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    New Books Network

    How Scientists Used Demons to Test the Laws of Nature

    By New Books Network  November 18, 2020
    Book News

    Announcing the Winner of Restless Books 2020 Prize for New Immigrant Writing

    By Literary Hub  November 18, 2020
    The Hub

    Tory-shaming Manchester United star Marcus Rashford is launching a children’s book club.

    By Dan Sheehan  November 17, 2020
    The Hub

    Watch the trailer for Modern Persuasion, a new Jane Austen-based romantic comedy.

    By Walker Caplan  November 17, 2020
    The Hub

    The future is depressing: a new app distills books into 12-minute-long audio summaries.

    By Walker Caplan  November 17, 2020
    The Hub

    Here’s the shortlist for the 2021 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction.

    By Rasheeda Saka  November 17, 2020
    The Hub

    Attention: the principal from Buffy just wrote a novel. It’s called Illyria.

    By Emily Temple  November 17, 2020
    The Hub

    What do President Barack Obama and Rachel Bloom have in common?

    By Katie Yee  November 17, 2020
    The Hub

    Quentin Tarantino is publishing a novel based on . . . his own movie.

    By Emily Temple  November 17, 2020
    American Presidents

    Recent History: Lessons From Obama, Both Cautionary
    and Hopeful

    By Jonathan Reiber  November 17, 2020
    Black Lives Matter

    The Living Literature of Street Protest

    By Brianna Zimmerman  November 17, 2020
    Family

    Betsy Bonner Tracks the Ghost of Her Sister’s Life

    By Jeannie Vanasco  November 17, 2020
    World War II

    The Mysterious Celebrity Miracle Worker of Postwar Germany

    By Monica Black  November 17, 2020
    Graphic Novel

    Scenes From a Marriage: The Rise and Fall of a 30-Year Relationship

    By Michael Rabagliati  November 17, 2020
    Keen On

    Reporting from the Front Lines of the Climate Crisis

    By Keen On  November 17, 2020
    Lit Century

    On Cheaper by the Dozen, the Duggars, and Our Obsession with Clans

    By Lit Century   November 17, 2020
    On Race

    On California’s Eugenicist Past

    By Jane Dailey  November 17, 2020
    Storybound

    Ruth Reichl Reads a Thanksgiving Story

    By Storybound   November 17, 2020
    Time to Eat the Dogs

    On the Mission to Keep a Cold War Relic Afloat

    By Time to Eat the Dogs   November 17, 2020
    Literary Disco

    It’s Finally Chill to Love
    Soap Operas

    By Literary Disco  November 17, 2020
    The Hub

    Lee Daniels and Attica Locke are bringing Waiting to Exhale to TV.

    By Dan Sheehan  November 16, 2020
    The Hub

    Poets House is suspending operations due to the pandemic.

    By Corinne Segal  November 16, 2020
    Rock N Roll

    Peter Frampton Talks Fame, David Bowie, and The Simpsons

    By Dan Sheehan  November 16, 2020
    Emergence Magazine

    On the Soviet Attempt to ‘Tame’ the Tundra, the Native Chukchi People, and Their Reindeer

    By Emergence Magazine  November 16, 2020
    New Books Network

    Why Conspiracy Theories Are More Dangerous Than Ever

    By New Books Network  November 16, 2020
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