Lessons in Chemistry, Bonnie Garmus’s hit first novel, came about because of a bad day at the office. A highly experienced copywriter in the tech industry, Garmus gave a presentation for a million-dollar... Read more »
Patti Smith has been briefly hospitalised following an illness while on tour in Italy. The 76-year-old singer had been due to perform in Bologna but she cancelled the concert after suffering what... Read more »
“Kids are here—did you guys write songs about their worst qualities, like I asked?” Source link Read more »
The narrator of your story “The Good Denis” (which was translated, from the French, by Jordan Stump) learns from her aging mother, who may have dementia, that as a young child she... Read more »
Date and Time October 30–November 1, 2023 Location NIH Campus, Natcher Auditorium, Bethesda, Maryland Overview The 12th Global Mental Health Research Without Borders Conference brings together researchers, innovators, and other scholars from... Read more »
“When you call book autofiction, you released yourself from the responsibility of actually looking at what the book is doing.” Sheila Heti sits down with Sunny Yudkoff and “Novel Dialogue” host John... Read more »
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due (Titan, £9.99)Set in 1950 in segregated Florida, and inspired, like Colson Whitehead’s The Nickel Boys, by the violent abuse and deaths of Black children sent to the... Read more »
Reading print texts improves comprehension more than reading digital materials does, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of Valencia analysed more than two dozen studies on reading comprehension published... Read more »
“The design is innovative, but I’m not sure about their messaging.” Source link Read more »