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Transmentation | Transience by Darkly Lem: Review by Alexandra Pierce
Transmentation | Transience, Darkly Lem (Blackstone 979-8-21218-599-8, $ 28.99, 400pp, hc) March 2025. Cover by Kathryn English.I came to this novel...
locusmag.com
- 30+ days ago
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Netflix announces Willy Wonka-inspired reality show where contestants must 'thrive in chaos'
The "high-stakes social experiment" will see its candy-loving contestants fight for a chance to enter Wonka's chocolate kingdom. Did you watch Charlie and the Chocolate...
ew.com
- 30+ days ago
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We Already Know How Sunrise on the Reaping Ends. That Doesn’t Change Its Impact.
The new Hunger Games prequel by Suzanne Collins ends with shocking devastation—and a reminder of what’s worth protecting. Spoilers below for The Hunger...
elle.com
- 30+ days ago
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A Statement from Constitutional Law Scholars on Columbia
The government may not threaten funding cuts as a tool to pressure recipients into suppressing First Amendment–protected speech. We write as...
nybooks.com
- 30+ days ago
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This Online Group ‘Judges A Book By Its Cover,’ And Here Are 30 Of The Weirdest Ones (New Pics)
It has been said that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. But there’s an online community that’s calling utter BS...
boredpanda.com
- 30+ days ago
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The Rise and Fall of Warhorses
You can tell the history of a large part of the world by who had what horses when. The term “dehorsification” (obyezloshadenie) was coined by...
nybooks.com
- 30+ days ago
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Agent and Publisher Roger Freet Dies at 56
Roger Freet, who held several positions at HarperCollins before becoming an agent, died March 18 from complications of pancreatic cancer. He was...
publishersweekly.com
- 30+ days ago
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Book Review: Plastic Capitalism: Banks, Credit Cards, and the End of Financial Control
A lot has changed since then. Most consumers today regularly employ “plastic,” meaning credit cards. A new book delves into the history of consumer...
cato.org
- 30+ days ago
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Golden Age Detectives in Love
Celebrating the love lives of Lord Peter Wimsey, Harriet Vane, Roderick Alleyn, Albert Campion, and more. It’s the puzzle of mystery novels that...
crimereads.com
- 30+ days ago
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books / writing
Announcing the winners of our 2025 Teen Writing Contest
We are excited to announce the winners and runners-up of our 2025 One Teen Story Teen Writing Contest! We received nearly 600 entries from teen...
one-story.com
- 30+ days ago
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Today in History: Harriet Beecher Stowe’s ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ published
Today is Thursday, March 20, the 79th day of 2025. There are 286 days left in the year. Today in history: On March 20, 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s influential...
chicagotribune.com
- 30+ days ago
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This week’s bestsellers from Publishers Weekly
Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, March 15, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and...
miamiherald.com
- 30+ days ago
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Zuckerberg Will Hurt Anyone For Growth: A Review of Careless People
Hey! A book review! Been a bit. Should I Read This: Probably. It covers some old ground but in a useful, revealing way. BookShop.org...
dailykos.com
- 30+ days ago
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Lost in the Landscape
The Met’s Caspar David Friedrich exhibition offers an introduction to an artist whose work—luminous, disturbing, serene—reveals an all-encompassing...
nybooks.com
- 30+ days ago
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Apocalypse in Greek and Roman Classics - Yale University Press
Edith Hall— Some myths are now being read allegorically in the growing field of geomythology, the study of how geology and myth are interrelated, in...
yale.edu
- 30+ days ago
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‘Aspen and Pine’ by Marie Gethins
Psithurism – the sound of wind through trees. You labelled the memory stick, left it on top of my keyboard. An audio file. I clicked and...
bansheepress.org
- 30+ days ago
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The Best Biographies: The 2025 NBCC Shortlist, recommended by Mary Ann Gwinn
We always look forward to the shortlists for the National Book Critics Awards, on the basis that literary critics are probably the best read people...
fivebooks.com
- 30+ days ago
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Could one of the biggest Rooms to Go in the country replace a beloved Kendall bookstore?
