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Some “medicine for the soul” comes to us via Huffington Post in the form of a collection of “12 Awe-Inspiring Poets To Read In Your Lifetime.” Poets have a way of evoking life’s most complex philosophies in just a few short lines….
The controversial Nobel Prize winning author author V.S. Naipaul died on Saturday at home in London at age 85. From BBC News: Sir Vidia, who was born in rural Trinidad in 1932, wrote more than 30 books including A Bend in the…
Want to be a better human? Read a book. A recent article on NBC News’ Better lays it all out: Whether you’re the reader who rips through a new book each week or the one still slogging through that bestseller your friend…
Another novel by dark master Stephen King will soon be heading to the big screen. King’s 2002 novel, From A Buck 8, has been optioned by Hyde Park Entertainment (Prey, Antitrust). From Deadline Hollywood: Stephen King’s bestselling novel From A Buick 8…
The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje has been awarded the Golden Man Booker Award. From the Man Booker news site: The winner of this special one-off award for the Man Booker Prize’s 50th anniversary celebrations was chosen by the public. All 51…
Don’t know how we missed this one, but it seems even more relevant today than it did when it was published last September. A Citizen’s Guide to Impeachment (Melville) is a non-partisan look at what it takes to bring home an impeachment,…
A core of sadness runs through It All Falls Down (Morrow), Sheena Kamal’s dark and thoughtful followup to her debut novel, 2017’s The Lost Ones (published in the UK as Eyes Like Mine). It All Falls Down continues the back story sketched…
In the tradition of the very best of overnight sensations, Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland Island and Vera Stanhope novels, was an overnight sensation. It’s just that it took 20 years. labored away in relative obscurity for a long time before…
The world of science fiction lost a hero on Wednesday when Harlan Ellison passed away. His wife, Susan Toth, said the 84-year-old writer died in his sleep at his home in Sherman Oaks, California. On Twitter, author Stephen King said, “Harlan Ellison:…
Netflix and Mark Wahlberg have made a deal based on the character of Spenser by the “dean of American crime fiction” Robert B. Parker, who died in 2011. Deadline Hollywood carries news of the deal here: Netflix has made a deal with…