Entertainment Weekly: Book Coverage

• Review: 'The One Hundred Nights of Hero': EW Review

  

  What starts off as an homage to Scheherazade and her 1001 nights of storytelling quickly turns takes on a life (and story) of its own in Isabel Greenberg’s The One Hundred Nights of Hero. For her second graphic novel, the Eisner Awar…
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• Review: 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' script: EW Review

  

  A published screenplay is a different beast – though one no less fantastical – than full-length novel. Instead of inspiring readers’ imaginations about the worlds they’re meant to be depicting, a pu…
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• Review: 'Beyond the Truth' by Anne Holt: EW Review

  

  When you think of Scandinavian noir, names like Stieg Larsson, Henning Mankell, and Camilla Läckberg probably come to mind, not Anne Holt. That may be about to change. Holt—dubbed “the godmother of modern Norwegian crime…
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• Review: 'Talking as Fast as I Can' by Lauren Graham: EW Review

  

  Through a handful of essays, Graham shares stories from her early days as a struggling actress as well as behind-the-scenes tidbits from her seven seasons (and now the Nov. 25 Netflix revival) as beloved, quick-witted Lorelai Gilmore on Gilmore Girls…
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• Review: 'The Daily Show (The Book): An Oral History': EW review

  

  Jon Stewart left the Daily Show 15 months ago and the country hasn’t been the same since. Perhaps not since the golden age of Johnny Carson had one man so ruled the nexus of entertainment and current events, and Stewart’s re…
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• Review: 'The Princess Diarist' by Carrie Fisher: EW Review

  

  Star Wars fans are likely to have as curious and strained a relationship with Carrie Fisher’s The Princess Diarist as the actress has with the films: a hope for something deeper, disappointment in its glibness, and ultimately a respect a…
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• Review: 'Pretend I'm Your Friend' by MB Caschetta: EW Review

  

  At first the stories in MB Caschetta’s linked collection (following her first novel, Miracle Girls, which came out in 2014) seem like loosely plotted vignettes, windows peering into characters’ lives for a brief moment befor…
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• Review: 'Moonglow' by Michael Chabon: EW Review

  

  Love and war, sex and madness, long-buried secrets and rockets to the moon: Hardly a shade of human intrigue—or a pivotal moment in 20th-century history—goes unexplored in Chabon’s vibrant, sprawling latest. Ins…
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• Review: 'The Fate of the Tearling' by Erika Johansen: EW Review

  

  In the final book of Erika Johansen’s excellent Tearling trilogy, Queen Kelsea Glynn is struggling to save her besieged kingdom from a physical foe, the Red Queen, as well as from a strange supernatural force that has begun gaining…
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• Review: 'Settle for More' by Megyn Kelly: EW Review

  

  Let’s get it out of the way at the very beginning: The Roger Ailes stories in lawyer–turned–Fox News host Megyn Kelly’s book are every bit as lurid and appalling as you might imagine, with the forme…
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Financial Times: Books

• newChina’s New Red Guards, by Jude Blanchette
  A lively account of the rise of the neo-Maoists
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• Bryan Magee, philosopher, writer and broadcaster, 1930-2019
  A polymath in thrall to the big philosophical questions
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• Book reviews of the week
  Inside Koch Industries, postwar ‘Angry Young Women’ — and biting satire in a graphic novel
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• I Am Sovereign by Nicola Barker — a tricksy experiment in prose
  While dazzling us with her pirouetting sentences, the novelist takes the gimmickry too far
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• Shelagh Delaney and the other accidental feminists
  We’ve heard of the 1950s Angry Young Men — now at last we get to hear about the women
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• Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino — reflections on feminism’s final frontier
  A millennial account of digital life delivers some unexpected insights
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• Promise Me You’ll Shoot Yourself — a German requiem
  What happens when all is lost? A sobering study of the suicides that swept a defeated Reich
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• The Man Who Saw Everything by Deborah Levy — a day in the life
  The Abbey Road crossing of Beatles fame inspires a dizzying tale spanning decades
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• Off Season — a graphic novel told with dogged attention to detail
  A cast of exclusively canine characters fleshes out an account of 2016’s US election
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• King and Emperor — the man who inspired modern Europe
  A magnificent biography of Charlemagne, known as ‘the father of Europe’
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Huffington Post: US Books Blog

