing to his longtime girlfriend, Dolores Rice.After the couple — who ...
Columbus Dispatch
The Book Of Unwritten Tales Deluxe Edition
Inside Mac Games
The Book of Unwritten Tales from Nordic Games is a light hearted, somewhat humorous graphical adventure that is both fun and entertaining. This game is peppered with references to fantasy novels, movies, and other games, sometimes poking fun, other ...
Arnold's Book: The Questions the Governator did not Answer
Fox and Hounds Daily
Here are five (admittedly wonky) questions that I wish Arnold Schwarzenegger had answered in his new book – and how he missed the boat on each. 1. What are the inside details of the process that led to the passage of AB 32, the state's limit on ...
Lena Dunham's Book of Essays Brings $3.7M Bid :: Books :: News ...
Few people are having a better year than Lena Dunham. The 26-year-old actress catapulted onto the pop culture scene with HBO's (love it or hate it) Girls and interest in her sparked an intense bidding war last week for a proposed book of ...
Paste Magazine
Norovirus kids get book tokens in recompense - The Local
The Local: Germany's news in English ... Norovirus kids get book tokens in recompense. Published: 9 Oct 12 14:30 ... The company Sodexo said the certificates can be redeemed for books, learning supplies or tutoring sessions. “We can well ...
The Local - Germany's news in English
New easy-to-use iOS app works with library-owned e-books and ...
By David Rothman
Click on the screenshot for a better look at the DCL iOS app's library view—complete with a “Getbooks” option that mercifully doesn't lead to a browser. You can search for a book within the DCL Reader and almost immediately be reading it or ...
TeleRead: News and views on e-books,...
Lena Dunham Scores More Than $3.5 Million in Book Deal
By AceShowbiz.com
Lena Dunham signs a big deal of more than $3.5 million for her new non-fiction book 'Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's Learned'.
Aceshowbiz.com - Entertainment News
'Girls' creator Lena Dunham signs advice book | Showbiz | GMA ...
Lena Dunham, creator of HBO comedy 'Girls', has signed a deal for a debut book giving advice to young women on sex and work, a publishing contract reported to be worth several million dollars.
GMA News Online
Book Offers New Details in Sowell Murders | FOX8.com – Cleveland ...
By Lindsay Buckingham
Crime writer and author Steve Miller appeared on Monday's Fox 8 News in the Morning to talk about his chilling new book: Nobody's Women: The Crimes and Victims of Anthony Sowell, the Cleveland Serial Killer.
FOX8.com – Cleveland news &...
RED DOG Book News Roundup: Book at Urban Outfitters, “Whine at ...
The big news concerning my own writing is that my new humor book, RED DOG / BLUE DOG: WHEN POOCHES GET POLITICAL, is in Urban Outfitters. Exciting!
www.writersdigest.com/.../red-dog-book-news-roundup-book-...
Architecture book news | Architecture | Wallpaper* Magazine: design ...
Architecture book news. Concrete Edited by William Hall Ah, concrete. Has there ever been a more divisive material? Regular readers will not be remotely ...
Six books to 'change our view of the world' on shortlist for non-fiction ...
Her book, Behind The Beautiful Forevers, gives readers 'a better understanding of what it's like being.... Latest news and views from the Guardian's books team ...
www.guardian.co.uk/.../six-magisterial-shortlist-samuel-johnso...
Her book, Behind The Beautiful Forevers, gives readers 'a better understanding of what it's like being.... Latest news and views from the Guardian's books team ...
www.guardian.co.uk/.../six-magisterial-shortlist-samuel-johnso...
Religion - Industry News - Print and E-books, Book Publishers ...
Naomi Kinsman, the church-going child of two pastors, dreamed of being a writer --she just never imagined she'd write about faith. Her new book, Brilliant Hues, ...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry.../index.htm...
Literary news including the books at Emily Dickinson's house; a ...
Literary news including the books at Emily Dickinson's house; a reading from ' The ... To launch herbook and raise money for Replenishing the Shelves, Burak, ...
www.bostonglobe.com/arts/.../10/.../story.html
Why We're Suckers for Sorrow | Moments of Genius | Big Think: "One paradox of good fiction is that it centers on sadness. If fiction gives us pleasure, then why are we drawn towards what’s gravely unpleasant? Think about classics in the Western cannon. Romeo and Juliet ends with a double suicide; Anna Karenina throws herself in front of an oncoming train; in versions of Goethe’s Faust the Devil carries the protagonist off to hell; Santiago returns empty handed in The Old Man and the Sea. "
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