One of South Florida’s premier Barnes & Noble locations, a nearly 30-year-old Kendall Drive mall anchor, will turn its last page and could re-emerge...
miamiherald.com
- 30+ days ago
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books / writing
Announcing The Peaches & Honey Duology by Rachelle Raeta
Books publishing news Announcing The Peaches & Honey Duology by Rachelle RaetaBy Reactor |Published on March 20, 2025Photo courtesy of Rachelle...
reactormag.com
- 30+ days ago
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Abdurraqib, Carson, Matar Among 2025 NBCC Award Winners
The 50th annual National Book Critics Circle Awards were presented at the New School in New York City on March 20 at a ceremony commingling a...
publishersweekly.com
- 30+ days ago
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Ben Falcone talks new kids' book ‘What’s Scarier Than Thunder?’
Actor, comedian and author Ben Falcone sits down with TODAY’s Jenna Bush Hager and guest co-host Brooke Shields to discuss his new children’s...
today.com
- 30+ days ago
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Georgia Tech quarterback Haynes King subject of new children’s book
Georgia Tech quarterback Haynes King now has his own children’s book. “Haynes King: A Helluva Quarterback” is available to be preordered through the...
ajc.com
- 30+ days ago
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The Best 20th-Century Arab Novels, recommended by Raphael Cormack
Whether it's a tragic novel set in post-indepedence Sudan or picaresque stories about a Palestinian living in Israel after 1948, many of the key Arab...
fivebooks.com
- 30+ days ago
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books / writing
The Bestselling Books of the Week, According to All the Lists
This is another week where the bestseller lists can’t seem to agree. In fact, there isn’t a single book that shows up on...
bookriot.com
- 30+ days ago
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Abdulrazak Gurnah's 6 favorite books about war and colonialism
In 2021, Abdulrazak Gurnah was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature. In Theft, his first novel since he won the award, a teenage servant in Dar...
theweek.com
- 30+ days ago
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Book Review: The Rebel’s Guide To Pride by Matthew Hubbard – ‘high energy, satisfying and powerful’
‘What do you do when the rules aren’t made for you in mind?’ ‘You break them.’ From the very first page, Rebel’s Guide...
thepinknews.com
- 30+ days ago
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“I Think I’m The Luckiest Person in The World”: Celebrating 20 Years of THE GLASS CASTLE
Never in her wildest dreams could Jeannette Walls have imagined telling her younger self that the story of her unconventional and adventurous...
bookriot.com
- 30+ days ago
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Four Questions with Alwyn Hamilton
Alwyn Hamilton pits the members of a family against one another in The Notorious Virtues, a YA fantasy thriller set in the 1930s. Nora Holtzfall...
publishersweekly.com
- 30+ days ago
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books / learning
The Quantum Chaos of Literature
Benjamín Labatut’s writing—dizzying, unnerving, and packed with ideas about science and mathematics—blurs the line between truth and imagination. The...
nybooks.com
- 30+ days ago
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Five books to help young readers understand wildfire
When a fire started near Dan Paley’s home in Ventura, California, in 2018, his children were curious about it. He began looking for children’s...
hcn.org
- 30+ days ago
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Gibson Publishing Launches The Collection: Kirk Hammett
Kirk Hammett has partnered with Gibson Publishing to release The Collection: Kirk Hammett, a premium hardcover coffee-table photo book where Kirk...
premierguitar.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Dodge City Public Library schedule
Thursday, March 20 At 10 a.m. Bilingual story time From 3:30 to 6 p.m. Friends of the Library book sale From 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Family Login to...
dodgeglobe.com
- 30+ days ago
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Book Review: Hannah Deitch delivers twisty thrills with debut novel, ‘Killer Potential'
“A Thelma & Louise for our time s,” is how bestselling thriller writer Paula Hawkins describes the debut novel, “Killer Potential,” from Hannah...
