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Genre: Fiction
Patrick Melrose
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Edward St. Aubyn’s Patrick Melrose novels, which were published between 1992 and 2011 by Picador and follow the saga of a dysfunctional upper-class English family, have been adapted into a five-part television miniseries with each episode based on a different novel in the series. Directed by Edward Berger, the series stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Holliday Grainger, and Jessica Raine.
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The Reviewer’s Fallacy, Media Men List Creator Comes Forth, and More
Neel Mukherjee and Hanya Yanagihara discuss what fiction can do; Roxane Gay calls out writers workshop for fatphobia; the science of reading; and other news.
Colson Whitehead on Rejections
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“I became a writer once I realized no one liked my stuff. I just had no choice but to keep going and start a new novel.” In an interview for Louisiana Channel, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Colson Whitehead talks about how rejections of his first manuscript pushed him forward to pursue writing and why he enjoys exploring different genres.
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Arthur Miller Archive, Now Read This Book Club, and More
New York prisons make it harder for inmates to get books; Penguin Random House acquires Rodale; French publisher installs short story dispensers; and other news.
Chloe Benjamin
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“Empathy, organization, and good cursive.” Chloe Benjamin, author of The Immortalists (G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 2018), talks about the useful skills she learned from a recent job and recounts her beginnings as a writer.
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Pirate Reading, Man Booker Prize Expands, and More
Leni Zumas on religious extremity in America; the Endomyn Map celebrates world languages; backlist titles top best-selling book lists of 2017; and other news.
PEN Centers Unite, Most Anticipated Books of 2018, and More
Misconceptions of sensitivity reading; the hubbub around Michael Wolff’s Fire & Fury; the many moods of poet A. R. Ammons; and other news.
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The most anticipated small press books of 2018; Israeli novelist Aharon Appelfeld has died; a profile of Chris Ware; and other news.
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