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    Favorite Books of the Week

    Your Favorite Books This Week

    By Katie Yee  May 24, 2019
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    Hulu has ordered a series based North American Lake Monsters from Kelly Link’s press.

    By Emily Temple  May 24, 2019
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    Your weekly book deal memo: Marie Kondo, Ottessa Moshfegh, Trixie & Katya

    By Emily Temple  May 24, 2019
    In Memoriam

    In Memoriam: Binyavanga Wainaina

    By Literary Hub  May 24, 2019
    In Memoriam

    Billy Kahora on Binyavanga Wainaina’s Groundbreaking Work

    By Billy Kahora  May 24, 2019
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    Happy birthday words, happy birthday nouns, happy birthday Margaret Wise Brown!

    By Katie Yee  May 23, 2019
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    Sharing stories of writer Judith Kerr’s kindness, energy, and love for cats.

    By Corinne Segal  May 23, 2019
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    It’s been a gratifying journey for Jokha Alharthi and Marilyn Booth, Man Booker International Prize winners.

    By Aaron Robertson  May 23, 2019
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    Marie Kondo is writing another book for you to throw out.

    By Emily Temple  May 22, 2019
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    Hilary Mantel’s final Thomas Cromwell novel finally has a pub date.

    By Emily Temple  May 22, 2019
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    New Books Tuesday: Your weekly guide to what’s publishing today, fiction and nonfiction.

    By Emily Temple  May 21, 2019
    Audiobooks

    Audiobooks: The Past, Present, and Future of Another Way to Read

    By James Tate Hill  May 21, 2019
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    Your weekly book deal memo: Chelsea Manning, Lauren Oyler, Judith Jones

    By Emily Temple  May 17, 2019
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    At last night’s Authors Guild benefit, calls to support authors in a troubled democracy.

    By Corinne Segal  May 16, 2019
    Literary History

    Discovering an Iconic Literary Character Was Based on Your Grandfather

    By Brian Birnbaum  May 16, 2019
    O. Henry Prize

    Announcing the 100th Annual O. Henry Prize

    By Literary Hub  May 16, 2019
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    Good for publishing, bad for our souls: Michael Wolff has written a sequel to Fire and Fury.

    By Emily Temple  May 15, 2019
    Literary Math

    Which Writers Have Won the Most Major Prizes?

    By Emily Temple  May 15, 2019
    Book Festivals

    The Bay Area Book Festival in Three Acts

    By Jane Ciabattari  May 15, 2019
    In Memoriam

    In Memoriam: Stanley Plumly

    By Literary Hub  May 9, 2019
    News and Culture

    Mary Karr Thought Her Whiting Award Call Was a Prank and Hung Up

    By Mary Karr  May 3, 2019
    Influences

    Alexander Chee, Masha Gessen, and Barbara Smith
    on Their Literary Influences

    By William Johnson  May 2, 2019
    Design

    These Are the Best University Press Book Designs of 2018

    By Emily Temple  May 1, 2019
    News and Culture

    Ian McEwan on Bach, Philip Roth and Living an Episodic Life

    By Literary Hub  April 23, 2019
    Correspondence

    Isabella Hammad: A Book is Like a Letter—Not Often Addressed to Us

    By Isabella Hammad  April 22, 2019
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