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- Jane Smiley's 'Early Warning' continues her family trilogy
'Early Warning' is the second in Smiley's planned series about a family living in America during the 20th century and is a sequel to her critically acclaimed book 'Some Luck.'
- 'Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell': A trailer for the TV adaptation is here
Former Monitor critic Ron Charles called 'Jonathan' 'thoroughly enchanting.' The TV version will star 'Ray Donovan' actor Eddie Marsan and Bertie Carvel, who starred in the Broadway production of 'Matilda.'
- 'Dreamland' is the must-read book about America's heroin crisis
Award-winning journalist Sam Quinones combines thorough research with superlative narrative skills to produce a horrifying but compulsively readable book about opiate addiction in the United States.
- Reader recommendation: Blink
Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.
- 'Far From the Madding Crowd' is adapted as a movie
Thomas Hardy's novel is being adapted as a movie starring Carey Mulligan and Michael Sheen. The new film will be released in the US on May 1.
- Hitler parody 'Look Who's Back' comes to the US
Following the book's European publication, some questioned whether a novel placing Hitler in a contemporary setting was offensive while others praised its satirical tone. Now 'Look Who's Back' by Timur Vermes is arriving in America.
- Celebrated poet Jane Hirshfield explains poetry as ‘a truing of vision’
Hirshfield offers essays, poems that inspire fresh views of the familiar.
- Accio Books!: Harry Potter Alliance hopes to get thousands of books to those who need them
The goal for organization's Accio Books! campaign is to get 60,000 books donated.
- Reese Witherspoon will narrate 'Go Set a Watchman' audiobook
'As a Southerner, it is an honor and privilege to give voice to the Southern characters who inspired my childhood love of reading, Scout and Atticus Finch,' the 'Wild' actress said in a statement.
- 3 powerful new poetry collections Three new poetry collections celebrate verse – and life – in rich and varied voices.
- Toni Morrison discusses 'skin privilege' in recent interviews about 'God Help the Child'
In one interview Morrison said that "when a white teenager is shot in the back by a cop running away ... we'll know something about race."