CHICAGO — Thirteen years ago, at Lane Tech College Prep High School on Addison Street, a school administrator approached an English teacher and told her that he needed all of her copies of “Persepolis,” the widely beloved, best-selling 2000 graphic novel from Marjane Satrapi about her childh…
- Chris Hewitt, The Minnesota Star Tribune
When a character refers to the dual narrators of “Kin” as “crib sisters,” he’s immediately informed that the correct term is “cradle,” not “crib.” There’s a reason for that distinction, I think. “Cradle” is the key word, as in “cradle to grave.” Vernice and Annie grew up in a small Louisiana…
- Publishers Weekly, Tribune News Service
Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, March 14, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2026 Circana. (Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by PWxyz LLC. © 20…
- Erik Pedersen, The Orange County Register
Jonathan Miles, author of the novels “Dear American Airlines” and “Want Not,” has just published “Eradication: A Fable.” As well as fiction, Miles has published essays, journalism and other nonfiction in The New York Times and toured as a musician in Jon Batiste’s band in 2024. Here, he take…
- Erik Pedersen, The Orange County Register
These are challenging times by any metric, but here’s something that’s also true: 2026 is shaping up to be a great year for books. Some of our most talented writers are delivering novels, nonfiction and poetry in the coming months. If you want to lose yourself in a good book or just take a b…
- Erik Pedersen, The Orange County Register
Daniel Poppick has published two collections of poetry, the National Poetry Series-winning “Fear of Description” and “The Police.” “The Copywriter,” his debut novel, was published recently. Q. Please tell readers about your new book, “The Copywriter.” “The Copywriter” is a novel about poets …
- Kayla Yup, The Philadelphia Inquirer
PHILADELPHIA — University of Pennsylvania health expert Ezekiel Emanuel’s casual conversations often evolve into impromptu medical consultations. People ask Emanuel — an oncologist, bioethicist, and health policy scholar who helped write the Affordable Care Act — how to live healthier. He sa…
PHILADELPHIA — University of Pennsylvania health expert Ezekiel Emanuel’s casual conversations often evolve into impromptu medical consultations. People ask Emanuel — an oncologist, bioethicist, and health policy scholar who helped write the Affordable Care Act — how to live healthier. He said that “incessant asking” inspired him at a time when both information and misinformation are booming ...
MINNEAPOLIS — Singer, rapper, flutist, dancer, actor, reality TV star. Lizzo will add another title to her resume — author. The Minneapolis-launched multihyphenate will publish “Lil Lizzo Meets Sasha B. Flootin’,” a children’s book in September via Simon & Schuster. Of course, there’s a flute involved. What else would you expect from Lizzo? The book tells the story of a little girl who just ...
Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, March 7, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2026 Circana. (Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by PWxyz LLC. © 2026, PWxyz LLC.) HARDCOVER FICTION 1. The Correspondent. Virginia Evans. Crown 2. Dire Bound. Sable ...
Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, March 7, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2026 Circana. (Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by PWxyz LLC. © 2026, PWxyz LLC.) HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "The Correspondent: A Novel" by Virginia Evans (Crown) Last week: 2 ...
On a recent afternoon, I met up for coffee with The Folio Society CEO Joanna Reynolds and Publishing Director Tom Walker. The duo was on a quick trip to the U.S., a market that now accounts for more than half of the U.K. publisher’s business. It wasn’t always that way. When the London-based Folio Society began in 1947, it was a subscription service with very particular old-school rules – you ...
Although he’s found success as a producer, director and writer (more on that in a sec), Tim Blake Nelson might be best known as an actor who steals scenes with his ability to convey depth and complexity in even the – let’s just say it – weirdest secondary characters. Think dunderheaded Delmar in “O Brother, Where Art Thou?,” cruel Dr. Pendanski in “Holes,” the singing, smiling, sociopathic ...
Pop culture is having a Mitfordmania era. The Mitford family, midcentury British swells who achieved various levels of notoriety, have been the subject of several recent hits. Released late last year, Mimi Pond’s graphic novel, “Do Admit,” was about both the eccentric family and Pond’s obsession with them. There’s also “The Six,” a 2017 biography of sisters who came of age in the 1940s. ...
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