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We true crime fans are witnessing a huge upswing in the popularity of our favorite genre right now. For some, that means indulging in gruesome details of murder and mayhem (e.g. The Last Podcast on the Left). For others, that means examining the darkest elements of humanity in order to ensure the safety of each … Continue reading The Fact of a Body and the Emotional Body of Law
This week was a big week in the literary world. There's been a magnificent convergence of the web’s rich, yet scattered literary content. In short, book lovers have a new and much needed virtual home that proves literary culture is alive online. It’s called Literary Hub, and in the ambitious site’s own words, “Literary Hub is … Continue reading ATTENTION READERS: You Have a New Home Online
Greetings, fellow travelers, those stalwart and adventurous souls who traverse the terrific and tantalizing tracts and trails through the vasty deeps of the nigh ineffable and wonder-filled book multiverse! As ever, we here at the BookPeople blog have sailed the considerably-more-than-seven starry seas to bring you the latest in newsworthy items from the ever expanding reaches … Continue reading News from the Book Mulitverse
Hello Friends and Intrepid Explorers of the great and unfathomable depths of the eternally expanding, perpetually ineffable, gloriously vast and deliciously mysterious book multiverse! As ever, we here at the BookPeople blog have returned from our own amazing adventures sailing said galactic seas to bring you the latest in newsy goodness from the far reaches … Continue reading News from the Book Multiverse
Hello Friends and Fellow Readers who dwell in and ramble happily through the seemingly eternal fathoms of the grand and wondrous book multiverse! As ever, we here at the BookPeople blog strive to bring you the latest in newsworthy items from the ever expanding reaches of the literary cosmos: Pulitzer Prize Winner and former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita … Continue reading News from the Book Multiverse
Hello Friends and Fellow Readers who traverse the vast and wondrous seas of the magnificent book multiverse! As ever, we endeavor to bring you the latest in news from said vastness each week, and this week, happily, is no exception: First and foremost in literary news this week, it was announced that after 55 years, a sequel … Continue reading News from the Book Multiverse
Hello readers and book friends! Here's a sample of recent news from the vasty book multiverse, brought to you each week here on the BookPeople blog: Alex Malarkey, the co-author of the title The Boy Who Came Back from Heaven has released a statement saying that the book is not a true account, and the … Continue reading News From the Book Multiverse
Recent-ish bits and bites from the world of books, as compiled by Sutter. In December, Merriam-Webster announced that "culture" is its 2014 World of the Year. Other words of the year include "vape" from the Oxford English Dictionary, and "exposure" from Dictionary.com. Also in December, Judy Blume revealed the plot for her highly anticipated new … Continue reading News From the Book Multiverse
Good news for fans looking forward to the film production of Lois Lowry's The Giver; The Washington Post reports Lowry has given the film adaptation of her classic dystopian novel the thumbs up. “The movie made much more complex the character of the Chief Elder,” the head of the society, Lowry says. “And then once they cast Meryl Streep … Continue reading Lois Lowry Gives ‘The Giver’ The Thumbs Up
Resurgence: Kazuo Ishiguro's next book will be released in March 2015. It's been 10 years since Never Let Me Go. Faber & Faber is publishing his latest book, The Buried Giant, about, "lost memories, love, revenge and war. Give it Away Now: Michael "Flea" Balzary of the Red Hot Chili Peppers is writing a memoir. … Continue reading Book World Buzz
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