Meg Wolitzer Traces The Arc Of The Feminist Movement In ‘The Female Persuasion’
Wolitzer’s new novel centers on a legendary feminist and the young woman whose life she transforms. Critic Maureen Corrigan calls The Female Persuasion an absorbing and compelling work.
“The Female Persuasion is about a lot of things: the arc of the feminist movement, female mentorship and the inevitable moment when a younger generation comes to judge its elders as lacking.”
[Night at the Fiestas] reminds us, again and again, that each of us has only one life, and forces us to confront the biggest questions: Shouldn’t that one life matter, shouldn’t that life be worth remembering, shouldn’t it be worth examining, contemplating, pursuing in understanding, even though all varieties of understanding are so difficult, so time-bound, so provisional?
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New York Times’ Book Review chooses National Book Award Winner Redeployment and National Book Award Finalists Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? and All the Light We Cannot See for their Ten Best Books of the Year!
CONGRATULATIONS PHIL KLAY, ROZ CHAST, and ANTHONY DOERR!
The stark, self-destructive voice of her debut is unforgettable.
In 1902, Jules Verne claimed that newspapers would kill of the novel. And that’s not the only time the death of the novel has been falsely predicted: 30 times the novel has been declared dead since 1902
1902— Jules Verne says the novel is being replaced by newspapers.
Many congratulations to all the talented writers on the Center for Fiction’s longlist for the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize!
The list includes our 5 Under 35 honorees Tiphanie Yanique, Bret Anthony Johnston, and Josh Weil.
We love it when we’re a clue on Jeopardy!
(Answer: What is a graphic novel?)
I think nearly every writer has a novel in the drawer. I have two. They’re both dreadful. I should burn them really, but sometimes I just glance at them to remind myself how lucky I have been to escape them.
T. Geronimo Johnson talks to Tavis Smiley about his novel Welcome to Braggsville, which has been longlisted for the 2015 National Book Award for Fiction.
This week, we were thrilled to announce the Longlists for the 2019 National Book Awards. These titles in the categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature represent some of the best writing of the year. The Finalists will be announced October 8, all in the lead up to the 70th National Book Awards on November 20.
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Barnes and Nobles is gonna start serving food and alcohol.
Everybody’s cracking jokes about how it’s a desperate attempt to stay relevant in the age of Amazon.
But you know what? Props to them. This is exactly what Blockbuster didn’t do. At no point was Blockbuster like “Hey, movie rentals aren’t the lucrative enterprise they once were. Perhaps it’s time we become known for our cheesy garlic bread.”
that’s a fantastic plan, honestly? i would 100% go sit at a bookshop, buy a glass of wine, and pick up the newest biography. 50/50 i’d decide to buy it after a couple chapters, and even if i don’t, that’s still money i spent at B&N!
They could host book clubs with food and drinks where one of the employees shares their experiences with a book of their choice and tries to convince the guests to buy it.
Barnes and noble realizing the only reason people go to brick and mortar stores is for the experience and access to an enjoyable physical space they can socialize in (sure isnt for the price) and capitalizing on that is a stroke of genius and a really refreshing approach to the dilemma of competing with online stores
