In October 2019, InsideHook reported that Philip Roth, author of Portnoy’s Complaint, gave a bequest of over $2 million to his hometown library in New…
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A Slap in the Face of Stalinism
Varlam Shalamov in 1929. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. “Every story of mine is a slap in the face of Stalinism,” Varlam Shalamov wrote to…
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Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for January 9, 2020
Sponsored by Paula Chase. These deals were active as of this writing, but may expire soon, so get them while they’re hot! Today’s Featured Deals You…
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August Wilson on the Legacy of Martin Luther King
On this archival recording, playwright August Wilson celebrates the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with a reading at the 92nd Street Y’s Unterberg Poetry…
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How to Use Scrivener to Write Scenes That Work
Sometimes it happens. You get that niggling feeling that the scene you just wrote isn’t sitting right, isn’t accomplishing what it needs to do. It…
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Bah, Humbug
Sabrina Orah Mark’s monthly column, Happily, focuses on fairy tales and motherhood. It is December in Georgia, and we are driving past…
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Lonely Library Book Gets a Big Day Out: Critical Linking, January 19, 2019
Critical Linking is a daily roundup of the most interesting bookish links from around the web, sponsored by Book Riot’s new literary fiction podcast Novel…
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Is Professor Bhaer Jewish, and Other Mysteries
Louis Garrel as Professor Bhaer in Greta Gerwig’s Little Women Last week, my parents saw Little Women. My mother immediately phoned me. “I think Professor…
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Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for January 18, 2020
Sponsored by Book Riot’s new literary fiction podcast Novel Gazing. These deals were active as of this writing, but may expire soon, so get them…
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How to Compare Your Reading with a Goodreads Friend
Goodreads has a lot of nifty tricks that aren’t always super obvious. Some of the best features are hidden in the bare bones design of…
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