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Simon & Schuster

Federal Judge Blocks Penguin Random House/Simon & Schuster Merger

November 4, 2022November 7, 2022 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Florence Y. Pan, Jonathan Karp, Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, Stacy Mitchell, Stephen King

Will authors benefit? Could a breakup of Amazon’s publishing monopoly be next?

Ernaux

Annie Ernaux Ascends

October 12, 2022October 14, 2022 Michael Washburn 0 Comments Annie Ernaux, L'Occupacion, Passion Simple, Salman Rushdie, Stephen King

Nobel committee bestows its literary award on an introspective French author

Peter Straub

CREATORS Remembrance Writers

Peter Straub, Literary Giant, Passes Away at 79

September 7, 2022September 13, 2022 Philip Fracassi 1 Comment Clive Barker, Dan Chaon, Emma Straub, Ghost Story, Joe Lansdale, Neil Gaiman, Peter Straub, Stephen King, The Talisman

Writers mourn novelist, whose output went beyond the horror genre

Patterson

James Patterson Checks His Privilege

June 15, 2022June 16, 2022 Katie Smith 0 Comments Dahlia Adler, Gina Denny, James Patterson, Stephen King

Twitter drags rich bestselling novelist after he claims white males have it tough

Muted

FICTION NON-FICTION Young Adult

The Best YA Abduction Stories

May 24, 2022August 24, 2022 Lily Moayeri 0 Comments Abduction, Brie Larson, Carolyn Lee Adams, Elizabeth Scott, Ellen Emerson White, Emma Donoghue, Grown, Janie Johnson, Jayce Dugard, Kathy Bates, Luanne Rice, Lucy Christopher, Muted, Natasha Preston, Stephen King, Stolen, Tami Charles, The Cellar, Tiffany D. Jackson

Teens love the genre, as long as the abductees eventually escape

Firestarter

We Didn’t Start This ‘Firestarter’

May 15, 2022May 19, 2022 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Firestarter, Gloria Reuben, John Beasley, Kurtwood Smith, Michael Greyeyes, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Stephen King, Sydney Lemmon, Zac Efron

The IP was burning while the world was turning

horror

adblock FICTION

The Year in Horror Fiction

December 8, 2021December 20, 2021 Philip Fracassi 3 Comments Catriona Ward, Chuck Wendig, Devil House, Eric LaRocca, Hailey Piper, horror, John Darnielle, Josh Malerman, Queen of Teeth, Sara Gran, Stephen King, The Burning Girls, The Last House on Needless Street

And what wickedness is coming in 2022

censorship

FICTION Politics

We’re all living in ‘Fahrenheit 451’

October 27, 2021April 3, 2022 Michael Washburn 2 Comments Censorship, Cornel West, Fahrenheit 451, Library of America, Ray Bradbury, Stephen King

The Library of America Ray Bradbury edition is prophecy, not past

Midnight Mass

You’ll Want to Go to ‘Midnight Mass’

September 30, 2021October 7, 2021 Pablo Gallaga 0 Comments Doctor Sleep, Kate Siegel, Midnight Mass, Mike Flanagan, Stephen King, The Haunting Of Hill House, Zach Gilford

There’s everlasting reward in sitting through Mike Flanagan’s TV horror service

FICTION NON-FICTION Young Adult

A Realistic List of Books You Can Get Young Adults To Actually Finish

August 23, 2021March 29, 2022 Lily Moayeri 0 Comments A Child Called It, Angie Thomas, Ben Mikaelsen, Between Shades of Gray, Candy, Concrete Rose, Dave Pelzer, Demon Slayer, Divergent, Go Ask Alice, Jenny Han, John Green, Kevin Brooks, Lucy Christopher, Rainbow Rowell, Rick Riordan, Rupi Kaur, Ruta Sepetys, S.E. Hinton, Sara Zarr, Sonya Sones, Stephen King, Stephenie Meyer, Stolen, Story of A Girl, The Outsiders, Twilight, Veronica Roth

Who would you trust more? Time Magazine? Or our resident teacher librarian?

Museum of Rain

Eggers As Metaphor

July 12, 2021March 16, 2022 Michael Washburn 0 Comments Bjork, Dave Eggers, David Foster Wallace, Hugh Jackman, John Lennon, Rage, Stephen King, The Every, the Museum of Rain

‘The Museum of Rain’, a trim little parable about the tension between artists and fans

Conan

CREATORS FICTION Writers

The Enduring Appeal of Conan

May 19, 2021March 15, 2022 Michael Washburn 7 Comments Arnold Schwarzenegger, Conan the Barbarian, Dr. Seuss, J.K. Rowling, Norman Mailer, Renée Zellweger, Renegades and Rogues, Robert E. Howard, Stephen King, Todd Vick, Vincent D'Onofrio

The elusive Robert E. Howard’s lasting contribution to popular culture

The Stand

FICTION TELEVISION

‘The Stand’ Doesn’t Deliver

January 14, 2021January 19, 2021 Scott Gold 1 Comment Alexander Skarsgard, Gary Sinise, Heather Graham, James Marsden, Jovan Adepo, Molly Ringwald, Odessa Young, Owen Teague, Randall Flagg, Rob Lowe, Stephen King, The Stand, Whoopi Goldberg

‘Don’t Fear the Reaper’ is absent in CBS All Access reboot of Stephen King’s apocalypse saga. So is linear narrative.

Paul Tremblay

CREATORS FICTION Writers

The New Novel by Paul Tremblay is NOT a Fairy Tale

July 7, 2020July 9, 2020 Philip Fracassi 0 Comments Paul Tremblay, Stephen King, Survivor Song, The Cabin At The End Of The World

The bestselling horror author discusses Survivor Song

Writers

CREATORS Writers

Are Writers Really Better Off At Home?

May 11, 2020May 11, 2020 Michael Washburn 0 Comments Harlan Ellison, Henry Miller, Paragraph Brooklyn, Stephen King

Here’s hoping writers’ spaces reopen as soon as possible

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