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Simon & Schuster turns 100 (This week in books)

April 5, 2024 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! First up, the blog will be going on a spring break over the next few weeks while I do some traveling, reflecting, and soccer watching. I’m anticipating a late April or early May return. But I’ll be working and checking email in the meantime, so don’t hesitate to reach out if you […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Aissa Dearing, Jonathan Karp, Mister Rogers, OpenAI, Pauline Kael, Ryan Chapman, Simon & Schuster

S&S employees and authors protest Pence’s upcoming memoir (This week in books)

April 30, 2021 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! Hundreds of Simon & Schuster employees and over 3,500 other supporters signed a letter calling upon S&S CEO Jonathan Karp to stop publishing books by former members of the Trump Administration, including Vice President Mike Pence, who recently received a reported multi-million book deal for his memoir. The letter cited Pence’s advocacy […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Angela Ackerman, Blake Bailey, Disney, Jonathan Karp, Kate McKean, Lincoln Michel, Mike Pence, Philip Roth, Simon & Schuster

A heartbreaking week in America (This week in books)

May 29, 2020 by Nathan Bransford

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, […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: book recommendations, Brandy Colbert, Bronx Book Fesitval, Camryn Garrett, Danielle Burby, Ibi Zoboi, J.K. Rowling, Jonathan Karp, Leah Jonson, PitMad, wolf erotica

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