(Editor’s note: This review comes from Steven Nester, host of Poets of the Tabloid Murder, a weekly Internet radio show heard on the Public Radio Exchange [PRX]. Nester is also a freelance writer whose work has appeared in The Rap Sheet, Mystery Scene and Firsts Magazine.) Rush Oh! (Little, Brown), a first novel by Australian filmmaker Shirley Barrett, is also the cry alerting whalers to launch their longboats and let fly “the sting of iron” […]
While the pop world reels under the loss of royalty, the publishing world wonders what will happen to Prince’s memoir, The Beautiful Ones, slated for publication later this year. From International Business Times: It was only a month ago that the publisher Spiegel & Grau announced that Prince would be publishing his memoir in the fall of 2017. But the musical artist and legend died suddenly Thursday at the age of 57, and how much […]
Big crime-based non-fiction is the hot number in Hollywood right now, with the Cuban American underworld story, The Corporation, being the latest title to inspire filmmakers to dig deep for rights. From Deadline Hollywood: A bidding battle has erupted over The Corporation: An Epic Story Of The Cuban American Underworld, based on a 100-page proposal by bestselling author TJ English. The nonfiction book will be published in winter 2017 by William Morrow. It’s being called […]
From the this-is-really-too-stupid-to-repeat-but-someone-has-to department: enraged adult fans in Perth, Australia, complained so stridently when a Harry Potter-themed library event was planned for kids that organizers were ultimately forced to cancel the event. From The Independent: The City of Perth Library in Australia originally invited “witches, wizards and muggles” aged 12 to 18 to the get-together, in a bid to introduce young people to the new library and its staff. But it wasn’t long before adults […]
It is possible that Rudolfo Anaya is one of the most important Mexican-American authors writing today. His debut novel, 1972’s Bless Me, Ultima is to this day included on many middle school, high school and university reading lists across America. It is also one of the most challenged books in America and it is a classic. The magical, mystical coming of age of Antonio Márez y Luna. This same magic and mysticism permeates Anaya’s latest […]
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