How History and Horror Unite for a Fabulous Read: Devil in the White City
Erik Larson's The Devil in the White City, is a combination of two stories: Chicago's 1893 World's Fair and America's first serial killer.
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Melissa Gouty
- 5 days ago
- 4 min
Why Would Some Crazy Guy Try to Steal Authors' Manuscripts?
Fillippo Bernardini worked in the publishing industry when he developed a phishing scam to steal unpublished manuscripts.
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Melissa Gouty
- Jan 22
- 4 min
Making Your Way as a "Surplus Woman": The Single Thread
Tracy Chevalier's novel, A Single Thread, is a look at the choices "surplus" women had to make to survive after World War I.
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Melissa Gouty
- Jan 21
- 5 min
How Older Women Writers Prove that It's Never Too Late to Gain Success
Creativity doesn't disappear as you age. Older women writers are proving that it's never too late to gain success.
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Melissa Gouty
- Jan 9
- 4 min
Why Lessons in Chemistry, a Fearless Novel, is Exciting Millions of Readers
Bonnie Garmus' novel, Lessons in Chemistry, is exciting millions with its no-nonsense feminist message of a female chemist in the 1960s.
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Melissa Gouty
- Jan 5
- 4 min
How Hard Would You Look for a Lost Manuscript? The Story Keeper
Lisa Wingate's novel, The Story Keeper, encompasses the world of publishing, the life of Appalachia, and the mysterious Melungeon people.
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Melissa Gouty
- Dec 15, 2022
- 6 min
How Cartographers Copyright Maps and Make a Little Accidental Magic
Peng Shepherd's The Cartographers asks the question of whether the map makes the world or the world makes the map. Dark academia at its best
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Melissa Gouty
- Dec 9, 2022
- 3 min
Read It and Weep: Barbara Kingsolver's Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver's novel, Demon Copperhead, is a painful but important novel, destined to be a classic and a 2022 Pulitzer nominee.
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Melissa Gouty
- Dec 6, 2022
- 3 min
How Strong Are You? Imagine Yourself in Chris Bohjalian's Glamourous, But Deadly Safari
Chris Bohjalian's novel, The Lioness, is more than a safari story. It's a look at the character traits and backstories that enhance survival
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Melissa Gouty
- Nov 7, 2022
- 5 min
Where Did the Idea for The Scarlet Letter Come From? Read the Novel, Hester
Laurie Lico Albanese's novel "Hester" is an imaginative guess of Hawthorne's inspiration for The Scarlet Letter and Hester Prynne.
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Melissa Gouty
- Oct 24, 2022
- 3 min
The Novel Remarkably Bright Creatures will Surprise You With Delight
Suspend your disbelief. Read Remarkably Bright Creatures, a charming story of hope and the healing relationships between people & creatures.
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Melissa Gouty
- Oct 14, 2022
- 7 min
Can You Do a Deal with the Devil and Win? Read Addie LaRue's Story
V. E. Schwab's fantasy novel, The Invisible Life of Addie Larue is a Faustian tale sure to make you think about how you live your life.
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Melissa Gouty
- Oct 7, 2022
- 4 min
Killers of the Flower Moon: Will the Powerful Novel be a Blockbuster Success?
David Grann's Killers of the Flower Moon is coming to the big screen in 2023, directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio.
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Melissa Gouty
- Oct 7, 2022
- 5 min
The Violin Conspiracy: A Novel That Highlights Four True Human Traits
Violin Conspiracy shows the struggles of a black, classical violinist whose instrument was stolen before a major competition.
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Melissa Gouty
- Oct 6, 2022
- 3 min
Do You Know Annie Ernaux, the newest Nobel Laureate in Literature?
Do you know Annie Ernaux, the French writer and the 2022 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature? She's the 17th woman to win.
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Melissa Gouty
- Sep 22, 2022
- 5 min
Books About Racism Are Not New. Read the 1965 Powerful Novel "The Keepers of the House
Shirley Ann Grau's 1965 Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel, "The Keepers of the House," is a "slow burn" of a book addressing Southern prejudices.
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Melissa Gouty
- Sep 18, 2022
- 5 min
Do You Want a Chilling Account of the Devastating Aftermath of the Civil War?
William Gear's, This Scorched Earth, is a chilling account of the Civil War and its devasting aftermath; an epic tale of the Hancock family.
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Melissa Gouty
- Sep 13, 2022
- 5 min
Want a "Real" Writing Career? Build an Oeuvre Like Great Writers Before You
Rather than focus on "going viral," real writers focus on building an oeuvre. Poe, Melville, and Hemingway all built oeuvres after failures.
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Melissa Gouty
- Sep 13, 2022
- 4 min
How “The Vanishing Half,” A Recent Novel, Will Intrigue and Change You
Brit Bennett's novel, The Vanishing Half, is an intriguing look at how appearance, relationships, and decisions impact our identity.
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Melissa Gouty
- Sep 8, 2022
- 3 min
Do You Have a Really Old Green Book on Your Shelf?
If you have an old green book on your shelf, you need to be careful. It may have a poisonous cover with a dye made from arsenic and copper.
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