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🏈 Chuck Klosterman is going on tour 🏈 Join him on the road to kick off the publication of FOOTBALL!

Head to his website for tickets and more info: chuckklostermanauthor.com/events/

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⭐ New from Violaine Huisman, a novel of generational destruction, love, and death, inspired by the author's own upbringing⁠. ⁠Learn more: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/768064...

19.11.2025 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Man Who Helped Make the American Literary Canon At the beginning of the twentieth century, the country’s literature was widely considered provincial. Then Malcolm Cowley set about championing writers like Kerouac and Faulkner as uniquely American.

β€œThe impression produced by Howard’s biography is of Cowley as a Zelig-like character present at every important moment in American literary life.” @newyorker.com reviews THE INSIDER by @ghoward1950.bsky.social. www.newyorker.com/books/under-...

19.11.2025 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | The Lesson We Teach Schoolchildren About the Holocaust Is Wrong

"The Nazis vilified Jews not just as a race but as the supposed masterminds of Communism, or 'Judeo-Bolshevism,' a twin enemy that was external and internal all at once. The Nazis cast their violence as pre-emptive self-defense." Jochen Hellbeck for @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/o...

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Congratulations to our authors! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰

Check out the full list: time.com/collections/...

@sophiegilbert.bsky.social @elainehsiehchou.bsky.social

13.11.2025 19:28 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Watch CBS Mornings: Amazon's best books of the year revealed - Full show on CBS Amazon Books editorial director Sarah Gelman joins "CBS Mornings" to reveal Amazon's best books of the year.

Amazon editorial director Sarah Gelman discusses her top book picks of the year with @cbssundaymorning.bsky.social, including The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong. www.cbs.com/shows/video/...

13.11.2025 19:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers The Lit Hub Author Questionnaire is a monthly interview featuring seven questions for five authors with new books. This month we talk to: * Char Adams (Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Bl…

This month's "LitHub Asks" features @ghoward1950.bsky.social, author of the newly released book, THE INSIDER. @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/lit-hub-asks...

13.11.2025 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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American Literature Owes a Great Debt to This 20th-Century β€˜Insider’

β€œSensitive, well-reported and probing.” β€”Dwight Garner, New York Times on @ghoward1950.bsky.social's book, The Insider, available now. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/b...

10.11.2025 16:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The School of Night by Karl Ove Knausgaard In Knausgaard’s ingenious fourth entry in the Morning Star series (after The Third Realm), a self-absorbed Norwegian photographe...

In Karl Ove Knausgaard's ingenious fourth entry in the Morning Star series, a self-absorbed Norwegian photographer strikes a Faustian bargain in exchange for success. It’s a remarkable addition to an exciting and disturbing series. @penguinpress.bsky.social

08.11.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"The Wounded Generation": Bearing the invisible scars of war When the "Greatest Generation" returned home from World War II, many veterans had suffered psychic wounds not diagnosed or understood at the time to be PTSD. A new book examines the traumas that they ...

David Nasaw sits down with @cbssundaymorning.bsky.social to talk about his new book, The Wounded Generation, and how his father's return from the war influenced why he wrote the book. www.cbsnews.com/news/the-wou...

10.11.2025 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜The Insider’ Review: Champion of the Lost Generation As an editor and book critic, Malcolm Cowley backed innovative American writers. His greatest achievement may have been his rescue of William Faulkner’s literary reputation.

For fans of literature and history! The Insider by @ghoward1950.bsky.social, reviewed in @wsj.com. The Insider is available wherever you get your books.
www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

07.11.2025 20:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A great week launching INJUSTICE by @carolleonnig.bsky.social and @byaaroncdavis.bsky.social. Have you picked up your copy yet?

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/748739...

07.11.2025 19:17 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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African Studies Association AnnouncesΒ ASA Christie and Chinua Achebe Fund FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENovember 4, 2025Contact:Β Alix Saba, Executive Director,Β asaed@africanstudies.orgΒ PDF Press Release for Distribution: Download HereAfrican Studies Association AnnouncesΒ ASA Christi...

We are pleased to share that the African Studies Association has announced the ASA Christie and Chinua Achebe Fund✨
@asanewsonline.bsky.social africanstudies.org/news/african...