yakimaherald.com
- 30+ days ago
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Vermont's Jason Chin helps kids understand the world through picture books
The South Burlington resident combines his passions for nature, science, and art in his informative books for children....
vermontpublic.org
- 30+ days ago
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Author Clay Risen discusses his book 'Red Scare' on the story of McCarthyism
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with author Clay Risen about his new book, "Red Scare," which tells the story of McCarthyism based in part on newly...
npr.org
- 30+ days ago
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Death in Paradise's Ben Miller reveals difficulty leaving baby while filming in Caribbean
The children's author has reflected on his life since the BBC show and why he chose to quit as the season 14's finale airs on 28...
yahoo.com
- 30+ days ago
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Laurie Santos’s Pursuit of Happiness
You’re reading Book Currents, a weekly column in which notable figures share what they’re reading. Sign up for the Goings On newsletter to...
newyorker.com
- 30+ days ago
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Penguin Press to Publish Gisèle Pelicot’s Memoir
Ann Godoff, president and editor-in-chief at Penguin Press, has acquired U.S. rights to A Hymn to Life by Gisèle Pelicot from Susanna Lea...
publishersweekly.com
- 30+ days ago
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38 magical ‘Wicked’-inspired baby names for your munchkin
These truly "Ozmopolitan" names will send you over the rainbow. Unliiiiiiimited. Baby name options are ... unliiiiiiimited. If you’re still flying high after watching (and...
today.com
- 30+ days ago
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Poet Amy Genstler knows it's spring
Amy Gerstler's 14th book of poetry, Is This My Final Form? comes out in April. One of its poems is about this change of season,...
npr.org
- 30+ days ago
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A Song of Legends Lost
Ayinde’s impressive debut and Invoker trilogy launch invites readers into a detailed and imaginative fantasy world with sci-fi elements. The Scathed...
publishersweekly.com
- 30+ days ago
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Latine Women Authors for Women’s History Month (and an Introduction to Latine Lit!)
Welcome to Latine Lit, a celebration of all things Latine literature. I’m Book Riot’s Managing Editor, Vanessa Diaz, and I am so excited...
bookriot.com
- 30+ days ago
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Libraries Offer Variety of Family-Friendly Programs
NORWALK, Conn. — Whether it’s baby and toddler story time s or LEGO Club, Norwalk’s libraries—Norwalk Public Library and SoNo Branch Library—regularly...
nancyonnorwalk.com
- 30+ days ago
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Book Review: 'The Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource' by Chris Hayes
Chris Hayes' new book The Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource offers an engaging analysis of a current challenge:...
readtpa.com
- 30+ days ago
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The Cycle Jumpers Book Review: Rider’s Library with Evel Knievel
You wouldn’t have to look hard to find motorcyclists who don’t know the name Evel Knievel. It might take a little longer to...
ultimatemotorcycling.com
- 30+ days ago
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8 Graphic Novels About Authoritarianism - Electric Literature
The rise of authoritarianism is a global problem, with political rights and civil liberties declining across countries for the 18th consecutive year,...
electricliterature.com
- 30+ days ago
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The Age of Diagnosis: Suzanne O'Sullivan's 'immensely persuasive' read
A "perplexing" feature of our age is that the more our society spends on healthcare, the "gloomier the statistics around ill health" become, said...
theweek.com
- 30+ days ago
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Thalassopoetics and War and Culture Studies: The Case of Jules Verne
Thalassopoetics is an aesthetic and ethic-oriented approach of literature as an ocean of forms. Jules Verne’s novels, in particular L’Archipel en feu...
tandfonline.com
- 30+ days ago
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Spring Fling: 9 Romance Books That Feel Like the First Warm Day of the Year
There’s something magical about the first warm day of spring — the one where you finally ditch your coat, roll down the windows, and breathe...
bookriot.com
- 30+ days ago
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Cover Launch: AN UNLIKELY COVEN by AM Kvita
Take your first look at the cover for An Unlikely Coven (US | UK) by debut author AM Kvita, the first installment in the Green Witch...
hachettebookgroup.com
- 30+ days ago
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