Why Do We Care About Literary Awards? Mark O’Connell answers his own question: By and large, awards like the Booker are intended to promote solid, well-written, more or less middlebrow fiction — the kind of books that broadsheet newspapers tend to give coverage to. And that’s surely a good thing for the publishing industry, for […]
Vote For Top-100 Science Fiction, Fantasy Titles : NPR. Hurry! NPR wants your votes. Vote for 10 titles from their list. They will then put together a list of the top 100 science fiction and fantasy titles.
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The Millions : Good Luck, Memory Michael H. Rowe laments that he often has trouble remembering details about books he has read. There isn’t any inherent reason to worry about forgetfulness, of course. Reading is reading; what you remember can seem a gift and what you forget just one of many things that, slipping away,
How we read now Amanda Katz writes in the Boston Globe about the quickly advancing trend of digital reading, or ebooks. And this is the hitch. For the last 1,500 years or so, the idea of the book and the book as object have been indivisible. We readers respect and adore long-form writing, whether it
Learning to Love a Killer: John Hart’s Fourth Novel Takes Different Twist | The Pilot: Southern Pines, NC. Iron Horse, the fourth novel by New York Times best-selling author John Hart, was released last week. “Given the success of the first three, I always allow myself to feel confident when I might be feeling uncertain,”
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In an earlier post I mentioned that putting my books on GoodReads has reminded me of a lot of outstanding books that I’ve read in recent years but did not have time to review on Notes in the Margin. I was sure I’d remember a few more and, of course, I did. So here’s another
If you’ve followed Notes in the Margin for a while (and thank you if you have), you know that for the last 6 years I haven’t been posting here much while I worked on my doctorate. I’m happy to announce that, after defending my dissertation at the end of May, I am now the proud
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If you’re looking for something to read this summer, NPR has 15 suggestions. And it looks as if there should be at least one something for everybody here.
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This has been an abysmal year for me in terms of pleasure reading: I read a mere 18 books. The reason for this low count is that I’ve spent the entire year researching and then writing my dissertation, which I hope to finish up in early 2011. So I’m looking forward to 2011 being a
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5 unusual gift ideas for booklovers – Book purses and wallets – CSMonitor.com: If you’re still in need of some last-minute gifts for the bibliophiles on your list, the Christian Science Monitor offers a few possibilities. (Note to Santa: My favorite is the jewelry made with tiles depicting the covers of commonly banned books.) And
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