“We asked some of today’s most powerful voices in LGBTQ literature to create a list of books they wanted to read as teens. While there are some recurring titles – who hasn’t had their world rocked by Audre Lorde? – most of the books are quite different from one another.”
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People In The Book Business Are So Optimistic About Print That They’re Opening Indie Bookstores
“There really is a very positive feel out there at the moment. I never did believe that e-books were the iPod moment for printed books; you really can’t beat the feel of a good book.”
The Author Of The Harry Potter Books Dropped – Randomly – Into A Scottish Book Group
“Senior library assistant Stewart Bain had invited the author to attend the group over Twitter the previous day – but never expected her to come.”
The Sly, Beautiful Snark Of Teenage Jane Austen
“For my money, these youthful writings are Austen’s most astonishing achievement after the six novels.”
Has The Proliferation Of MFA Studies Changed American Novels?
“What if this is just something that’s been imagined into existence, by both detractors and supporters alike, to satisfy a collective need to believe that institutions can improve anything, even creativity?”
Wait, Authors! That’s Not A Spam Email – That’s Real Prize Money
Australian author Helen Garner “was going to delete the email but thought to call her publisher, who informed her that the Windham-Campbell prize was in fact real. The Windham-Campbell prize is one of world’s richest literary awards, according to reports.”
What Did Harper Lee’s Will Say? We May Never Know
“A judge in Monroe County — the section of Alabama where Ms. Lee was raised, and where she died last month at the age of 89 — agreed to seal the will in a decision made on Monday and released on Friday by the probate court.”
Hindu Right Attacks Classical Indian Lit Project At Harvard
“A group of Sanskrit scholars in India are calling for an American professor working on a groundbreaking project on Indian classics at Harvard University to be removed because of his ‘deep antipathy’ to Indian ideals and culture, according to a Change.org petition filed Saturday.”
Amazon Customers In Review War Over The Book Of Mormon (The Real One)
“‘WARNING: May cause drowsiness and occasional eye-rolling. Go watch the musical instead,’ said one reviewer. A five-star fan, however, said that ‘it was translated by the Gift and Power of God, and is the record of a people who are a branch of the tribe of Israel who had Prophets in their day who preached about Christ. Read it and pray about its contents.'”
Missing Hong Kong Booksellers Turn Up – On Mainland Chinese TV, Confessing
“Five booksellers who disappeared from Hong Kong last year have re-surfaced in detention in mainland China. They appeared in interviews on TV in which they confessed to crimes and ‘mistakes’.”