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In the backdrop of continuing violence against women, Dutch scholar Mineke Schipper's Hills of Paradise urges readers to remember and resist
I begin with a confession. I got my hands upon Mineke Schipper\u2019s Hills of Paradise earlier this month, but only got the chance to read it when the world seemed to have turned a little more cruel and a lot more violent towards women. What crossed the
A mother, a wife – and a multiple murderer
NOTE: Rhodes is Daisy’s son, who was named after 19th-century British mining magnate and politician in southern Africa Cecil John Rhodes, and the Red Revolt refers to the 1922 Johannesburg miners’ revolt. The Red Revolt had come dangerously close to the
The dismal world of David Walliams
It is David Walliams’s world, we just live in it. At least that is how it seems to many British parents, trapped in what he might call the Burptastic Snot-sphere of Mr Wallybottom. Walliams’s children’s books, which frame him as the hilarious, heart-warming
Open Throat by Henry Hoke review – inside the mind of a queer mountain lion
This wild and witty takedown of 21st-century America is narrated by a big cat stalking LA The celebrity mountain lion known as P-22 was trapped and euthanised because of illness last year, after more than a decade stalking Los Angeles. P-22 was a metaphorical
Read these two early novels before diving into Geetanjali Shree’s International Booker-winning ‘Tomb of Sand’
‘The Roof Beneath Their Feet’ and ‘The Empty Space’ were translated and published long before the International Booker award ...
Looking back at ‘American Prometheus’, the book that inspired Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’
‘American Prometheus’ by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin traces the rise and fall of an extraordinary scientist ...
Heather du Plessis-Allan: Razor is exactly what the All Blacks need
First thing I thought when I saw the ad that Scott Robertson took out in the paper today thanking fans was that Razor is a bigger asset to the All Blacks next year than I think the rugby bosses realise. Simply because he understands something they don’t seem
Review of Tenzin Dickie’s The Penguin Book of Modern Tibetan Essays: The tragedy of exile
Through literature, Tibetan writers keep a lost land alive ...
Publishers Weekly Best-Selling Books
FICTION 1. “Fourth Wing” by Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower) 2. "The Collector" by Daniel Silva (Harper) 3. “A Soul of Ash and Blood” by Jennifr L. Armentrout (Blue Box) 4. “Happy Place” by Emily Henry (Berkley) 5. “Obsessed” by Patterson/Born (Little, Brown) 6.
Books from Birth seeks donations
Due to funding being cut from several grants, Warren County Books from Birth is hoping to get donations to help keep the program going. ...
Kale on Books: A well-known trial and a long-lost trail
Daily Press | 2023-07-28, 00:42
A familiar fight from 1925 No matter which list of the “trials of the century” you may find on the internet, the Scopes Monkey Trial is always somewhere on it. It took place nearly 100 years ago in July 1925 in an 11-day legal episode in the small town of
Faith of A Mustard Seed
The righteousness of God through faith. The justice of God through faith. There is no getting over this theme of Paul’s letter to the church in Rome. All total, it is concerning justice; and how ‘The Justice of God’ comes now completely disassociated with law.
Read the full transcript of Mizzou beat writer Dave Matter's live chat
Hibbing Daily Tribune | 2023-07-27, 22:55
Bring your Tigers football, basketball and recruiting questions, and talk to Dave Matter in his weekly live chats
Using Sportsbooks to Pick 1,000-Yard Receivers
Longview News-Journal | 2023-07-27, 22:32
There were 22 pass-catchers who recorded at least 1,000 receiving yards in 2022, a figure that’s pretty much in line with the average over the last decade. Since 2013, an average of 21.8 players have hit this mark every season. Unsurprisingly, the two seasons
Book Deals for Supreme Court Justices Under Scrutiny
“Only three months into Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s first Supreme Court term, she announced a book deal negotiated by the same
CBI books ex-AAI official for \u2018helping firm get ad contract at Goa airport\u2019
The Central Bureau of Investigation\u2019s anti-corruption branch in Goa has lodged an FIR against a former executive director (commercial) of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) on charges of cheating, criminal conspiracy and corruption by allegedly giving
‘Don’t replace us with something artificial!’ Striking Hollywood writers blast AI
Longview News-Journal | 2023-07-27, 21:30
Hollywood writers are begging not to be “replaced with something artificial”. Screenwriter Michelle Amor shared her fear about the impact of artificial intelligence on her profession as the SAG-AFTRA strike which has crippled Hollywood rolls on. She told the
9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. ...
Book Review: Still foolin’ – Richard Russo revisits upstate New York in third novel
The Post and Courier | 2023-07-27, 20:59
“Somebody’s Fool” by Richard Russo (Alfred A. Knopf) Richard Russo is back with the third book in his “Fool” series, and while it feels climactic, the author hasn’t formally said if it officially ends the trilogy he began in 1993 with “Nobody’s Fool” and
This week's bestsellers from Publishers Weekly
The Times & Democrat | 2023-07-27, 20:19
Tribune News Service Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, July 22, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2023 Circana. (Reprinted
Irish writers pay tribute to Sinéad O’Connor: the ‘brave, brilliant and gifted’ artist
Poets and authors write about what the late, great singer-songwriter and social activist meant to them Sinéad O'Connor sings at the funeral of puppeteer Eugene Lambert at St Patrick's Church, Booterstown in 2010. Photograph: Colin Keegan,/Collins Martin Doyle
5 new books to read this week
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New app allows you to access books banned in your area: What to know about ...
The Columbia Daily Herald | 2023-07-27, 20:02
The Digital Public Library of America has launched a new program that provides users with free access to books that are banned in their area. The program, called The Banned Book Club, provides readers with free access to books pulled from shelves of their
Tucker Carlson Says Racism ‘Is Not a Crime’ in New Biography: ‘If I Was Racist, ...
Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson denies being racist in his new biography, “Tucker,” after being accused of pushing racist rhetoric live on air and in private. According to excerpts of the new biography, obtained by The Guardian, Carlson told
Fan-Favorite Netflix Shows Get Illustrated Coloring Books
Netflix has collaborated with publishing company Random House to produce official coloring books based on the streaming platform’s critically acclaimed television shows, including Stranger Things, Squid Game, Bridgerton, and Castlevania. All four shows gained
This week’s bestsellers from Publishers Weekly
Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, July 22, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan ...
3 Ways To Expand The Talent Pool
As organizations continue to grapple with talent attraction, finding ways to expand the talent pool is vital, especially in today’s unpredictable environment. ...
How Ann Patchett puts her ‘moral core’ into her novels
Ann Patchett needs no introduction. She might be America’s favorite novelist, with books that sell instantly and forever: “Bel Canto,” “State of Wonder,” “Commonwealth,” “The Dutch House.” Her latest, “Tom Lake,” is out next week and will surely do the same.
N&D 7.26 // Dog Days of Summer
Fort Worth Weekly | 2023-07-27, 17:36
The term “dog days of summer” refers to the sweltering and humid weather during July and August in the Northern Hemisphere, or so says the Farmers’ Almanac. “The ‘dog days’ were believed to be a time of drought, bad luck, and unrest, when dogs and men alike
