Author Jon Mooallem Photo: Julie Caine What is it like to be a journalist on a remote island 3,000 miles from the center of the industry in Manhattan? “If I had a therapist, I’d probably unpack it with him,” says Jon Mooallem, the New York Times magazine writer who spent 12 years in the Bay…
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‘Bridgerton’ Season 3 Will Deviate From the Books for Penelope and Colin
Step aside from Bridgertons, it’s Miss Featherington’s time to shine. Season 3 of “Bridgerton” will focus on Penelope Featherington’s love story with her crush Colin Bridgerton, deviating from the order of Julia Quinn’s book series. Nicola Coughlan, who plays Penelope and Lady Whistledown, for those unfamiliar with “The Ton,” revealed that her character will be…
Baseball Book Reviews: What Should Fans Do When Their Team Is Bad (On Several Levels)?
Rethinking fandom: how to beat the sports-industrial complex at its own game By Craig Calcaterra Belt Post 232 pages I got off to a bad start with Rethinking fandom: how to beat the sports-industrial complex at its own game. Here’s the passage that killed me, which is on the second page of the “Introduction”: “The…
What they’re reading at South Main Book Company ‹Literary Center
shelf talkers is a new series on Lit Hub where independent bookstore booksellers across the country share their favorite reads of the moment. The titles below are available from Salisbury’s independent bookstore, South Main Book Company, located at 110 S. Main St. in Salisbury, North Carolina. Alissa Redmond, owner of the store, shares her picks…
JCPL Book Review: “Big Fish” by Daniel Wallace | Appalachian Highlands
Looking for a light read to kick off your summer? If so, Daniel Wallace’s novel “Big Fish” is the book for you! “Big Fish” follows narrator William Bloom, who comes to terms with the impending death of his ailing father Edward. Edward has always been a storyteller, but even on his deathbed he portrays himself…
In ‘The Immortal King Rao’, an ambitious inventor leaves behind a disturbing legacy
Book Review King Rao in Vauhini Vara’s exciting debut novel, “The Immortal King Rao,” isn’t exactly royalty. But on a coconut plantation in his Indian village of Kothapalli, his prosperous Dalit family raises the auspicious firstborn son of a firstborn son to believe in his inherent greatness. In 1974, as a computer science graduate student,…
More people question certain books in Texas school district
AUSTIN (KXAN) – More people in the Eanes Independent School District are challenging the books that are in schools across the district. Pulling books from shelves that some deem inappropriate has become a hot topic, not just in Texas, but across the country. He even caused a central Texas librarian to lose her job. Residents…
Mid-Missouri poet Justin Hamm’s new book toasts Midwestern life
In a way befitting his Midwestern upbringing, Justin Hamm’s latest collection features many sides and scenes of the poet as a humble public servant. Hamm often takes up the pen and the plow like a poet-farmer. He pauses to note the changing weather; he stays in physical contact with the terrain that many consign in…
Geoff Dyer: the writer who did not know how to grow up
Most book writers only have one story to tell; it is the one that wraps a piece of emotional wisdom that the author has made his own. If the writers are good at what they do, the story deepens with each book that is written. If they are less than good, history will simply repeat…
Introducing The Atlantic Expanded Books Section
When Emily Dickinson found her first real book as a child, she experienced a moment of pure joyful recognition. “This, then, is a book!” she exclaimed. “And there are more of them!” the atlantic he would continue to publish Dickinson’s poems; Perhaps more importantly, he introduced her to a lifelong mentor, Thomas Wentworth Higginson. After…