The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena Viking, 2016 Anne and Marco Conti appear to have an ideal life: a loving marriage, a nice home, and a beautiful baby daughter, Cora. One summer night they are invited to have dinner at the home of the neighbors with whom they share a duplex wall. When the […]
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Here are a couple of articles full of suggestions from The Seattle Times: What’s on your Halloween reading list? What to watch on TV this Halloween weekend
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The book, a satire of race and class, marks the first time an American author has won the Man Booker Prize. Source: Paul Beatty’s ‘The Sellout’ is first US Booker Prize winner
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Oprah Winfrey started her book club in 1996 and, for the last twenty years, millions of books have been sold and read because of her recommendations and her dedication to promoting brilliant writers. Here are just some of the bestselling, award-winning, and truly life-changing books that she has selected for her book club. Source: 14
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The singer and songwriter Bob Dylan, one of the world’s most influential musicians, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday for “having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition,” in the words of the Swedish Academy. Source: Bob Dylan Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature – The New York Times
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Vietnamese-American writer, whose Vietnam war novel also won the Pulitzer, awarded for ‘profound and startling’ debut Source: Viet Thanh Nguyen wins Dayton peace prize for The Sympathizer | Books | The Guardian
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The finalists of the 2016 National Book Awards have been announced, and include Colson Whitehead, Viet Thanh Nguyen and Peter Gizzi. Winners will be named at a ceremony in New York City on November 16. Here, a list of the nominees and a look at PW’s complete coverage of their work, including reviews, interviews, and
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The National Book Foundation has announced the Finalists for the 2016 National Book Awards for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Young People’s Literature. The Winners will be announced on November 16 at the National Book Awards Ceremony and Benefit Dinner. Source: National Book Foundation, Presenter of the National Book Awards, www.nationalbook.org
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How Stephen King Made Pop Culture Weird If you’ve ever been to Austin, TX, you’ve seen the bumper stickers: “Keep Austin Weird.” Even my new hometown of Tacoma, WA, likes to call itself weird, as does Portland, OR, in the photo above. Lincoln Michel explains that these are not isolated occurrences: If you haven’t heard,
Off the Shelf celebrates Banned Book Week with a list of inspiring books that have been banned throughout literary history, including “Fun Home” by Alison Bechdel. Visit BannedBooks.org and ALA.org for more information. Source: 13 Banned Books That Will Always Have a Place on Our Shelves This list contains some books challenged in recent years,
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