• Here's How To Stop Losing Your S**t With Your Kids
  A new book unlocks the secrets to keeping your cool when they're pushing alllll of your buttons.
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• With ‘Where’d You Go, Bernadette,’ A Beloved Novel Proves Tough To Adapt
  Cate Blanchett and director Richard Linklater on their big-screen approach to Maria Semple's delightful bestseller.
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• How Nearly Losing His Life Made This Author Embrace Death
  TED speaker and triple amputee Dr. BJ Miller talks about his new book, "A Beginner's Guide to the End," and why millennials are the “sandwich generation” of caregivers.
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• The Top Books On Barack Obama's 2019 Summer Reading List
  The former president said on Facebook that "you can't go wrong by reading or re-reading the collected works of Toni Morrison."
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• Stephen King Haunts Trump With A Biting Question About New Border Wall Claims
  The horror author trolled the president with a reminder of his biggest -- and so far emptiest -- campaign promise.
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• Tributes Pour In For Toni Morrison, 'A Brilliant Scribe Of Our Nation’s Complex Stories'
  "I grew up wanting to be only her," Shonda Rhimes said about the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist on Twitter.
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• Megan Rapinoe Nets Book Deal After World Cup Win
  The U.S. Women’s National Team co-captain reportedly signed with Penguin Press for a book about her life AND with Razorbill for a book for young people.
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• German Jewish Leader Denounces Amazon For Allowing Sale Of Pro-Nazi Merchandise
  It's "absolutely unacceptable" for Amazon to allow anti-Semitic books and T-shirts on its site, a leader from the Central Council of Jews in Germany stated.
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• Trump Blasts Paul Ryan After He's Quoted In Book Slamming President's Ignorance
  The former House speaker reportedly credited himself with saving Trump from bad "knee-jerk" decisions.
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• Amazon Pulls Books By Catholic Writer Who Promoted Conversion Therapy
  LGBTQ activists say Dr. Joseph Nicolosi's books sought to give scientific credibility to the ex-gay movement.
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L.A. Times: Books

• Review: In Juli Zeh's 'Empty Hearts,' the high price of moral numbness becomes clear
  In “Empty Hearts,” Juli Zeh lures readers into a near future numb to political and social upheaval.
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• Review: In 'Black Light: Stories,' Kimberly King Parsons serves up a big and wild Texas
  Review: In 'Black Light: Stories,' Kimberly King Parsons brings 'enchanting yowls' from wild Texas
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• Review: Téa Obreht's ‘Inland’ transports readers in a sweeping story of the West
  “Inland” by Téa Obreht is a sweeping story of magical realism and outcasts in the West.
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• Lit picks: This week’s L.A. book events call for community
  Things to do in L.A.: An homage to Toni Morrison, writing at the L.A. River and other book events.
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• Barack Obama’s summer reading list starts with a nod to Toni Morrison
  Former President Barack Obama's reading list includes Toni Morrison, Colson Whitehead and Téa Obreht
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• Cómo se convierten los niños en lectores
  Algunos padres temen que su hijo se “atrase” al aprender a leer.
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• Leyendo en voz alta para aprender y fortalecer el vínculo afectivo
  Todos los padres quieren que sus hijos tengan éxito, pero es posible que no estén seguros de cómo ayudarlos.
  - 3 days ago, 16 Aug 19, 12:04pm -
• La importancia de las bibliotecas escolares
  Con un énfasis en los resultados de los exámenes y la “alfabetización digital,” existe un mito entre muchos de que la biblioteca de la escuela es irrelevante e incluso anticuada.
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• El caso para los cómics
  Los cómics tienen cualidades de superhéroe, ofreciendo beneficios para todas las edades y nivel de competencia.
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• Five steps to becoming a read out-loud book hero
  Tips and tricks from a library aide.
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London Evening Standard: Books

npr: Books

• newIf These 2 Titles Remind You Of Masterful Suspense Novels, They Should

  

  Laura Lippman's Lady in the Lake recollects Raymond Chandler's fourth Philip Marlowe novel and Ruth Ware's The Turn of the Key recalls Henry James' The Turn of the Screw. Happily, they both live up.
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• newCave Diver Risks All To Explore Places 'Where Nobody Has Ever Been'

  

  "The big picture of survival is sometimes so hard to see, but we always know what we can do to make the next best step toward survival," says cave diver, photographer and memoirist Jill Heinerth.
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• newAcknowledging Racism Is A Good Start. But It's Only The First Step.

