Inside the List: Some Dos and Don’ts From Famous Writers
Some best-selling novelists have written books about their craft. Others dispense advice on Twitter, their websites and in interviews and articles.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Children’s Books: Flying Through the Night to Defeat the Nazis
In “A Thousand Sisters,” Elizabeth Wein tells the thrilling true story of the World War II Soviet all-female air regiments who flew 24,000 missions into “a continuous curtain of fire.”
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The Shortlist: Sex, Death and More Sex: Three Books of Fiction by Acclaimed Japanese Writers
Story collections by Akiyuki Nosaka and Taeko Kono, plus a short novel by the great Yukio Mishima.
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Fiction: Characters Who Crave a Return to the Past, Human Sacrifice and All
Sarah Moss’s novel “Ghost Wall” describes how the notion of “original Britishness” can lead to no good.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
From Our Archives: Revisiting Anne Frank’s Diary — ‘A Warm and Stirring Confession’
In 1952, Meyer Levin reviewed “The Diary of a Young Girl” for the Book Review. Here’s an excerpt.
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New in Paperback: ‘King Zeno,’ ‘The Monk of Mokha’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
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Fiction: Hygge and Kisses
In “The Red Address Book,” by Sofia Lundberg, an elderly woman looks back at the loves of her life.
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Fiction: What’s It Like to Write Poetry in Authoritarian Cuba? Tricky, This Novel Suggests
“Revolution Sunday,” by the banned novelist Wendy Guerra, traces a young exile’s struggle against censorship — political, literary and personal.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Fiction: After 18 Years in Prison, a Woman Tries to Find Her Way Home
Mesha Maren’s debut novel, “Sugar Run,” sets a quest for re-entry against the backdrop of modern Appalachia.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Nonfiction: A Habitual Liar Almost Conned Abby Ellin Into Marrying Him. Instead, He Gave Her the Idea for a Book.
In “Duped,” Ellin describes her ruinous relationship and other cases of deception.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
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