Does creativity have a taste? And, if it does, is it salty or sweet? Does it come in a bag or a can? Do you spend hours in the kitchen preparing it, or do you pick up the phone? The fuels of creativity can take many forms and what authors use for that fuel varies starkly from writer to writer. January Magazine’s “Authors on Snacks” isn’t a judgment. Rather it’s a personal peek at what […]
In Chloe Benjamin’s luminous new novel, The Immortalists (Putnam), four siblings, all children, seek out a woman who, they’ve heard, can tell each of them the day they will die. Not how, but when. A casual few words: a month, a day, and a year. They’re given a glimpse around a corner and then go on with their lives, not oblivious exactly, but not unaffected by the information either. The year is 1969. The nation […]
With Robbie Burns Day coming at us fast and furious on January 25th, it seemed appropriate in joining History Hustle in looking at “20 awesome historical words we need to bring back.” Not all of the words are Scottish, of course, but enough of them are that it seemed perfectly reasonable to build the thin bridge from there to Robbie Burns Day. History Hustle reminds us that Shivviness is thte “uncomfortable feeling of wearing new […]
Award-winning Canadian author Nancy Richler (The Imposter Bride, Your Mouth is Lovely) has died from complications due to cancer. She was 60. The Montreal-born author’s three books were all highly acclaimed and the writer herself was highly regarded by friends and fans. In a statement, Iris Tupholme, senior vice-president and executive publisher at HarperCollins, Richler’s Canadian publisher, said that Richler was an “elegant writer whose work resonated with readers in Canada and abroad. “She had […]
The author Peter Mayle has died. Mayle was best known for his affectionate looks at the South of France. As he said on his web site, “A Year In Provence was published in 1990, with a first printing — considered more than adequate at the time — of three thousand copies. Since then, to my delight and astonishment, I’m told that it has sold six million copies in forty languages. This, inevitably, is a source […]
(Editor’s note: This review comes from Ben Terrall, a freelance writer based in San Francisco, California, whose work has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Francisco Bay View, In These Times, CounterPunch, and Noir City. Terrall last wrote for January Magazine about Gar Smith’s The War and Environment Reader.) Historian Alfred W. McCoy has long chronicled U.S. government abuses of power, starting with his ground-breaking 1972 book, The Politics of Heroin in Southeast […]
You still have to wait a while to see season two of the Golden Globe-winning series The Handmaid’s Tale, based on the seminal book by Margaret Atwood. But you don’t have to wait at all for an official sneak peek at what the Hulu series has in store. It’s below.
What was the goofiest design trend to come out of 2017? For our money, it’s the backwards book trend, most succinctly commented on by British comedian Pete Otway who took to Twitter, posting a photo from Ideal Home, a home design magazine, showing a shelf neatly stacked with books. From The Independent: But, instead of the spines facing outwards, they were all back-to-front. An accompanying headline reads, “Lauren keeps the look neutral by stacking books […]
Does creativity have a taste? And, if it does, is it salty or sweet? January Magazine’s “Authors on Snacks” is not meant to be a judgment. Rather it’s a personal peek at what some of our most beloved authors nibble on while pushing forward on their latest work. This time out we talk with author and attorney Jonathan Moore whose latest book, The Night Market, is a mind-bending, masterfully plotted thriller that will captivate fans […]
The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Breast Cancer is intended to empower patients go beyond the one-size-fits-all “standard of care” and make the decisions that are best for themselves and their loved ones. Because she has a research background, Dr. Maker was able to find a great deal of information that is not commonly known to patients. This information helped her tremendously, and it can help you. This is the book she wished she had when […]
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