Do politics fit in the book social media world? Inside the 'reading is political' debate
Booklovers have long debated whether politics belong in online book communities. Readers and authors, including Jodi Picoult, tell us their thoughts.
In African Publishing, ‘There Is a Renaissance Going On’
A new ecosystem of publishers, bookstores, literary magazines and festivals is promoting African writers and changing the ...
The L.A. authors who predicted these fires and the books to help us understand them
Octavia E. Butler and Mike Davis are just some of the Angelenos whose books can help us understand L.A.'s fires, plus Kristin ...
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Author Jennifer Rothschild on how losing sight gave her a clearer focus on Heaven
Jennifer Rothschild joins the Crossmap Podcast to talk about what it was like to go blind at age 15 and how it has shaped her faith as an adult Listen as she shares some common misconceptions people ...
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New book combines reading with cinema for a highly spiritual experience
In A Whole Life in Twelve Movies, authors Kathleen Norris and Gareth Higgins seed fruitful conversation and fulfill the human ...
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Octavia Butler predicted fire disaster in Los Angeles in 1993 book 'Parable of the Sower'
Since the fires began, Butler's works have been cited for anticipating a world - and, particularly, a Los Angeles - wracked ...
Supreme Court to Hear Case on Religious Objections to L.G.B.T.Q. Storybooks
Parents in Maryland said a school board’s refusal to notify them and to excuse their children from discussions of the ...
How Does a Real Person Become a Character?
Two novels take different approaches to bringing the dead back to life.