Tag Archives: long time

The novelist who ghosts after the third date

new YorkThe Sex Diaries series asks anonymous city dwellers to record a week of their sex lives – with comedic, tragic, often sexy, and always revealing results. Illustration: by Marylu E. Herrera This week, a writer has plenty of drinks with plenty of women — and still finds time to …

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Nikole Hannah-Jones headlines the free literary festival bringing together the best-selling authors at SMU this month

Southern Methodist University will bring about 100 popular authors to Dallas for the return of its literary festival this month. Dallas Literary Festival headlines Nikole Hannah Jonesauthor of The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story. Jones closes the festival at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 22. The theme of the …

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A new novel focuses on healing and regret

We know memory plays tricks, but as Andrew Miller and I activate our webcams to discuss his new novel, I reflect on the fact that it can’t really be 25 years – can it? – since the publication of his first novel, Ingenious Pain. “I say!” he says. “Each time …

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‘Clean Air’ is a dystopian serial killer novel, but author Sarah Blake says joy is her goal for readers – Daily News

Sarah Blake’s “Clean Air” offers readers a lot: It’s a dystopian novel set in the near future, a decade after The Turning – where tree pollen becomes deadly and kills vast swathes of the population, forcing everyone to live indoors or wear protective masks outdoors. But it’s also a utopian …

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8 of the Best New Women’s Haunted House Novels

This content contains affiliate links. When you purchase through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. The haunted house novel has a long and storied history. Many scholars date its creation in American literature to the late 1700s and early Gothic tradition. Names like Horace Walpole, Edgar Allan Poe …

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The ‘Chick-Lit’ category is ‘irritating and insulting’ to female authors – Sheila O’Flanagan

The phrase “Chick Lit” is “irritating and insulting” to female writers, according to award-winning author Sheila O’Flanagan. She was speaking after best-selling author Marian Keyes warned the phrase ‘diminishing’ made women feel ashamed to take her books. In the new To imagine series on the BBC, the Limerick author said …

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Q&A: Meg Long, author of “Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves”

We chat with first author Meg Long about her upcoming release Cold at night, fast wolves, which is a gripping start to survival, family found, and the girl-wolf bond that offers a new twist to classic survival stories and frontier myths. Meg discusses all things writing, book recommendations, and more! …

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Light Novel Author Explains Lack Of “Ugly” Characters In Manga And LN – Interest

It costs more and takes longer to draw unattractive characters Why are characters in manga and light novels almost always conventionally attractive? Light novel author Takenoko offered a response on his Twitter Account Sunday: According to an illustrator acquaintance with whom they spoke, “ugly” characters cost more to draw. Takenoko …

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Every Black Book location in Skyrim

Seven Black Books are scattered across Solestheim in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Each Black Book grants the Dragonborn a new choice of power. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has seven black books scattered across the island of Solestheim, and each grants the Dragonborn a new power. Black Books were …

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What do the jars want? * Building a larger field of study in craftsmanship together

There is not a single story of craftsmanship. The craft takes a long time. Handicrafts are and have been at the heart of cultural knowledge, intergenerational learning and community bonds. And yet whiteout conditions in universities and museums continue to present craftsmanship as something to be discovered, discovered and saved. …

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Author Yamashita wins Lifetime Achievement Award

Karen Tei Yamashita appears in stream for the 72nd National Book Awards. (National Book Foundation) Rafu wire services Karen Tei Yamashita received the 2021 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from the National Book Foundation on November 17. “A daring and groundbreaking writer, Yamashita’s deeply creative work has had …

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BBC Holby City: Jac Naylor’s famous real-life sister who was in Casualty and The Bill

Rosie Marcel, 44, has been well known for playing the straightforward, no-frills character of Jac Naylor on Holby City since 2005, but less well known is that her sister Kelly Marcel, 47, also had a minor role in the series – well that the siblings had very different experiences of …

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Authors share the emotions and impact when their books are banned

Authors Jerry Craft, Grace Lin and others discuss the personal and professional impact of having parents calling to remove their books from schools and libraries. Shock. Sadness. Anger. To resolve. When an author’s book is questioned, it can go through many emotions. The challenges of the book are nothing new, …

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Deon Meyer’s Benny Griessel novels to be adapted for cinema

Deon Meyer. Photo: Nardus Engelbrecht / Gallo Images Deon Meyer’s Benny Griessel novels are being adapted for the cinema. The award-winning author has just published the latest novel in the book series titled, The Dark Flood. The books center on Benny Griessel, a Detective Inspector from Cape Town who investigates …

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Celine’s newly unearthed work is causing a stir in France

PARIS – Dragging two large suitcases filled with yellowed sheets of paper filled with scribbled lines, Jean-Pierre Thibaudat, a former cultural writer for a French newspaper, entered the office of Emmanuel Pierrat, a lawyer specializing in intellectual property. “It’s big,” Mr. Thibaudat told the lawyer on the phone before coming …

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Well, it has become almost a novel… – Sonoma Sun

Posted on September 28, 2021 by Catherine Sevenau Letter from my mother (26) to my father’s sister living in Minnesota. Watsonville, California, November 22, 1941 Dear Amélie and to all: I started working in an apple dryer here on September 1st and spent the day before Thanksgiving. I don’t mind …

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New sound pulses challenge “conventional wisdom”: NewsCenter

June 16, 2021 An illustration of the Kerr fiber optic resonator, which the Rochester researchers used with a spectral filter to create highly modulated laser pulses. The rainbow pattern in the foreground shows how the colors of an emitted laser pulse are separated in time. (Illustration by University of Rochester …

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Marvel: 10 alternate timeline arcs you must read

Marvel has been publishing comics for a long time and over time people sometimes want something different from them. The heroes of the Marvel Universe are amazing, but seeing them in a completely different way is a lot of fun. While Marvel has some of the greatest comic book stories …

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Zoe Arrington rewrites records at Tennessee High | Sports

Northeastern Tennessee over the years has been spoiled by some exceptional female long distance runners. Tennessee High star Zoe Arrington has accomplished so much in her young career already, but there is still a long way to go on her checklist. Arrington will be one of the athletes to watch …

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Author to discuss “ Delmarva Abandoned Railways ” on May 10

Douglas Poore, curator of the Greater Harrington Historical Society, will discuss his new book “Abandoned Railroads of Delmarva” in a live, online conversation hosted by the Lewes Public Library and Browseabout Books at 5pm on Monday May 10th. For over 100 years, railways have been the king of transport, turning …

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24 bestselling author’s choices

During Asian and Pacific American Heritage Month, TODAY shares community history, pain, joy and continuation for the AAPI movement. We’ll be posting personal essays, stories, videos, and specials throughout May. As Asian American communities grapple with rising anti-Asian hatred, this year’s AAPI Heritage Month looks more urgent than ever. For …

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