  

  Scholar Dr. Ibram X. Kendi's new book discusses the current state of American racism and how to combat it.
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• newFor August, 3 Romances To Get You Through Summer's Homestretch

  

  It's too hot to go outside, so stay put under the air conditioner with our August romance selections — three novels that prove love and happiness are out there, if you're willing to fight for them.
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• newWhat's Hidden Beneath The Manor House? 'The Warlow Experiment'

  

  What happens when one person controls the fate of many? Ghastly experiments like the one Alix Nathan lays out in her new novel, about a country gentleman who aspires to scientific prominence.
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• In 'Gods With A Little G,' The Kids Are Alright

  

  Tupelo Hassman's novel about a group of teenagers at loose ends in a tiny town run by Christian fundamentalists has some dark moments, but ultimately it's as heartwarming as it is beautifully written.
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• Poet Saida Dahir On 'The Walking Stereotype'

  

  Eighteen-year-old Muslim Somali refugee Saida Dahir is an activist and hopes to inspire as a spoken word artist. Her debut poetry album is The Walking Stereotype. She talks with Lulu Garcia-Navarro.
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• 'Black Card' Wrings Humor And Pathos Out Of A Serious Situation

  

  Chris L. Terry draws on his own experiences for this story about an unnamed biracial man whose attempts to hold on to both his white and black identities (and his gig in a punk band) cause a crisis.
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• Bassey Ikpi On 'I'm Telling The Truth, But I'm Lying'

  

  NPR's Scott Simon speaks with author and spoken-word artist Bassey Ikpi on her essays about growing up and dealing with mental illness.
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• Darkness And Beauty Go Hand In Hand In 'Black Light'

  

  In her debut collection, Kimberly King Parsons writes with the unpredictable power of a firecracker, bringing flashes of illumination to sharp, compassionate stories about longing and disappointment.
  - 2 days ago, 17 Aug 19, 7:00am -

PopMatters: Read

• newThe Pro-Wrestling Story Collectors: An Interview with Sports Authors Steve Johnson and Greg Oliver

  

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• new'Quatermass and the Pit' Peers into the Dark Nature of Human Evolution

  

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• newOutside Lands 2019 Was Bigger and Better Than Ever

  

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• newCoastal Clouds Explores the Battle of Heart and Mind in "Comes From a Time" (premiere)

  

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• newFriendly Fires Bring Some Necessary Euphoria to Summer with 'Inflorescent'

  

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• new'Famous People' Splashes in the Puddle of a Shallow Pop Star

  

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• newThe Hold Steady Return to Form on 'Thrashing Thru the Passion'

  

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• newThe Dust Blows Forward: 'Trout Mask Replica' at 50

  

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• Jia Tolentino's 'Trick Mirror' Is a Studied Index of Contemporary Ills

  

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• McGinley's Darkly Comic 'Foggage' Explores Incest in Rural Ireland

  

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The A.V. Club: AVBooks

• newThe pressure is on as Mindhunter uncovers a serial killer's dumping ground

  

  The 1970s and ‘80s are sometimes referred to as “the golden age of serial killers,” a period that produced some of the most infamous names the world has ever known: Ted Bundy. John Wayne Gacy. Son of Sam. The Hillside Strangler. And part of the…
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• newA return to Cross River yields absurdist tales of robot slaves, doomed professors, and other godforsaken misfits

  

  In the opening story of Rion Amilcar Scott’s second collection, The World Doesn’t Require You, the literal children of God are having a conversation about prayer. After Jeez bails David out of jail, and after David asks Jeez for money so that he…
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• newThis floating tent offers you a cool new way to die while camping

  

  There is a particular genre of internet video dedicated to breathlessly showcasing products so stupid that surely it must be intentional. Perhaps you recall the Pause Pod, a miniature tent that allows you to nap on the floor at work, thereby relievin…
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• newIt's the "first of a million tours" in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel's season 3 teaser

  

  The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Amy Sherman-Palladino’s award-devouring Amazon comedy, returns for its third season this winter. Today, Amazon released its first look at the upcoming batch of episodes, which find Midge (Rachel Brosnahan) and Susie (Alex…
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• newThe Age of Media Corporation Mega-Mergers Is Robbing Us of Bolder, Fresher Storytelling

