100 Notable Books of 2011 – NYTimes.com. The New York Times Notable Books of 2011 gift guide includes titles in two main categories: (1) fiction & poetry, and (2) nonfiction.
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The fiction of literary friendship Writing in the Guardian, Wayne Gooderham concludes: “Judging by the stories that have been written about it, writers do not make the best of friends.” 10 Most Reclusive Literary Geniuses in History The world’s greatest writers use their literary genius to illustrate and comment on the human condition. And yet,
Writers from Antonia Fraser to Andrew Motion choose their best books of the year. via Books of the Year 2011 – Telegraph.
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Best Books 2011: The Top Ten — Library Journal Reviews. Library Journal weighs in with its best books lists. The list linked here is of the all-around top 10, but the right sidebar contains links to these other lists: More of the Best Mystery Thrillers SF/Fantasy Romance Street Lit Historical Fiction Christian Fiction Women’s Fiction
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The 62nd National Book Awards were held at Cipriani’s on Wall Street on Wednesday night, with the awards going to Thanhha Lai for Inside Out & Back Again (Young People’s Literature), Nikky Finney for Head Off & Split (Poetry), Stephen Greenblatt for The Swerve: How the World Became Modern (Nonfiction), and Jesmyn Ward for Salvage
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During the 6 years while I was back in grad school, the practice of reading challenges blossomed. Often I’d see a challenge that looked so interesting, but I just didn’t have time to participate. I guess my doctoral program was itself a 6-year reading challenge. Anyway, since I finally got my degree this past summer,
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Most of the posts on this blog are at least loosely related to the topics of literature, books, and reading. But every now and then I come across some issue, incident, or anecdote that’s just too good to pass up passing on. To indulge my desire to pontificate, I’m creating a new post category: Wednesday
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Publishing Words: The Future of Books Writing in The Harvard Crimson, Sofie C. Brooks discusses how the rise of ebooks may change the publishing industry: What the publishing industry faces right now is a customer base that demands a digital product even as the technology that makes these products possible is still in its early
A letter signed by Alabama author Harper Lee regarding her award-winning book “To Kill a Mocking Bird” has been sold at auction for $9,518. via Books | Harper Lee letter sells for $9,518 at auction | Seattle Times Newspaper.
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It’s easy to talk about books that are either amazingly good or blatantly bad; we usually have no trouble articulating the points that we either love or loathe. But it’s often hard to find much of anything to say about a book that we think is just so-so, mediocre, ordinary—perhaps the nicest term is unremarkable.
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