Roberto Bolaño's Devotion

Roberto Bolaño's Devotion - The New York Review of Books
By Roberto Bolaño
Toward the end of 1992 he was very sick and had separated from his wife. That was the goddamn truth: he was alone and fucked and he tended to think there was little time left. But dreams, oblivious to sickness, showed up every night ...
The New York Review of Books

Book Buzz: Ringo shares photos, talks Beatles in new book
USA TODAY
Ringo's new book: Ringo Starr is the author of Photograph, a collection of images and stories about his early life and years as one-fourth of The Beatles. Being released first as an e-book on June 12, Photograph will pair up with the Grammy Museum ...

Book review: 'The Son,' by Philipp Meyer
Dallas Morning News
Book review: 'The Son,' by Philipp Meyer ... the author of THE SON. Publisher Ecco; credited to "Courtesy of the author." ... The book is organized into three separate narratives spanning four generations of the McCullough clan, cattle and oil barons ...

Book Club: Lancaster man triumphs against the odds
Lancaster Today
Chris' book, “A bird in a cage and a tin of paint” describes his difficult childhood. As a youngster growing up in Salford, he struggled with being an undiagnosed dyslexic learner while his mother had a mental illness. Physical and mental abuse was ...

Books to encourage summer reading
Charlotte Observer
It's a charming picture book with simple artwork in bold lines that relates a theme parents struggle with every summer – how to keep kids from spending hour upon hour plugged into computers and video games and instead get them tuned in to books. One ...

Books that changed me: Nicole Trope
Sydney Morning Herald
A book that introduced me to the indefatigable Commander Vimes and his band of misfits, beginning a lifelong love of Pratchett's work and the Discworld. I read everything Pratchett had written before this novel and haven't ever missed a new book.

Book reviews: God save the Kinks by Rob Jovanovic
Scotsman
IN THE foreword to his thoroughly researched biography of one of Britain's greatest bands, authorRob Jovanovic argues that, despite their lofty reputation, The Kinks remained curiously under-appreciated for much of their career. God Save The Kinks ...

Book review: Edmund Burke: Philosopher, Politician, Prophet by Jesse Norman
Scotsman
Norman, in an unusual and justifiable decision, splits his book into two: the first half documents Burke's life, with all those attendant failures, the frequent caricatures, and the great rupture from his friend Charles James Fox, where principles ...

Weekend picks for book lovers
USA TODAY
USA TODAY's picks for book lovers include Stephen King's carny novel Joyland, and a posthumous history of firearms from the late Navy SEAL Chris Kyle. Joyland by Stephen King; Hard Case Crime, paperback original, 288 pp.; fiction. A small North ...

French geographers publish global atlas on sexuality | The Raw Story
By Agence France-Presse
From legislation and the dynamics of couples to prostitution and violence, the book maps out the evolution of sexual habits and acts around the world by collating various surveys, figures and reports already available. “Sexuality is everywhere ...
The Raw Story

Scarlett Johansson Suing French Book Over Use of Her Name ...
By Daniel Jacobson
She's seeking compensation and a ban on “future transfer of rights and adaptations of the book.” The novel's author, Gregoire Delacourt, told Le Figaro he was “stunned” by the litigation. He's quoted as saying, “This corresponds with the ...
Gossip Cop

FDL Book Salon Welcomes Kate Brown, Plutopia: Nuclear Families ...
By Gar Smith
FDL Book Salon Welcomes Kate Brown, Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters. Author: Gar Smith Saturday, June 8, 2013 12:03 pm Pacific time. Welcome Kate Brown (UMBC) ...
Book Salon

Sister Creative Team Fights Child Illiteracy With Children's Book ...
By Alisha Tillery
Looking for a book to teach your children or students life lessons in a fun way? Two sisters, Ashley and April Foxx, have created the first book of a series, Keisha Cane and Her Very Sweet Tooth. Ashley, the author and April, the illustrator, used ...
Clutch Magazine

Guardian review | Books | The Guardian
The UK book world still suffers from a sharp divide along gender lines. ... The books interview: the author talks to Susanna Rustin about comics, cliffhangers and ...
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