Three fantastic titles grace our doors this week: the long-awaited final book in Colson Whitehead’s trilogy, a memoir on craft by Michael Cunningham, and a new release by Claire Way Watkins. From there, we have a healthy mix of both fantasy and non-fiction to keep us satiated throughout this fine week of July. Read the
Before the first Molotov cocktail reached us, before the mob arrived with knives, machetes and wooden sticks, it was a big rock that invaded our lunch table. It passed near my left ear and bounced onto our table, scattering food everywhere and hitting the glass window of the restaurant in front of me. It happened
Hello, library friends! We’re taking an in-depth look at some important news, including the rise of many library fulfillment programs in the absence of Baker & Taylor and federal law updates. Let’s dive in. Battle of Library Fulfillment Programs More updates on how companies are trying to fill the Baker & Taylor-sized void: There’s Amazon,
It’s never a slow news day in the world of books. We have some exciting new books on the horizon for 2027, as well as some interesting rumors about a Sarah Polley adaptation. bell jar. Plus, an announcement about this year’s Indie Bookstore Ambassador. Read on, book lovers! The Nerd Daily shares the cover and
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It is difficult to underestimate the enthusiasm of French intellectuals for Marxist theory in the 1950s and 60s. If Sartre was the most important living philosopher, Marx was the most important dead philosopher. And the École Normale, an institution full of youth “overeducated in the art of interpretation”, as Derrida put it, was a central
In August 2021, I could not study. I had just had a miscarriage—my second within six months—and every time I picked up a novel, I would become disoriented, the words jumbled up, almost incomprehensible. I complained about this to a friend of mine. “I don’t know what to do,” I said. “It’s like my brain
I have to admit that what is classified as “literary fiction” is a bit slippery. We’ve teased the meaning a bit before, and the consensus among many in the book world is that literature emphasizes prose, character development, and thematic depth. Still, there’s also the argument that this applies to many books, which is my
In December 1986, prosecutors in Pinellas County, Florida faced a problem. He failed to get the death penalty against Jack Piercey in the 1985 murder of 14-year-old Shelley Boggio. The night before her naked body was found floating in the Intracoastal Waterway with 31 stab wounds, Shelley had spent time with Piercey, his girlfriend, and
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