  

  Disney isn’t just the first studio to have five pictures cross a billion dollars at the box office in a single year and it isn’t just the biggest film studio right now. It’s the biggest film studio in the history of Hollywood. While investors a…
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• newGrab some tissues if you're going to watch this trailer for Bruce Springsteen's Western Stars film

  

  We wrote that Bruce Springsteen’s Western Stars sounded “for all the world like a soundtrack to a movie that doesn’t exist.” Well, now that movie does exist. It’s also called Western Stars and you can watch a trailer for it right now. Read…
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• newKevin Nealon found a bunch of celebrities who weirdly enjoy hiking in this exclusive teaser for Hiking With Kevin

  

  You may be part of the strange camp that has found authentic joy in doing things outdoors, but some of us require a little incentive. For instance, we think trudging up a mountain would be way more tolerable with Lisa Kudrow at our side, dishing abou…
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• newRelive the glory of SummerSlam ’97 with WWF podcast Hell In A Cellphone

  

  There was a time when daytime soap operas were a huge deal. The wedding of General Hospital’s Luke and Laura in 1981 was watched by 30 million viewers and was such a cultural landmark that Elizabeth Taylor guest-starred on the show just to be at th…
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• newMeet Quasi, a giant statue of a human hand with a fucked-up face stuck on it

  

  In the grand annals of public art, creeping people right the fuck out seems to be high on the list of priorities. There’s the famous Ronaldo bust, which transformed the famous soccer player into a sneering imp creature; a Massachusetts statue of a…
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• newThe Amazing Johnathan on magic and mortality

  

  New documentary The Amazing Johnathan is an exercise in faith. As a viewer, can you really trust a magician who says he’s dying? And can filmmaker Ben Berman really trust his subject, the titular Amazing Johnathan, if that subject is known for bei…
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The Guardian: Books + Reviews

• newNot the Booker: Flames by Robbie Arnott review – magic works in a wild Tasmania
  A novel where special coffins are required to keep the dead from rising, and river gods vandalise jetskis could be irritating. But here the tricks pay offFlames is a novel that asks for indulgence, from its first sentence: “Our mother returned to u…
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• newPatsy by Nicole Dennis-Benn review – broken bonds and dashed dreams
  A Jamaican woman leaves her daughter for a new life in the US in a topical, tender novelYou’ll come to know Nicole Dennis-Benn’s characters as intimately as you would a lover. They are refined in their humanity and depth. Patsy, her tender second…
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• newGoing Home by Raja Shehadeh review – rich, sad reflections from Ramallah
  Palestine’s greatest prose writer reflects on hope and disillusion in his home city 50 years after the Israeli invasionRamallah, in the heart of the West Bank, is only a few miles north of Jerusalem, its nose pressed up against the dashes of Palest…
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• newPlunder of the Commons by Guy Standing review – how to take back our shared wealth
  An economist’s manifesto for guarding our natural resources from private companies is elegant and importantLast year, I accompanied the former Undertones singer Feargal Sharkey as he walked along the River Lea, one of England’s many chalk streams…
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• Sensible Footwear by Kate Charlesworth review – an instant classic
  This joyous personal history of British LGBTQ life leaves no stone unturned, from Nancy Spain to section 28, D’Oyly Carte to Last Tango in HalifaxFifty pages into her marvellous new book, the illustrator and cartoonist Kate Charlesworth briefly bre…
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• In brief: Devotion; Dinner With Edward; The Boy Who Followed His Father Into Auschwitz – reviews
  A complex nanny thriller, a moving story of friendship over food and a true-life tale of Nazi death camp survivorsMadeline StevensFaber, £12.99, pp304 Continue reading...
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• The Unsettling of Europe by Peter Gatrell review – the messy truth about migration
  A history of immigration in Europe is a useful reminder that the issue has always been mired in political controversyWhen I first worked on migration issues in the Cabinet Office at the turn of the millennium, a letter crossed my desk from the then l…
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• Shelf Life by Livia Franchini review – quirky, awkward and fresh
  A shopping list assumes symbolic power in this engaging if flawed tale of post-relationship lifeWhen Neil, Ruth Beadle’s boyfriend of 10 years, leaves her, all she has left is their shopping list. In Livia Franchini’s striking if sometimes unsati…
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• JT LeRoy review – a less surprising hoax the second time around
  The fake author who fooled the publishing world is brought back to life in a diverting tale that treads familiar ground“Sometimes, a lie’s more truth than the truth,” drawls author JT Leroy, speaking down a crackling telephone line. This straig…
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• Behind the Screen review – inside the social media sweatshops
  Sarah T Roberts’s vital new study demonstrates how online content moderation is a global industry that operates on the back of human exploitation“All human life is there” used to be the proudest boast of the (mercifully) defunct News of the Wor…
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The Independent: Books

