In “The Bookshop,” Evan Friss offers lively profiles of booksellers and the stores they’ve overseen, from the 18th century to today. Read more
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‘Bad Monkey’ Premieres August 14th on Apple TV+
Based on Carl Hiaasen’s New York Times bestselling novel and enduring cult favorite, “Bad Monkey” tells the story of Andrew Yancy (Vince Vaughn), who has been bounced from the Miami Police Department and is now a health inspector in the Keys. But after stumbling upon a case that begins with a human arm fished up by tourists, he realizes that if he can prove murder, he’ll be back in. He just needs to get past a trove of Floridian oddballs and one bad monkey. Watch trailer
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How the Darkest Corners of the Internet Came to Life, Poisoned Society, and Captured American Politics
Elle Reeve’s powerful Black Pill brings members of the internet’s most vicious, infamous hate groups out of the shadows, exposing the roots of extremism. Read more
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Lewis H. Lapham, Harper’s Editor and Piercing Columnist, Dies at 89
Lewis H. Lapham, the scholarly patrician who edited Harper’s Magazine for nearly three decades, and who in columns, books and later his own magazine, Lapham’s Quarterly, attacked what he regarded as the inequities and hypocrisies of American life, died on Tuesday in Rome. Read more
Winners of the 2024 Eisner Awards Are Revealed
The winners of the Eisner Awards, given each year to recognize achievement in comic books and graphic literature, were announced at Comic-Con International in San Diego. Read more
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Edna O’Brien, Writer Who Gave Voice to Women’s Passions, Dies at 93
Edna O’Brien, the prolific Irish author whose evocative and explicit stories of loves lost earned her a literary reputation that matched the darkly complex lives of her tragic heroines, died on Saturday. Read more
‘There Is Happiness’ by Brad Watson
Watson’s stories—those in the volumes published in his lifetime and the new ones—are wry, tender, darkly funny, and deeply idiosyncratic. Read more
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Five of the Best Books About Conspiracy Theories
From Covid misinformation to the JFK assassination, these compelling reads explore how conspiracies seduce believers Read more
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Martin MacInnes Wins Arthur C. Clarke Award for ‘Intense Trip’ of a Novel
Scottish writer Martin MacInnes has taken home this year’s Arthur C Clarke award for what judges described as an “intense trip” of a novel, moving from the depths of the ocean to outer space. Read more
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Chattanooga Hosts Third Annual James Baldwin Festival of Words
The 3rd annual James Baldwin Festival of Words celebrates black excellence in the literary arts with a full slate of events. The festivities kick off on Friday, August 2nd at 4:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Chattanooga Public Library Downtown and is free to the public. Read more
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