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RIP Eric Carle, creator of “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” (This week in books)

May 28, 2021 by Nathan Bransford Leave a Comment

This week! Books! Lots and lots of links from the past few weeks, but first, in case you’re not a newsletter subscriber, a quick heads-up that I’m offering special “Get your writing back on track” discounts, including 25-35% off coaching sessions and a special editing package to get you unstuck. So if you’re not yet […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Alex Shepard, Camryn Garrett, Casey Cep, Constance Grady, Diana Giovinazzo, Emily Wenstrom, Eric Carle, James McGowan, Jane Friedman, Jessica Faust, Kate McKean, Kristin Nelson, Lincoln Michel, Lisa Lucas, NFTs, Rachelle Gardner, Simon & Schuster, Stacey Abrams

Honoring Juneteenth in the book world (This week in books)

June 19, 2020 by Nathan Bransford 1 Comment

This week! It’s Juneteenth, the holiday that commemorates the emancipation of slaves in Texas two full years after the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863. Here are some of the articles about Juneteenth this morning that caught my eye: Jamelle Bouie on the centrality of slaves in the struggle for emancipation and a better America. Mary Harris […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: #BlackLivesMatter, Adam Serwer, Ashley Dennis, Bookshop, Bookstores, Brent Staples, Camryn Garrett, Cheryl I. Harris, Herman Melville, J.K. Rowling, Jamelle Bouie, James Baldwin, Jelani Cobb, Jessica Faust, Juneteenth, Kellie Carter Jackson, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Mary Helen Fein, NBCC, Poetry Foundation, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanessa Hua

Ways to make a difference in the book world (This week in books)

June 5, 2020 by Nathan Bransford Leave a Comment

This week! Books! Also justice! We’ve had an incredibly distressing week in America, and I know a lot of people are wondering how to get involved and support this movement to end systemic injustice and brutality. There are tons of exhaustive resources out there, from bail funds to proposals for reform to call scripts for […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: #BlackLivesMatter, Angie Thomas, Bookstores, Brandy Colbert, Camryn Garrett, Celeste Ng, Jason Reynolds, Jay Coles, Justina Ireland, publishing industry, We Need Diverse Books, Writer Beware, Young Adult Literature

A heartbreaking week in America (This week in books)

May 29, 2020 by Nathan Bransford 15 Comments

I’m not going to lie, it’s tough to post today and what’s happening is bigger than books. My heart is utterly breaking about what’s happening in this country. The police and vigilante mobs are murdering Black people in broad daylight and arresting journalists. 100,000+ COVID deaths and counting, by far the most in the world, […]

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