USA Today: Books

• newThe stories in Rion Amilcar Scott's 'The World Doesn’t Require You' stun and challenge

  

  Award-winning author Rion Amilcar Scott challenges and rewards readers with a bleak but beautiful new collection of short stories.       
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• 'Where'd You Go, Bernadette': The biggest differences between the book and the movie

  

  There are key differences in Maria Semple's 2012 best-seller "Where'd You Go, Bernadette" and the new film adaptation starring Cate Blanchett.       
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• 5 books not to miss: Philippa Gregory’s ‘Tidelands,’ Rob Hart's 'The Warehouse'

  

  Philippa Gregory explores the life of a 17th-century midwife in "Tidelands," and Rob Hart goes dystopian for futuristic thriller "The Warehouse."       
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• 30 classics every American should read, according to English professors

  

  24/7 Tempo and USA TODAY reached out to English professors to compile a list of 30 English language classics everyone should read at least once.       
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• Paule Marshall, author of 'Daughters,' 'Brown Girl, Brownstones,' dead at 90

  

  Novelist Paule Marshall died Monday in Richmond, Virginia after suffering dementia in recent years, her son told The Associated Press.       
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• MSNBC reporter says manager told her 'don't look too Latina' at White House Correspondents' Dinner

  

  MSNBC reporter Mariana Atencio says a higher-up at the company told her to not "look too Latina" at the 2017 White House Correspondents' Dinner.       
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• Timothy C. Winegard's 'The Mosquito' a fascinating history of a small but mighty menace

  

  Winegard’s 400-plus-page expedition explores the vast impact of the mosquito, a small but mighty pest that has shaped human history.       
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• Your memoir reading list: 'Educated' and five others that humble and inspire

  

  Looking to be inspired? Here's a round-up of formidable memoirs, beginning with Tara Westover's "Educated."       
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• Téa Obreht follows up 'The Tiger's Wife' with 'Inland' a haunted, fantastical Western

  

  Téa Obreht follows up her best-selling, award-winning debut "The Tiger's Wife" with "Inland," a phantasmagorical and dizzyingly beautiful Western.       
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• 5 books not to miss: ‘Bitterroots,’ ‘Oysterville Sewing Circle,’ Sister Helen Prejean's memoir

  

  A P.I. stands up to a powerful family in C.J. Box's "The Bitterroots," and "The Tiger's Wife" writer Téa Obreht returns with the haunting "Inland."       
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WSJ: Books

• newTrump Isn't the One Dividing Us by Race
  He hardly mentions it, while his adversaries are obsessed with ‘whiteness’ and ‘white privilege.’
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• newThe SEC Threatens to Go Soft on Internal Controls
  A proposal to exempt certain companies from a full audit would encourage fraud and hurt investors.
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• newDissent Against Beijing Is Becoming a Firing Offense
  Four airline employees have already lost their jobs for joining Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests.
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• newNotable & Quotable: Warren's Weakness
  Her ‘strongest case for electability is that she won a Senate seat in the most Democratic state in the country.’
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• newWhat Will California Ban Next?
  Snatching away plastic bottles is the latest blunder in a state thick with invasive laws.
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• newArgentina Needs the Dollar
  The peso swoons after a presidential vote, showing the risk of an inflation tax.
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• newI'd Rather Read With My Ears
  The ‘Iliad’ was an audiobook before it was a printed one.
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• newThe Right's Left Turn on Drug Prices
  The rate of increase is falling even as the GOP embraces bad ideas.
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• newThe Secular Busybodies Lose Again
  A new Supreme Court precedent saves a county seal featuring a cross.
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• Endangered Species Overreach
  A new rule won’t put more fish and wildlife at risk.
  - 3 days ago, 16 Aug 19, 6:51pm -