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At Home With Toni Morrison

AP | By HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 05.08.2012

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GRAND VIEW-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. -- The Hudson River extends like the sun from the back of Toni Morrison's house, illuminated and infinite, undimmed by an u...

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The Book We're Talking About This Week

Zoë Triska | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Narcopolis, New Books, Indian Literature, Book We're Talking About, New Book, Jeet Thayil, Books News

"Narcopolis" by Jeet Thayil Penguin Press, $25.95 Published on April 16, 2012 What is it about? The book begins in Bombay in the late 1970s. Th...

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What's Next After The Hunger Games: 10 Young Adult Dystopias Coming Out 2012

Lisa Parkin | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Dystopian Fiction, Young Adult Literature, Dystopia, Books, Young Adult Books, New Books, The Hunger Games, Young Adult Fiction, Teen Fiction, Fiction, Upcoming Books, Fantasy, Teenagers, Books News

The number of dystopian-themed books is at its highest since the 1960s. What Young Adult dystopians are you looking forward to reading this year?

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Catching The White Horse Pandemic

Kim Michele Richardson | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Publishing, Book News, New Releases, New Books, White Horse, Books, End of World, Alex Adams, Books News

Alex Adams' debut, White Horse, is the first in a brilliant trilogy which will no doubt be ranked among the great fantasy novels.

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Is The Hunger Games Really the Future of Writing?

Lev Raphael | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Suzanne Collins, Authors, Book Publishing, Jeff Goins, Writing Tips, Books, Novels, Elizabeth Kostova, New Books, Writing a Novel, Suzanne Collins the Hunger Games, The Hunger Games, Books News

Now, maybe some writers can write to a formula, can churn out books that try to catch the cultural mood, books that mimic best sellers, but I suspect most authors are like me: We write the books we want to.

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The Book We're Talking About This Week

Zoë Triska | Posted 02.27.2012

Read More: Book Recommendations, Girlchild Tupelo Hassman, Video, Girlchild, Tupelo Hassman Book, The Book We're Talking About, New Books, Books We're Talking About, Tupelo Hassman, Books News

This is our new weekly series, The Book We're Talking About. At the start of each week, we'll tell you about a recent release that is getting a lot of...

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The Book We're Talking About This Week

Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Book News, Video, Muslim American Book, American Dervish Book, Religious Fiction, New Books, 2012 Books, Muslim American Fiction, Books We're Talking About, Ayah Akhtar, Books News

This is the first entry in our new weekly series, The Book We're Talking About. At the start of each week, we'll tell you about a recent release that ...

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PHOTOS: Beautiful Black-And-White Photos Of Venice

Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Photography, Venice Italy, Jean-Michel Berts, Assouline, Travel Photography, International Destinations, Books, Venice, Italy Travel, New Books, Coffee Table Books, Destinations, Venice Travel, Travel News

A new book from ASSOULINE is a must-have for lovers of Italy and anyone who's been to Venice. The stunning collection by Jean-Michel Berts was inspire...

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'Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky: Revisiting the Monterey International Pop Festival Through A Perfect Haze

Holly Cara Price | Posted 02.19.2012

Read More: Bob Weir, Rock Festivals, Santa Monica Press, Kenneth Kubernik, Monterey International Pop Festival, Alex Gibney, Lou Adler, Zeitgeist, Magic Trip, Roger Daltrey, New Books, Ravi Shankar, Al Kooper, Pop Culture, D.A. Pennebaker, Otis Redding, Pete Townshend, Big Brother & the Holding Company, The Who, Woodstock, Altamont, Booker T. Jones, Harvey Kubernik, Books News, Book Publishing, Alison Ellwood, Ken Kesey, Simon & Garfunkel, Hippies, Music News, Counterculture, Steve Cropper, 1967, Sixties, Monterey Pop, Merry Pranksters, Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, Books News

The Monterey International Pop Festival took place at such a guileless time that the promoters used the word "pop" in its title. Not long after this would have been unthinkable, after the lines were drawn between "pop" music and rock and roll.

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Down the Darkest Road Is a Look at Crime in the Early 1990s

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Legal Rights of Victims, 1990's Criminal Procedures, Dna Testing, Criminal Abduction, Tami Hoag, Crime Novels, New Books, Books News

Down the Darkest Road is the latest in Tami Hoag's stories about Oak Knoll. It is also her latest book about a world before DNA testing, massive related computer intelligence, and other criminal techniques became common.

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The Sugar Zone Is Bittersweet

Joan Gelfand | Posted 01.29.2012

Read More: Marsh Hawk Press, Brazil, Elizabeth Bishop, Mary Mackey, Environmentalism, Travel, New Books, Poetry, Redroom, Books News

It is difficult to resist the temptation to compare, if not the style of poems, then simply the location of Mary Mackey's The Sugar Zone to Elizabeth Bishop's series, Questions of Travel, written during her fifteen years in Brazil.

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A Path to Power and Wholeness: Finding Inspiration in the Goddess

Lisa Levart | Posted 01.15.2012

Read More: Photography, Women's Empowerment, Miss Representation, New Books, Goddess, Self-Empowerment, Women News

Without realistic role models, is it really surprising that so many young women are confused, isolated and deeply depressed?

