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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Book We're Talking About This Week

Posted 05.13.2013 | Books

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Published on May 14th, 2013 Knopf, $26.95 What is it about? Two teenagers, Ifemelu and Obinze, fall in lo...

National Short Story Month: Favorite Short Stories Of The Past Year

flavorwire.com | Posted 07.20.2011 | Books

May is National Short Story Month, so we’re celebrating the tail end of it by honoring some short stories of the past year that are deserving of you...

In Defense of Good Writing: Where Are the Strong Female Writers?

Koa Beck | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Koa Beck

With the exception of a few female literary giants, it seems that even when a big publication does take note of a compelling female voice, she isn't nearly as strong a writer as her male colleagues.

Lit Versus Commercial Fiction: Writer Wars?

Randy Susan Meyers | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Randy Susan Meyers

It saddens me seeing writers buy into a class war. In today's market, lit looks down on commercial, which look down on genre, which eschew whatever is lower on the literary food chain.

Best Tributes to To Kill a Mockingbird on Its 50th Anniversary

Danny Groner | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Danny Groner

"In all great novels there is some quality of moral ambiguity, some potentially controversial element that keeps the book from being easily grasped or...

Great Women Writers Of 2009: Give Thanks

Nina Sankovitch | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Nina Sankovitch

Thanksgiving is here and I want to give thanks to five women writers who in 2009 excited, enlivened, and energized me through their great books.

The 10 Best Books of 2009

Anis Shivani | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Anis Shivani

Anis Shivani picks his top 10 books for 2009.