The first African-American to win the Hugo Prize for best novel, Ms. Jemisin talks about almost walking away from “The Fifth Season,” which won the award.
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Month: August 2016
Prying Loose the Long-Kept Secrets of Attica
A historian’s hunt for details about the cover-ups surrounding the bloody 1971 prison uprising at Attica Correctional Institution in New York.
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Criticism’s Sting: The Author Curtis Sittenfeld on Book Reviews
The novelist describes how she reacts to unsparing reviews and has come to take criticism less personally: “Sometimes fate smiles on you and sometimes it doesn’t.”
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Indian Novelist Stages a Comeback After Threats in His Hometown
When one of Perumal Murugan’s novels was attacked in his home state, he retreated from the public eye. But he has since rediscovered his voice, and now has several new books coming out.
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Nonfiction: Overselling A.D.H.D.: A New Book Exposes Big Pharma’s Role
“ADHD Nation,” by Alan Schwarz, is important, humane and compellingly written.
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