This week! Books! It was a big week in the book world! Congrats to the National Book Award winners! Fiction: Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu Nonfiction: The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X by Tamara Payne and Les Payne Poetry: DMZ Colony by Don Mee Choi Translated literature: Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu […]
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Is it OK to resend a query? (This week in books)
This week! Books! President Barack Obama’s memoir A Promised Land arrives next Tuesday, which is going to have massive reverberations in the bookselling world, not least of which because it clocks in at a hefty $45 list price. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie reviewed it for the New York Times, and Smithsonian Magazine looks at where it […]
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt up for sale (This week in books)
This week! Books! Yes, it’s a Saturday edition of TWIB but, like, what is time? Will every day be election day in the future? Who can say?? On to the links! Bestselling YA author Justina Ireland is offering a series of really fantastic writing advice dispatches in her newsletter, I highly recommend subscribing! It appears […]
What does it mean when a book gets optioned? (This week in books)
This week! Books! Quick note that I’ll be away on a brief holiday the week of October 12 and back with fresh content on October 19. Feel free to contact me if you need editing! It’s book award season, and congrats to American poet Louise Glück for winning the Nobel Prize, to this year’s MacArthur […]
Book links for a slow news day (This week in books)
This week! Books! I know you’re probably bored today because so little is happening in the world and you’re looking for some links to click on. WELL. I have some for you!! Some great publishing news this week as bestselling authors Nicola and David Yoon are starting an imprint oriented toward romances featuring heroes of […]
How to use referrals wisely (This week in books)
This week! Books! Before we get to the links, a friendly reminder to please REGISTER TO VOTE. Do it. Make sure you’re registered. Now then. Let’s get to the articles! There have been several really great articles recently that look back in America’s past for clues about our post-pandemic future. F. Scott Fitzgerald gets his […]
