Book Public: 'Selena: A Little Golden Book Biography'
Book Public
by Yvette Benavides
1d ago
A new Little Golden Book biography immortalizes the story of Selena Quintanilla for a new generation of young readers ..read more
Visit website
Book Public: 'Save Me, Stranger' by Erika Krouse
Book Public
by Yvette Benavides
2w ago
Erika Krouse discusses her story collection ..read more
Visit website
Book Public: 'The Mourner's Bestiary' by Eiren Caffall
Book Public
by Yvette Benavides
1M ago
Eiren Caffall’s The Mourner’s Bestiary, is a memoir about her experiences with polycystic disease (PKD)—a chronic illness that has afflicted her family for 150 years—with the stories of marine life struggling to survive in the world’s fastest warming marine ecosystem ..read more
Visit website
Book Public: 'Blues in Stereo: The Early Works of Langston Hughes'
Book Public
by Yvette Benavides
2M ago
Blues in Stereo is a collection of Langston Hughes' very early works—some penned when he was just a teenager and in his early 20s. The collection, curated by Danez Smith, portends the sublime talent and abilities of Langston Hughes, a master poet who went on to help define American literature ..read more
Visit website
Book Public: ‘Blue Light Hours’ by Bruna Dantas Lobato
Book Public
by Yvette Benavides
2M ago
In Bruna Dantas Lobato's Blue Light Hours, when a daughter and mother live 4,000 miles apart, they both come of age, feeling a deep longing for the past but also learning about how their bond deepens because of the independence each one is learning to live with ..read more
Visit website
Book Public: 'Clear' by Carys Davies
Book Public
by Yvette Benavides
2M ago
Carys Davies' latest novel is set in Scotland in the 1840s— a time when tenant farmers were moved off their Scottish coastal lands. John Ferguson must evict a man named Ivar from his remote home. When John injures himself in a bad fall from a cliff, Ivar saves him, nurses him back to health, and the two men form an unexpected bond ..read more
Visit website
Book Public: ‘The Four Deportations of Jean Marseille’
Book Public
by Yvette Benavides
3M ago
A fixer for journalists covering Haiti, Jean Marseille becomes the subject—and the teller—of his own story of displacement in The Four Deportations of Jean Marseille. He shares the harrowing stories of the struggle to survive the chaos and violence of Haiti and his search for a better life—for himself and his family ..read more
Visit website
Book Public: 'The Best Short Stories 2024': The O. Henry Prize Winners
Book Public
by Yvette Benavides
5M ago
Jenny Minton Quigley is the editor of the series. Amor Towles is this year's guest judge ..read more
Visit website
Book Public: 'Filmmaker's Journey' by Severo Perez
Book Public
by Yvette Benavides
5M ago
Severo Perez’s Filmmaker’s Journey recounts Perez’s story from his humble beginnings on San Antonio’s West Side to 2024—and a celebration of his film “...and the Earth did not Swallow Him” being nominated to the National Film Registry by Congressman Joaquín Castro ..read more
Visit website
Book Public: 'Traveling without Moving' by Taiyon J. Coleman
Book Public
by Yvette Benavides
6M ago
Taiyon J. Coleman discusses her essay collection ..read more
Visit website

Follow Book Public on FeedSpot

Continue with Google
Continue with Apple
OR