06.11.2025 15:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The new book "Injustice: How Politics and Fear Vanquished America's Justice Department" looks at how and why the Justice Department failed to successfully pursue its cases against Trump.

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ON SALE NOW, The Insider by @ghoward1950.bsky.social! The Insider details the life of Malcolm Cowley, the editor responsible for transforming the landscape of American literature as we know it. Learn more: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/561292...

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The Man Who Rescued Faulkner How the critic Malcolm Cowley made American literature into its own great tradition

THE INSIDER by @ghoward1950.bsky.social is on sale now! @theatlantic.com reviews the book, writing "Cowley’s power and influence lay in opening, not shutting, the door to a new generation." www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

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Congratulations, Gerry!

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Publication day for THE INSIDER: MALCOLM COWLEY AND THE TRIUMPH OF AMERICAN LITERATURE. Huge thanks to my wonderful publisher, Penguin Press. I'll be at Greenlight Bookstore on November 5th with Edwin Frank and the 92d Street Y with Jay Parini on December 9th.

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What Is Going On Inside the Department of Justice?

β€œThe disturbing takeaway of INJUSTICE is that, at the Justice Department, political independence has been replaced by abject servility to Trump." @nytimes.com reviews the new book from @carolleonnig.bsky.social and @byaaroncdavis.bsky.social.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/b...

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Living on Earth: Serial Killers and Lead Exposure The Pacific Northwest of the US harbored a serial killer hotspot of sorts in the 1970s, associated with the neurotoxin lead. Seattle-born author Caroline Fraser explores this link in her book Murderla...

@calfraser.bsky.social, author of MURDERLAND, joins the Living on Earth podcast. Listen to her incredible interview on serial killers and lead exposure. loe.org/shows/segmen...

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Congratulations!!

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Best True Crime Books of 2025 There’s nothing better than settling in with a good book, even if it involves some of the most terrible crimes you can imagine. We enlisted the help of a book expert to gather the best true crime book...

#Murderland on Forbes’ Best True Crime of 2025: www.forbes.com/advisor/t/be...

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Best True Crime Books of 2025 There’s nothing better than settling in with a good book, even if it involves some of the most terrible crimes you can imagine. We enlisted the help of a book expert to gather the best true crime book...

MURDERLAND by @calfraser.bsky.social is named a Best True Crime Book of the Year by @forbes.com. Congratulations! www.forbes.com/advisor/t/be...

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The Uses and Abuses of β€œAntisemitism” How a term coined to describe a nineteenth-century politics of exclusion would become a diagnosis, a political cudgel, and a rallying cry.

"Arresting and deeply researched." @NewYorker says of Jochen Hellbeck's new book, WORLD ENEMY NO. 1, on sale now. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

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World Enemy No. 1: Nazi Germany, Soviet Russia, and the Fate of the Jews In the West, the story of World War II in Europe often follows a familiar arc.

"World Enemy No. 1 is a bracing, necessary corrective." @jewishbookcouncil.bsky.social reviews Jochen Hellbeck's new book on WWII: World Enemy No. 1.
www.jewishbookcouncil.org/book/world-e...

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Jochen Hellbeck, professor at Rutger's and the author of WORLD ENEMY NO. 1, joined @ianmastersmedia.bsky.social to discuss his new book and the state of the world today. Get your copy: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/742338...

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Opinion | All It Took for Trump to Dismantle the Justice Dept.

"The DOJ under Trump is still standing. But inside, he and his lieutenants have taken a wrecking ball to this core pillar of our nation’s governing system." @carolleonnig.bsky.social on what she and @byaaroncdavis.bsky.social found in their reporting for INJUSTICE.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/o...

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New York! Pulitzer Prize–winning Washington Post reporters @carolleonnig.bsky.social and @byaaroncdavis.bsky.social will be in conversation with @nicollewallace.bsky.social about their explosive new book, Injustice. November 9 at 6 pm at the @92ndstreety.bsky.social.

www.92ny.org/event/carol-...

28.10.2025 19:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy Pub Day to Dead and Alive, the resounding new essay collection from acclaimed writer Zadie Smith.

Get your copy: zadiesmith.com

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Join @carolleonnig.bsky.social and @byaaroncdavis.bsky.social for a great conversation around their new book, INJUSTICE: How Politics and Fear Vanquished America's Justice Department. More details below and at the link:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2138...

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