The Week in Books LIVE:
Pulitzers, Lovecraft, and Guns N' Roses vs. Bill Clinton
With Book Marks Editors Dan Sheehan and Katie Yee
Featuring the good news and the bad news from the week in books, the big titles everyone is talking about, the best reviewed books, adaptation news, and, of course, the terrifyingly amusing badinage of Book Marks editors Dan Sheehan and Katie Yee.
Discussed in the episode:
Robert Pattinson and the announcement of a new Twilight novel
The winners of this year’s Pulitzer Prizes
When James Baldwin wrote about the Atlanta Child Murders
Racist H. P. Lovecraft and the first trailer for Jordan Peele’s HBO adaptation of Matt Ruff’s Lovecraft Country
James Patterson writing a children’s book with Guns N’ Roses
The Virtual Book Channel
Launched during the coronavirus pandemic as virtual literary communities began emerging in vital and unexpected ways, The Virtual Book Channel seeks to provide the best possible platforms for writers to reach their readers. The VBC (aka “The Veeb”) is a curated channel that archives live-streamed programming through partnerships with independent bookstores, literary festivals, authors' WFH spaces, and more.
