Tom Robbins, whose comic novels drew a counterculture following, dies at 92
The author of ‘Even Cowgirls Get the Blues’ grew up around Richmond at midcentury. His novels, deceptively humorous and ahead of their time in addressing themes of feminism, ecology ...
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15 Black authors whose books you need to read
It also makes each of them a respected figure in the literary world. Get to know the Black authors whose books you should be reading The list of amazing Black writers you should know is long.
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Tom Robbins, Whose Comic Novels Drew a Cult Following, Dies at 92
He blended pop philosophy and absurdist comedy in best-selling books like “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues” and “Skinny Legs and All.” By Clay Risen Tom Robbins, whose cosmically comic novels ...
Los Angeles Times26 天
The L.A. authors who predicted these fires and the books to help us understand them
This week we take a look at past books that touch on subjects related to the Los Angeles fires and speak with Los Angeles native Kristin Hannah, whose Vietnam War novel “The Women,” was the ...
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What it's really like being a novelist
My agent gets 15% commission and 20% for foreign sales. I would find out who represents authors whose books you really admire and are similar in feel and genre to yours and then approach those agents.
The New York Times27 天
The Desperate Housewife Whose Face Launched a Thousand Ships
In her first book of poems, “Helen of Troy ... and the antic daring of those like Carol Ann Duffy, a Scottish poet whose 1999 volume “The World’s Wife” presented a series of dramatic ...
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New book profiles a Canadian mining pioneer who got caught up in a business scandal
"She was really a remarkable woman," said Falconer, whose book Windfall: Viola MacMillan and Her Notorious Mining Scandal, hits store shelves on Feb. 18. MacMillan was born on a farm in Muskoka ...