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India an Eye-Opening Journey

John Harden | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: India, Mission Trip, Poverty, Caste Aside: Hope for Orphans From the Heats of India, Orphans, India Orphans, India Poverty, New Books, Robi Ley, World News

At 10, Roberta, or Robi Ley knew she wanted to be a writer. She would dream endlessly toward the day she would see her byline printed on a book cover.

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Jeffery Eugenides On Love And Books

Madeleine Crum | Posted 02.16.2012

Read More: Virgin Suicides, Video, The Marriage Plot, College Books, 1980s, Books We Love, Middlesex, New Books, Semiotics, Jeffrey Eugenides, Victorian Literature, Books News

If you walk through Times Square in New York right now, you'll be met with a rare site: a book-themed billboard. A stern-faced Jeffery Eugenides strid...

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The Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2011

Anis Shivani | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Best New Fiction, Fall Books, Most Anticipated Books, Haruki Murakami, New Books, Russell Banks, Jeffrey Eugenides, Best New Books, Most Anticipated Books Fall 2011, Best Books Fall 2011, Best New Books Fall 2011, Books News

As usual, fall is when the big guns come out. Exciting novels by major writers like Ha Jin, Haruki Murakami, Umberto Eco, Jeffrey Eugenides and Russell Banks.

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Did You Say Something, Dear?

Jenna McCarthy | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Marriage Tips, Marriage, New Books, Weddings, Marriage Guide, Marriage Advice, Books News

Chalk it up to nature, nurture, biology, destiny or innate gender differences: The fact is, men and women--especially when they are married to one another--often have a hell of a time with the basic exchange of ideas and information.

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Great Rock & Roll Reads for the Fall

Holly Cara Price | Posted 11.11.2011

Read More: Save the Last Dance for Satan, Tom Potter, New Books, Caryn Rose, 33 Days, Divine Weeks, Sweet Baby James, Carrie Potter Devening, Bill See, And the Lost Story of 1970, Joey Ramone, Simon & Garfunkel, B-Sides and Broken Hearts, David Browne, Nick Tosches, John Hammond, Unsung Heroes, Rock & Roll, Upstage Club, Fire and Rain: The Beatles, For Music?S Sake: Asbury Park?S Upstage Club and Green Mermaid Café, James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen, Jaynetts, Books News

As we leave summer 2011 behind, it's time to curl up with a good book, remembering some of the moments that brought us to where we are currently in music and pop culture.

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Kicks Books: Pulp Fiction and Non-Fiction Rules Again

Holly Cara Price | Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: Save the Last Dance for Satan, New Books, New York City Events, Nick Tosches, Reading, Norton Records, Nick Tosches Save the Last Dance for Satan, New York Around Town, Save the Last Dance for Satan Nick Tosches, NY Book Readings, Books & Magazines, New York News

Nick Tosches opens up a glorious treasure trove of rock and roll history with his new book, Save the Last Dance for Satan, recently published as part of a new series of hip pocket paperback gems by Kicks Books.

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8 Cool New Book Covers

Posted 11.01.2011

Read More: Book Covers, Book Design, Book Cover, Cool Book Covers, Book Illustration, New Books, New Book Covers, Books News

We know, we know. We aren't supposed to judge books by their covers. But these current and upcoming book covers appeared so intriguing that we couldn'...

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On Our Radar: The Best Upcoming Books

Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: Upcoming Books, New Books, Best Upcoming Books, Fall Books, Best Books, Books News

It may be sad that it's the end of summer, but every literature buff knowns that with that end comes all the great fall books. Here are some of our up...

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Critics and Other Cultural Gatekeepers: Mind the Gate!

Carla Seaquist | Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: New York Times Book Review, The Decline of American Civilization, Books, New York Times Magazine, The New York Times, Book Reviews, New York Times, New Books, American Culture, Critics, Nicholson Baker, American Decline, Culture, Books News

Where is the recognition that a "book of raunch," rather than reflecting a mature and vibrant culture, is symptomatic of one in steep, full-on decline, drunk on its power and narcissism (including Baker's pet vice, sexual titillation)?

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An Interview About Body Image With the Author of New Hit Novel Skinny

Kate Fridkis | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Author Interview, Skinny Novel, Diana Spechler, New Books, Eat the Damn Cake, Kate Fridkis, Body Image, Diana-Spechler-Skinny, Books We Love, Women News

Skinny is the story of a young woman named Gray who struggles with guilt after her obese father's dramatic death. She begins to compulsively overeat, driven by an enormous hunger she can't sate.

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Marine's Memoir Commands Our Attention -- And Personal Investment

Greg Barrett | Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: Book Reviews, Author, Iraq War, Rye Barcott, War on Terror, Kenya, Memoir, Kibera, War Memoir, Nonfiction, New Books, London-United Kingdom, Greg Barrett, Books News

Books like Rye Barcott's It Happened on the Way to War come with a price that can't be easily discounted. You can't finish it and remain prone on the sofa.

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Making Sense of the City

Todd Reisz | Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: Istanbul, Urban Planning, Books, Sao Paulo, Slidepollajax, Architecture, New Books, Mumbai, Cities, Al Manakh, Books News

Just about every writer in this installment makes it clear: each city is unique. But that doesn't settle our craving to look for what makes a city a city.

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Can You Evolve On-Demand?

Steven and Michael Meloan | Posted 08.15.2011

We spend a lifetime learning the details of our culture and the tools of intellectual inquiry. But we invest virtually no energy in mastering our own consciousness.

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