Roundups

May, 2012

Roundup: Carlos Fuentes, Richard Ford, Emily Bernard, Esi Edugyan

by Mark Athitakis | May-21-2012

  Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes, whose work pioneered the “Boom” in Latin American literature in the mid-20th Century, died last week at 83. Marcela...read »

Roundup: Maurice Sendak, John Irving, Hilary Mantel, and More

by Mark Athitakis | May-14-2012

The death of celebrated children’s author Maurice Sendak inspired a flood of appreciations from the Los Angeles Times, NPR, Christian Science Monitor,...read »

Roundup: Cesar Aira, Laurent Binet, Toni Morrison, and More

by Mark Athitakis | May-07-2012

What distinguishes a book review in a newspaper or magazine from a user review on Amazon? Researchers at the Harvard Business School are studying the...read »

April, 2012

Roundup: Los Angeles Festival of Books, Daniel Sada, Anna Quindlen, more

by Mark Athitakis | Apr-30-2012

Last weekend marked the 17th annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, which attracted plenty of big names, including NBCC nonfiction winner Steve Lopez,...read »

Roundup: The Fiction (Non-) Pulitzer and More

by Mark Athitakis | Apr-23-2012

Last week’s news that there would be no Pulitzer Prize awarded in fiction produced an avalanche of commentary. Here’s a sampling of what people were saying...read »

Roundup: Robert Caro, E-Reading, Joe R. Lansdale, and More

by Mark Athitakis | Apr-16-2012

“It’s not a question of liking or disliking him. I’m trying to explain how political power worked in America in the second half of the 20th century, and...read »

Roundup: Women’s Fiction, Heidi Julavits, and more

by Mark Athitakis | Apr-02-2012

“The truth is, women who write literary fiction frequently find themselves in an unjust world, even as young single women are outearning men in major...read »

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