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Ling Ma's stories start out familiar but get very, very weird

NPR Book Reviews - Wed, 09/14/2022 - 12:47pm

Nothing is just one thing in Bliss Montage: Satire swirls into savagery; a gimmicky premise into poignancy. Ma writes with such authority that readers are simply swept along.

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David Milch's 'Life's Work' holds lessons about humanity and the power of art

NPR Book Reviews - Wed, 09/14/2022 - 7:04am

The TV creator's memoir was written in collaboration with his wife and daughters, who helped him piece together thoughts and memories that evade him due to Alzheimer's disease.

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The Essential Judy Blume

NY Times Book Reviews - Wed, 09/14/2022 - 5:00am

For 50 years, her books have educated, entertained and connected young readers. Whether you want to revisit a classic or inspire a new fan, here’s what to read.

The Essential Judy Blume

New York Times Book News - Wed, 09/14/2022 - 5:00am

For 50 years, her books have educated, entertained and connected young readers. Whether you want to revisit a classic or inspire a new fan, here’s what to read.

A Uyghur Author and Translator Were Detained. Now, Their Novel Speaks For Them.

New York Times Book News - Wed, 09/14/2022 - 5:00am

Writing and translating “The Backstreets,” a book about the oppressive environment faced by Uyghurs in China, was a danger to those involved.

Read Your Way Through Helsinki

New York Times Book News - Wed, 09/14/2022 - 5:00am

Pajtim Statovci shares his love of Finnish literature and the books that helped him, a child of immigrants, to find his voice and grow from reader to award-winning writer.

How Yiyun Li Became a Beacon for Readers in Mourning

New York Times Book News - Wed, 09/14/2022 - 5:00am

The novelist Yiyun Li, known for her powerful distillations of personal grief, makes art from subverted expectations.

Review: “Magnificent Rebels,” by Andrea Wulf

NY Times Book Reviews - Wed, 09/14/2022 - 5:00am

“Magnificent Rebels,” by Andrea Wulf, paints a vivid portrait of the 18th-century German Romantics: brilliant intellectuals and poets who could also be petty, thin-skinned and self-involved.

Review: “Magnificent Rebels,” by Andrea Wulf

New York Times Book News - Wed, 09/14/2022 - 5:00am

“Magnificent Rebels,” by Andrea Wulf, paints a vivid portrait of the 18th-century German Romantics: brilliant intellectuals and poets who could also be petty, thin-skinned and self-involved.

Book Review: “The Village Idiot,” by Steve Stern

NY Times Book Reviews - Wed, 09/14/2022 - 5:00am

In “The Village Idiot,” Steve Stern resurrects Chaim Soutine and the sordid eccentricities of his milieu.

Book Review: “The Village Idiot,” by Steve Stern

New York Times Book News - Wed, 09/14/2022 - 5:00am

In “The Village Idiot,” Steve Stern resurrects Chaim Soutine and the sordid eccentricities of his milieu.

New York Times Nonfiction Bestsellers: September 18, 2022

LibraryAware - Wed, 09/14/2022 - 1:00am

An up-to-date list of the New York Times Nonfiction Bestsellers. Weekly.

Delivered: 9/13/2022 9:00:00 PM

Playdate at the Library

testxml - Wed, 09/14/2022 - 12:28am

Open to ages 6-36 months. Registration required. Enjoy stories, rhymes & songs designed to develop early literacy skills with your little one.We ask that guardians remain present.

New York Times Fiction Bestsellers: September 18, 2022

LibraryAware - Wed, 09/14/2022 - 12:00am

An up-to-date list of the New York Times Fiction Bestsellers. Weekly.

Delivered: 9/13/2022 8:00:00 PM

At PEN America, a Complicated Centennial for Free Speech

New York Times Book News - Tue, 09/13/2022 - 4:42pm

Literary luminaries gathered in Manhattan to celebrate the organization at a moment when many see support for free speech eroding across the political spectrum.

Could This Political Marriage Be Saved? Biden and Obama Found a Way.

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 09/13/2022 - 3:34pm

In “The Long Alliance,” Gabriel Debenedetti traces how political leaders of different generations and contrasting temperaments helped each other succeed.

Could This Political Marriage Be Saved? Biden and Obama Found a Way.

New York Times Book News - Tue, 09/13/2022 - 3:34pm

In “The Long Alliance,” Gabriel Debenedetti traces how political leaders of different generations and contrasting temperaments helped each other succeed.

Terri Lyne Carrington Couldn’t Find Jazz Sheet Music by Women. She Fixed That.

New York Times Book News - Tue, 09/13/2022 - 1:06pm

The jazz drummer and educator Terri Lyne Carrington’s latest project is “New Standards: 101 Lead Sheets by Women Composers,” a book due Friday, and an album featuring 11 of its selections.

Book Review: “Who’s Raising the Kids?” by Susan Linn

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 09/13/2022 - 11:00am

In “Who’s Raising the Kids?” Susan Linn’s searing indictment of corporate greed, tech companies targeting children are rivaled only by the lawmakers who let them get away with it.

Book Review: “Who’s Raising the Kids?” by Susan Linn

New York Times Book News - Tue, 09/13/2022 - 11:00am

In “Who’s Raising the Kids?” Susan Linn’s searing indictment of corporate greed, tech companies targeting children are rivaled only by the lawmakers who let them get away with it.

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