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Sunday Reading: Lost (and Found) in Translation
From the archive: a selection of pieces about the intricacies of translating literature. ...
Behind Closed Doors by Seth Alexander Thévoz review – entertaining study of London private members’ clubs
The revelation that the Tory MP Chris Pincher disgraced himself in the Carlton Club – that bastion of Conservative exclusivity – has shone the spotlight on the secretive world of London members’ clubs. Anyone who has walked past the hulking Victorian edifices
Rebecca Humphries: ‘I felt as if I had a voice again. Maybe one that mattered’
The actor’s breakup with comedian Seann Walsh went viral after he cheated on her with his dance partner and she responded with a tweet. Now she’s written an unflinching, very funny memoir Rebecca Humphries’s 32nd birthday was one to remember, but for all the
Rebecca Humphries on life after that Strictly debacle: ‘I felt as if I had a voice again. Maybe one that mattered’
Rebecca Humphries’s 32nd birthday was one to remember, but for all the wrong reasons. On 3 October 2018, the actor was waiting at home alone, wearing a red silk dress and keeping a celebratory dinner for two warm. Meanwhile her boyfriend, the comedian Seann
Review: ‘Roll Red Roll,’ by Nancy Schwartzman
In “Roll Red Roll,” Nancy Schwartzman revisits a teenage girl’s 2012 assault by high school football players, and its aftermath. ...
Review: ‘The Great Man Theory,’ by Teddy Wayne
It’s a hard world out there for the protagonist of Teddy Wayne’s novel “The Great Man Theory.” ...
Some Surprising Good News: Bookstores Are Booming and Becoming More Diverse
More than 300 bookstores have opened in the past couple of years — a revival that is meeting a demand for “real recommendations from real people.” ...
James Ellroy: ‘Alcoholics Anonymous was good for hot tub parties in the 70s’
The author of LA Confidential and Black Dahlia on falling in love with a murder victim, not owning a computer and his new true-crime podcast series James Ellroy, 74, is a crime writer known for his hard-boiled noir novels and true crime essays. Feted for his
It’s not true that everyone’s got a book in them: give writing back to the ...
The latest craze in celebrity publishing is to bring a ‘ghost’ in. Do it yourself or not at all ‘Dear UK publishers,” tweeted the writer and presenter Damian Barr on Wednesday as the resignation letters flurried in like the owl post down Harry Potter’s
Paper Cuts by Ted Kessler review – ode to the glory days, and slow demise, ...
This colourful, self-deprecating memoir charts the author’s journey from light-fingered record shop employee to editor of Q magazine until it folded in 2020, with guest appearances from Paul Weller, Mark E Smith et al Those of us who cut our teeth on the
It’s not true that everyone’s got a book in them: give writing back to the writers
‘Dear UK publishers,” tweeted the writer and presenter Damian Barr on Wednesday as the resignation letters flurried in like the owl post down Harry Potter’s chimney. “Please don’t buy their memoirs.” I felt compelled to remind him that there was an infinitely
Paper Cuts by Ted Kessler review – ode to the glory days, and slow demise, of the music press
Those of us who cut our teeth on the weekly music press are, by nature, bullishly nostalgic for the days when NME and Melody Maker sold hundreds of thousands of copies, reputations and heated pub exchanges hinging on their contents. Music and its chronicling
Jonathan Cape to Publish Salman Rushdie's New Novel Victory Street
Salman Rushdie is considered to be one of the greatest novelists alive writing in the English language.
Best-selling books for the week that ended July 2
Atlantic City | 2022-07-10, 08:43
The best-selling books, according to Publishers Weekly, for the week that ended July 2. HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “The Hotel Nantucket” by Elin Hilderbrand (Little, Brown) 2. “Suspects” by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) 3. “Sparring Partners” by John Grisham
The sacred and scandalous ambiguity of love
This is the eighth publication by the author, following Graffiti f'Gerduf (1993),
Delhi police books 81 officials and staff of Rohini jail on corruption charge
The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Delhi police has registered a case against 81 officials and staff members of the Rohini jail in north-west Delhi on corruption charges. The case was registered for taking bribe from conman Sukesh
Long gone, but speaking clearly to our age – Shelley, the poet of moral and ...
Friday marked the bicentary of the great radical writer who wanted culture to spark the imaginations of ‘ordinary’ people “Shall rank corruption pass unheeded by, Shall flattery’s voice ascend the wearied sky; ...
The big picture: preserving neighbourhood moments in Houston, Texas
Magnum photographer Colby Deal works among the African American communities he grew up in, reflecting their beauty back to them as gentrification pushes them out For some years, Colby Deal, 34, has been documenting in photographs the place where he grew up,
All Down Darkness Wide review – a superb memoir of love and depression
The poet’s powerful account of his romance with a depressed young Swedish man is a revealing portrait of language, passion and belief This extraordinary memoir by the poet Seán Hewitt suggested itself after he had made a brutally impersonal discovery. While
All Down Darkness Wide by Seán Hewitt review – a remarkable memoir of love and sorrow in Sweden
This extraordinary memoir by the poet Seán Hewitt suggested itself after he had made a brutally impersonal discovery. While trawling the internet, he stumbled, in a moment of casual curiosity, upon something he had not known – that a young man with whom he had
Long gone, but speaking clearly to our age – Shelley, the poet of moral and political corruption
“Shall rank corruption pass unheeded by, Shall flattery’s voice ascend the wearied sky; And shall no patriot tear the veil away Which hides these vices from the face of day? Is public virtue dead? – is courage gone?” No, not a description of the moral void of
Books to Review
Decatur Daily | 2022-07-10, 07:07
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The best books to read this summer, from Ottessa Moshfegh to Gabrielle Zevin
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Review: UNK connection shows up in a tale of trials, triumph and TV
Lincoln Journal Star | 2022-07-10, 06:58
J. KEMPER CAMPBELL “Just Tyrus: A Memoir” by Tyrus, Post Hill Press,223 pages, $28. Viewers of Fox Network’s popular nighttime talk show “Gutfeld!” will immediately recognize Tyrus. His intimidating presence, impressive body art, and heavyweight championship
Trailer helps woman bring books to Clear Lake readers
Sioux City Journal | 2022-07-10, 06:41
CLEAR LAKE, Iowa (AP) — When Ashley Bruce Lumpkin moved to Clear Lake from Georgia, she was sad to see there wasn’t a particular shop in the community. ...
In brief: The Wrath to Come; Briefly, A Delicious Life; This Much Is True – reviews
The Wrath to Come: Gone With the Wind and the Lies America Tells Sarah Churchwell Head of Zeus, £27.99, pp458 Both the novel and the film of Gone With the Wind have traditionally been regarded as canonical accounts of life in the 19th-century US. According to
The Aphorisms of Kafka: An invaluable guidance along this shadowy path
John Banville on Reiner Stach’s richly informed interpretations Andy Warhol’s Franz Kafka: “A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.” Photograph: Katherine Frey/The Washington Post via Getty Images By John BanvilleSun Jul 10 2022 - 05:32 The
Starbucks launches 'Books & Beans' to promote local literary talent
Marietta Daily Journal | 2022-07-10, 05:44
Jul. 10—Starbucks has collaborated with
New library books
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette | 2022-07-10, 05:36
The following works of fantasy are newly available through the Allen County Public Library. “The Stardust Thief” by Chelsea Abdullah A hunter and seller of illegal magic, Loulie al-Nazari, after saving the life of a cowardly prince, is blackmailed into finding
