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| | | | Spring Awakenings: Editors' Spring Picks
By LJ Reviews
Pinpointing key topics of 2018—politics, #MeToo, increasing diversity— LJ's editors selected titles about activism and awareness, identity matters, and building a better world. The nonfiction and fiction picks echo many of these themes. |
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| Book Pulse
By Neal Wyatt
Today in Book Pulse: Run Your Week: Big Books, Sure Bets, & Titles Making News, Feb. 4, 2019 In case you missed it: Page to Screen, Feb. 1, 2019 New Bestsellers, Jan. 31, 2019 Abbott and Flynn Head to TV, Jan. 30, 2019 Children's Books & Political Jabs in the Spotlight, Jan. 29, 2019 |
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| | Prepub Alert
By Barbara Hoffert
Caputo, Danticat, DeParle, Fuller, Kendi, Lagercrantz, Obreht: Barbara's Picks, Aug. 2019, Pt. 1 Award-Winning Literati: Fiction Previews, Aug. 2019, Pt. 1 Tin Badges & Bitterroots: Mystery Previews, Aug. 2019, Pt. 1 Race, Harassment, & Bioethics: Hot-Button Previews, Aug. 2019, Pt. 1 |
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| Takeaways &Trends
By Neal Wyatt
In conjunction with the LJ editors' spring picks, Book Pulse columnist Neal Wyatt reflects on the fact that while the book news never ceased and was markedly varied, three related themes dominated 2018: politics, #MeToo, and increasing diversity. |
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| Biography Best Sellers
Becoming In Pieces The Good Neighbor Small Fry Heartland
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| Space Is the Place | Collection Development: Afrofuturism
By Kelly Besser, Roderic Crooks, Dalena Hunter, & Shani Miller
Afrofuturism describes a kind of cultural production while addressing the paucity of Black voices in sf. Afrofuturist writing, music, and film represent a commingling of familiar images, themes, motifs, and associations to produce a new genre grounded in Black aesthetic tradition. |
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| Reading Through the Regency | The Reader's Shelf
By Neal Wyatt
Regency romances are most often set during the first 30-odd years of the 19th century. They entice with descriptions of upper-crust British society, witty dialog, and wonderful set scenes—from dashing rides in open coaches to clandestine rendezvous in gardens, orangeries, and libraries. These five novels trace Regencies over time. |
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