3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (566+ words) Have you been anticipating Barbara Kingsolver’s new novel? Of course you have. Kingsolver is not a Minnesotan but we’ll make her an honorary one since she and her daughter wrote a book for Edina-based Gryphon Press. That children’s picture book…...

2+ hour, 16+ min ago   (1560+ words) If there had been two pieces, nobody would have behaved strangely. Two pieces are food and can be distributed without discussion. One piece is different; one piece requires governance. We had reached this crisis at 8:16 on an otherwise pleasant Saturday…...

2+ hour, 38+ min ago   (348+ words) Bengal is one of the few states in India that has endorsed and supported small-scale magazines, bringing forth literary talents from every corner of society, and Kolkata has remained the heart of the ‘little magazine’ movement, famous for independent, alternative…...

1+ hour, 29+ min ago   (103+ words) The book OPPENHEIMER was adapted from, a short story by a horror queen, Amish true crime, and more of today's best book deals Today's Featured Book Deals $3.99Nevada by Imogen BinnieGet This Deal$1.99American Prometheus by Kai Bird, Martin J SherwinGet This…...

2+ hour, 12+ min ago   (560+ words) In the summer of 2017, while walking along a sea-facing boulevard in Mumbai, Zeenath Khan began imagining a novel set against one of the most dramatic episodes in Hyderabad's history. India's 1948 military takeover of the princely state, she felt, had everything…...

1+ hour, 31+ min ago   (261+ words) So we have a mismatched couple, from families torn by Partition and big Bombay dreams of the film industry. A room in an apartment divided up between three and then four families, with shared bathrooms and kitchen, but so desirable…...

7+ hour, 17+ min ago   (1463+ words) I am standing in an anonymous room in the James Hardiman Library at the University of Galway, where Barry Houlihan, the institution’s archivist, has brought some boxes from storage downstairs. Back in 2003 McGahern engaged in an act of what was,…...

12+ hour, 12+ min ago   (315+ words) Until I was offered the chance to participate in Lana's intriguing book-reading exercise, I had never heard of either Igi or its author, Jemal Karchkhadze. When Igi starts to wander from his clan and question the things he has always…...

14+ hour, 47+ min ago   (55+ words) The Times The mad life of Barbara Cartland, the Queen of Romance who hated women Every element of the prolific author’s life was bizarre, comical or grotesque – and often all three. Matthew Sweet’s The Great Dictator is a gem of…...

10+ hour, 17+ min ago   (347+ words) The Hans India Jaspreet Kaur is an army wife, a poet and an author whose maiden book, ‘Comic Memoirs of Fauji Brats’, had captivated an entire spectrum of audiences, from children to adults It was listed on various platforms…...