Austen – Reads A Lot

Jane Austen Goes to Hollywood in “Meet the Benedettos” – Chicago Review of Books

Book ReviewsDecember 22, 2023 by Erika Dirk

[ad_1] There is no shortage of literary mashups in contemporary publishing, at least in how books are marketed. Books are described as X meets Y to give readers an idea of what to expect. Katie Cotugno’s latest novel, Meet the Benedettos, is billed as Pride and Prejudice meets the Kardashians, and the characterization is dead … Read more

An Interview with Ben Austen About “Correction” – Chicago Review of Books

Book ReviewsNovember 16, 2023 by Reema Saleh

[ad_1] In 1870, parole emerged as a progressive-era reform to a growing problem. Disillusioned with the spectacle of punishment, parole would return lawbreakers to full citizenship once they could prove they had changed. Their logic was simple. How could a judge at trial know a person’s capacity for change? If prisons were meant to rehabilitate … Read more