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Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Reading Aloud with Meghan Cox Gurdon

January 26, 2021January 25, 2021 Elizabeth Hazard 0 Comments A Place of Greater Safety, Ann Patchett, Hilary Mantel, Meghan Cox Gurdon, The Enchanted Hour, The Mirror and the Light, The Wall Street Journal, The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, Treasure Island, Wolf Hall

An interview with the author of ‘The Enchanted Hour’, celebrating the art of family storytime

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Barry Lyga and Publishing Friends Condemn “The Monsters Among Us”

January 21, 2021January 22, 2021 Jamie Mason 8 Comments Barry Lyga, Censorship, Donald Trump, Josh Hawley, Night and Fog, Regency, Thomas Spence

In a petition, 500 literary professionals seek to define who gets a book deal in the post-Trump world

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The Empathy of Haruki Murakami

January 19, 2021January 19, 2021 Michael Washburn 1 Comment Haruki Murakami, Ozamu Dazi, Yasunari Kawabata, Yukio Mishima

Japan’s most famous writer looks at the COVID-19 crisis from the viewpoint of ordinary people

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Literary Twitter Goes Rooney Tunes Over New Sally Rooney Novel Announcement

January 14, 2021January 13, 2021 Katie Smith 0 Comments Amber Sparks, Beautiful World Where Are You, Brandon Taylor, Elisa Gabbert, Farrar Strauss & Giroux, Hulu, Lorrie Moore, Mitzi Angel, Normal People, Sally Rooney

Buy stock in Kleenex for September 2021

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Ngo is a No-Go at Powell’s

January 12, 2021January 18, 2021 Katie Smith 0 Comments Andy Ngo, Portland, Powell's Books, Proud Boys, Sarah Jeong, Unmasked

Portland bookstore pulls anti-Antifa book after protests

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Cancel Culture: The Lit-World Year In Review

December 29, 2020January 4, 2021 Katie Smith 0 Comments Abigail Shrier, American Dirt, Apropos Of Nothing, J.K. Rowling, Jeanne Cummins, Jordan Peterson, Joseph Epstein, Julie Burchill, Marisa Corvisiero, Sasha White, Tobias Literary Agency, Woody Allen

Most of 2020’s ‘canceled’ books are actually doing quite well, thank you

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‘Inside Story’, or is Martin Amis Just Hedging?

December 21, 2020December 24, 2020 Michael Washburn 0 Comments Christopher Hitchens, Evelyn Waugh, Inside Story, John Updike, Martin Amis, Philip Larkin, The Whitsun Weddings

Hiding your opinions of famous writers as “fiction” is a cop-out

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John le Carré’s Spies Were the anti-James Bond

December 15, 2020December 15, 2020 Michael Washburn 0 Comments American Pie, Danielle McDonald, George Smiley, James Bond, John le Carré, No Time To Die, The Looking-Glass War, The Spy Who Came In From The Cold

His novels transcended genre

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Joseph Epstein Steps In It

December 13, 2020December 21, 2020 Neal Pollack 1 Comment Henry James, I Wipe My Ass On Your Novel, Irving Kristol, Jill Biden, Joseph Epstein, Norman Podhoretz, Northwestern University, The American Scholar, The Wall Street Journal

My former teacher made fun of Jill Biden’s Ph.D. this weekend, and reaped the whirlwind

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RIP John le Carré (1931-2020)

December 13, 2020December 14, 2020 Trevor Seigler 0 Comments adblock, Agent Running In The Field, George Smiley, John le Carré, Smiley's People, The Little Drummer Girl, The Night Manager, The Spy Who Came In From The Cold

The writer comes in from the cold

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Christopher Golden Brings the Pain

December 8, 2020 Philip Fracassi 0 Comments

The author discusses his newest novel, Red Hands, a thrilling horror show of pandemic proportions

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Twitter Dismisses David Sedaris for ‘CBS Sunday Morning’ Appearance

December 7, 2020December 17, 2020 Katie Smith 0 Comments CBS Sunday Morning, Charlotte Clymer, David Sedaris

The satirist suggested citizens should be allowed to fire customer-service workers for poor performance

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The Wisdom of Matthew McConaughey

December 7, 2020January 12, 2021 Jamie Mason 0 Comments Greenlights, Matthew McConaughey

A frank and friendly memoir from a working-class kid who hit the jackpot

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Publishing Staff Protest New Jordan Peterson Book

November 26, 2020December 2, 2020 Katie Smith 2 Comments Helen Dale, Jordan Peterson, Penguin Randomhouse Canada, Tucker Carlson, Vice

The ‘Professor Against Political Correctness’ has 12 more rules to live by

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‘Mank’ in the Tank

November 23, 2020December 5, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Amanda Seyfried, Charles Dance, Citizen Kane, Coen Brothers, David Fincher, Gary Oldman, Jack Fincher, Louis C.K., Madonna, Mank, Trumbo, William Randolph Hearst

David Fincher’s Old Hollywood movie is a pretentious snooze

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