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Read & Feed At Basilica Hudson

Basilica Hudson , in partnership with the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP) will host the first READ & FEED this Saturday, July 30th. The event brings together artisanal makers of...

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Reading Literature In A Men's Prison

On sabbatical from teaching literature to undergraduates, and wanting to educate a different kind of student, Mikita Brottman starts a book club with a group of convicts from the Jessup Correctional...

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Senior Moments By Willard Spiegelman

Willard Spiegelman is the Hughes Professor of English at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. From 1984 until 2016, he was also the editor in chief of Southwest Review . He has written many books...

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Sinclair Lewis’ 'It Can’t Happen Here' And Now

Originally published in 1935 as a response to the rise of Hitler and Mussolini in Europe, Sinclair Lewis’ It Can’t Happen Here has renewed relevance in the wake of Donald Trump’s campaign and election....

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The Book Show #1505 - Jonathan Lethem

Jonathan Lethem is the New York Times bestselling author of ten novels, including Dissident Gardens , The Fortress of Solitude , and Motherless Brooklyn ; as well as several short story and essay...

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The Creative Life: Lois Lowry

Lois Lowry is a leading voice of children’s literature and the author of more than 30 books. She is known for work that explores such complex issues as racism, terminal illness, murder, and the...

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"Atticus Finch: The Biography" By Joseph Crespino

Joseph Crespino is the Jimmy Carter Professor of history at Emory University. He is the author of "In Search of Another Country," winner of the 2008 Lillian Smith Book Award from the Southern Regional...

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The Book Show #1572 - Ann Hood

In her admired works of fiction, including the recent "The Book That Matters Most," best-selling author Ann Hood explores the transformative power of literature. In her new book, "Morningstar," she...

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The Great American Read

The Great American Read on PBS is an eight-part series that explores and celebrates the power of reading, told through the prism of America’s 100 best-loved novels (as chosen in a national survey.) The...

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Albany Book Festival 9/29 At UAlbany

This Saturday, September 29, The New York State Writers Institute presents The Albany Book Festival . A fun way to celebrate authors, books and readers, the Albany Book Festival will run between 10a.m....

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The Book Show #1579 - Walter Mosley

Walter Mosley’s latest novel is the result of nearly 20-years of incubation, it is a dazzling and convention-defying novel of ideas about the sexual and intellectual coming-of-age of an unusual man who...

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1,000 Books To Read Before You Die

Consider it a literary bucket list. The new book, "1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List" is an extraordinary book that’s as readable, entertaining, surprising, and enlightening as...

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The Life Of Kenneth Grahame

During his regular days in London, Kenneth Grahame sat behind a mahogany desk as Secretary of the Bank of England; on weekends he retired to the house in the country that he shared with his fanciful...

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"Underland: A Deep Time Journey" By Robert Macfarlane

Hailed as "the great nature writer of this generation,” Robert Macfarlane is the author of books about the intersections of the human and the natural realms. In his latest, " Underland ," he delivers...

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Albany Book Festival 9/14

The 2nd Annual Albany Book Festival at the University at Albany will take place Saturday, September 14 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Events are free and open to the public and there will be books for sale....

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In Adam Rapp's "The Sound Inside," The Playwright Shares A Love Of Literature...

Adam Rapp’s play “ The Sound Inside ” is currently in previews on Broadway produced by Jeffrey Richards and co-produced by Lincoln Center at Studio 54, directed by David Cromer. It stars Mary Louise...

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"A Grief Sublime" By Beth Robbins

Beth Robbins' first book, "A Grief Sublime," begins with the moment she is informed of her husband's sudden death in a car accident. Her navigation of grief becomes a hero's journey and ultimately...

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A Brief Intellectual History Of The Trump Era

As a book critic for The Washington Post, Carlos Lozada has read some 150 volumes claiming to diagnose why Trump was elected and what his presidency reveals about our nation. Many of these, he’s found,...

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Lisa Scottoline's New Novel "Eternal"

Unfolding over decades, Lisa Scottoline’s new novel "Eternal" is a saga of loyalty and loss, family and food, love and hate - all set in one of the world's most beautiful cities at its darkest moment....

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Blake Bailey's Biography Of Philip Roth

Appointed by Philip Roth and granted independence and complete access, Blake Bailey spent years poring over Roth’s personal archive, interviewing his friends, lovers, and colleagues, and engaging Roth...

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