LA Times » 3 weeks ago
Nicole Cuffy's second novel, 'O Sinners!,' examines the blurry lines between cult and religion, making for both a clever literary mystery novel and a meditation on the nature of faith....
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LA Times » 3 weeks ago
Clay Risen examines Cold War hysteria in an even-handed way, trusting readers to make the connection between McCarthyism and the MAGA movement....
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LA Times » 3 weeks ago
Like the Palisades fire, the Palos Verdes landslide is erasing an entire place — including a home of Joan Didion, who wrote compellingly of such losses. ...
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The Guardian » 3 weeks ago
A fascinating, exciting history of how the agency smuggled subversive books across the iron curtainIn, I think, November 1978, I got a call from a rather grand British journalist who’d heard that I was about to go to Moscow. “A Russian friend of mine would dearly like the...
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The Guardian » 3 weeks ago
The Iranian-American film-maker relives the most mortifying moments of her life, charting her journey from high school ‘loser’ to self-acceptance with arch amusement A funny, candid and often heartbreaking essay collection, You’re Embarrassing Yourself documents mortifyi...
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The Guardian » 3 weeks ago
The author on growing up with tales of swooning heroines, the thrill of Dylan Thomas and the genius of George SaundersMy earliest reading memory
One of my older sisters taught me to read using ...
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The Guardian » 3 weeks ago
The Bureau by Eoin McNamee; The Mouthless Dead by Anthony Quinn; Killer Potential by Hannah Deitch; The Grapevine by Kate Kemp; Death at the White Hart by Chris Chibnall...
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The Guardian » 3 weeks ago
This year’s competition for 11- to 14-year-olds, in memory of the budding writer who died aged 13, is on the theme of A New WorldThe third year of the Martha Mills young writers’ prize is now open for entries.Eleven- to 14-year-olds living in the UK are...
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The Guardian » 3 weeks ago
Slyly investigating language and bias in media culture, this follow-up to Assembly confirms Brown as one of the most intelligent voices writing todayShould your social media occasionally present you with publishing-related content, you may have spotted proofs for Natasha ...
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The Guardian » 3 weeks ago
An eye-opening insider account of Facebook alleges a bizarre office culture and worrying political overreachIf Douglas Coupland’s 1995 novel about young tech workers, Microserfs, were a dystopian tragedy, it might read something like Careless People. The author narrates, ...
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