Claire Lombardo, 30, called it surreal to be sitting in Prairie Lights talking about her debut novel, ‘The Most Fun …
By Stacie Gorkow, correspondent Books Jul. 7, 2019 2:58 am2392d ago
Claire Lombardo, 30, called it surreal to be sitting in Prairie Lights talking about her debut novel, ‘The Most Fun …
James Q. Lynch News Jul. 3, 2019 5:03 pm2395d ago
When it comes to talking about controversial issues – guns, immigration, climate change – Craig Rood thinks Americans are at …
By Chris Hewitt, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) Books Jun. 30, 2019 3:12 am2399d ago
The final word of the first chapter of ‘I Know Who You Are” is ‘gone.” The final sentence of the …
By Pamela Miller, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) Books Jun. 30, 2019 1:57 am2399d ago
Rarely has Joyce Carol Oates created a protagonist as compelling as Violet Rue Kerrigan, the young woman who painfully comes …
By Rumaan Alam, Washington Post Books Jun. 30, 2019 1:56 am2399d ago
It’s gospel in the publishing business that readers want light, enjoyable fare this time of year, and ‘Very Nice,” Marcy …
By Rob Cline, correspondent
Books Jun. 30, 2019 1:55 am2399d ago
In ‘The Unpassing,” Iowa Writers’ Workshop alumna Chia-Chia Lin takes us to Alaska in the mid-1980s and introduces us to …
By Ron Charles, Washington Post
Books Jun. 23, 2019 1:53 am2406d ago
‘My role as a poet is as a healer,” says Joy Harjo. ‘Poetry is a healing force.” The 68-year-old Native …
By Elizabeth Hand, Washington Post
Books Jun. 23, 2019 1:51 am2406d ago
Readers dispirited by our country’s current turmoil – clashing religious and political factions, gender inequality, predatory priests and domestic terrorists …
By Marion Winik, Newsday
Books Jun. 23, 2019 1:45 am2406d ago
Jennifer Weiner’s big, cozy 13th novel, ‘Mrs. Everything,” follows a pair of sisters named Jo and Bethie (sorry, no Meg …
By Rob Cline, correspondent
Books Jun. 23, 2019 1:44 am2406d ago
In Lucy Ives’ latest novel, ‘Loudermilk or The Real Poet or The Origin of the World,” two young men run …
Books Jun. 23, 2019 1:42 am2406d ago
The month of June has author Jennifer Weiner jet-setting all across the country. It’s not something a lot of authors …
Mia Geiger, The Washington Post
Books Jun. 15, 2019 10:57 pm2413d ago
’A Father’s Love,” by Hannah Holt; illustrated by Yee Von Chan (Philomel Books) Animal dads, along with a few human …
By Colette Bancroft, Tampa Bay Times
Books Jun. 15, 2019 10:56 pm2413d ago
The Mortons are just a typical Florida family, a mom and dad and son and daughter and a couple of …
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