For The Book Obsessed
[ad_1] Kiley Reid earned her MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, where she was awarded the Truman Capote Fellowship and taught undergraduate creative writing workshops with a focus on race and class. Her short stories have been featured in Ploughshares, December, New South, and Lumina. Reid lives in Philadelphia. Such a Fun Age, Kiley’s debut novel, is an extremely important book. … Read more
[ad_1] Summer is finally here, and in the United States, at least, many of our traditional go-to activities like barbecues and beach parties have been put on hold. We miss the get-togethers, but the bright side is having more time to read! And what a great month to be stocking up on a new books. … Read more
[ad_1] Diving into The Damned by Renée Ahdieh this week? We’re here to give you a refresher on what happened in book 1, The Beautiful! The Beautiful starts with Celine fleeing Paris, sailing to New Orleans with Pippa, her best friend, to live at a local convent. via GIPHY Celine, by the way, is one … Read more
[ad_1] The Exchange Exchange is Todd Van Luling’s new conversation series with authors of recent economics books. Economic inequality has been a primary focus of economics over the last few years in the United States. Democratic candidates made the subject a campaign focus, newsrooms added inequality-focused desks, and multiple books on the topic found spots … Read more
[ad_1] Social media. Two words that sometimes make us cringe. We might embrace it. We might try to ignore it. We might change the settings on our phones to black and white so we’re less tempted to look at it. But, no matter how we view social media, it’s here to stay. At least until … Read more
[ad_1] Some days you find out that the world is nothing like what you think it is. An archaeologist named Tamara working near Hadrian’s Wall is approached by a very annoyed-looking, silver-haired woman with an incomprehensible message: The game is moving on, the time has come to play a hand, and Tamara is on point. … Read more
[ad_1] Tana Wojczuk is the author of Lady Romeo: The Radical and Revolutionary Life of Charlotte Cushman, America’s First Celebrity, out now on Avid Reader Press. Legend has it that Shakespeare wrote King Lear while in quarantine from the plague. But the real story may be more complicated. According to The Guardian there were many … Read more
[ad_1] Abi Daré’s debut novel is the unforgettable, inspiring story of a teenage girl growing up in a rural Nigerian village who longs to get an education so that she can find her “louding voice” and speak up for herself. Read it Forward’s senior editor, Abbe Wright, spoke with Abi to learn more about the author’s … Read more
[ad_1] Everything readers love about Jeff VanderMeer is on full display in his first novel for young adults, A Peculiar Peril. Even for an author known for creating some of the most memorable and important worlds in contemporary fiction, his newest journey into the alt-Earth known as Aurora is remarkable. Horror and humor blend. Characters … Read more
[ad_1] One girl. One shot. A legend in the making. ???? Read an excerpt from Hood in our Instagram Story! . Search for Hood on DisneyBooks.com. Link in bio or tap on the tag in the photo to shop. . About the Book: You have the blood of kings and rebels within you, love. Let it … Read more