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Anxiety, Representation, and Fearless Women

BookTrib is partnering with Bookish to bring you more great content. What does it mean to be a fearless woman? Authors Mary Robinette Kowal and Robyn Bennis have a few ideas. In their recent works, both authors have explored what it means to be a trailblazer in male-dominated arenas. Kowal’s Lady Astronaut duology (The Calculating Stars and The Fated Sky)…

BookishAugust 1, 2018

BooksToScreen Fiction Miscellany Pop Culture

Book-to-Screen on Trials of Bookshop Ownership

If you have read The Bookshop (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) by Penelope Fitzgerald, you will want to see the movie to answer some questions: How can a movie portray a book’s delicately described inner states? How can subtle emotions and flitting feelings be shown on the screen? And if you have seen…

Joanna PoncavageSeptember 14, 2018

Better Self Miscellany Pop Culture

Applying the Principles of Improv to Break Free

If you’ve ever spent time watching improvisational comedy, two things might have struck you: (1) this is entertaining and (2) this looks extremely hard. To many, the thought of being thrown an idea and being asked to improvise on the spot is downright scary. Perhaps a little less frightening is…

BookTribAugust 8, 2018

Fiction Fiction - Featured Pop Culture

Stranger Than (Cult) Fiction: An Edge-of-Your-Seat Psychological Novel

My unhealthy obsession with cults, specifically about what makes them tick and why people often find themselves in one, had me grabbing for this book the moment it became available. While I tend to gravitate toward the non-fiction category of this niche genre, I’ve been known to dabble in well-written…

Monique SnymanSeptember 23, 2022

Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured Pop Culture

Geena Davis Rises Like a Phoenix from the Ashes of Dangerous Politeness

This October, Geena Davis published her first book, a memoir titled Dying of Politeness (HarperOne) that details not only her rise to stardom but her shift from exhibiting a “dangerous” level of politeness to absolute “badassery.” Admittedly being an avid reader of memoirs, it’s fair to say I was looking…

Mckenzie TozanOctober 21, 2022

Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured Pop Culture

Paul Newman’s Career, Philanthropy and Personal Life Revealed in Touching Memoir

Whether you’ve seen Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, recognize his face from a bottle of salad dressing, or, like me, grew up looking at his photo on the wall of your grandmother’s basement, you’ve likely encountered Paul Newman’s legacy. His talent, charisma and reputation for generosity outlive him. Now,…

Megan BeauregardOctober 14, 2022

Miscellany Pop Culture

“Women Holding Things” Boldly Celebrates Art, Poetry and Human Experience

Maira Kalman encourages you to smile, think, dream and feel emotions intensely. The world would be a better place if we all fell under the spell of her mesmerizing artwork and read her books regularly. Women Holding Things (Harper Design) immediately grabbed my attention and drew me into this exuberant…

Linda HitchcockNovember 10, 2022

Listicles Listicles - Featured Nonfiction Pop Culture

7 Memoirs from Stars Who Overcame Childhood Hardships

We all love reading about our favorite celebrities — consuming tabloids, social media posts and interviews that feature them. But every person in the spotlight has their own story to tell that isn’t shaped by their public image. These seven stars lived through the unimaginable in their climb to fame…

Megan BeauregardOctober 27, 2022

Fiction Listicles Miscellany Pop Culture

5 Characters in Need of a “Queer Eye” Makeover

For those of you living under a pop culture rock, Netflix's show "Queer Eye" is known for taking individuals who could use a little bit of a glow up in their lives and transforming them with the power of five fabulous gay men. Jonathan handles grooming, Tan takes on fashion,…

Rebecca ProulxJune 17, 2019

Listicles Miscellany Pop Culture

10 Book Suggestions for Your TBR List This Spring

The sun is shining and it's just begging to be soaked up on a warm patch of meadow. But don't go yet! We have ten different spring releases to bring along! Whether it's by poolside, on the lake or in the shade of a cozy café, BookTrib editors Meagan and…

BookTribMarch 22, 2019

Listicles Miscellany Pop Culture

The Best Video Games for Book Lovers

I have always had the conviction that the best video games are like playable novels. Both require the player/reader to be irresistibly drawn in by the storyline, characters and atmosphere from the first moment. In fact, many games are considered visual novels and even help with reading and comprehension skills.…

Lee PelletierSeptember 27, 2019

Listicles Miscellany Pop Culture

Bookish: Book Recommendations for Our Favorite This Is Us Characters

BookTrib is partnering with Bookish to bring you more great content. The Bookish staff has fallen in love with the Pearson family. We laugh with them, we cry (frequently) with them, and now we want to read with them. Here, we’ve carefully paired our favorite This Is Us characters with the perfect book recommendations. Some are poignant,…

BookTribApril 4, 2018

Listicles Miscellany Pop Culture

Field Notes on Fascism: Four Novel Revivals, One Theme

There seems to be an important shift happening in pop culture. Remember when every click of your TV remote brought a different permutation of zombies? "Walking Dead" zombies. Teen zombies. Zombie Nation. Zombie Apocalypse. Even my favorite: Zombie Beavers. For a while it seemed as if Vikings would replace zombies…

Harvey A. SchwartzDecember 18, 2018

Author Spotlight Better Self Miscellany Nonfiction Pop Culture

It’s Okay to F*ck Up Sometimes—in Fact the Try Guys Recommend It

You know the The Try Guys as viral sensations for trying an incredibly wide berth of things--from enduring simulated labor pains to consuming one of every item on a Taco Bell menu. The group has accumulated over a billion views to date with millions of followers and subscribers around the…

Rebecca ProulxJune 18, 2019

Miscellany Podcasts Pop Culture

Welcome to Night Vale – Turn on the Radio and Stay a While

“Listeners be warned. There is a murderer in our midst. Oh, wow, sorry that was megadramatic of me. Let me start off with some pleasantries. Hi. I’m Cecil. Welcome to my show on Night Vale Community Radio. Got some news and stuff coming up later. How are things going with…

Jeff DaughertyMay 14, 2019

Miscellany Podcasts Pop Culture

“Alice Isn’t Dead:” Popular Podcast is Now a Novel

Buckle in and get ready for a risky road trip! The podcast Alice Isn’t Dead has gained a lot of popularity over the years, and now fans have a novel to go with it (Harper Perennial) -- coming out this month from Joseph Fink. The novel fits nice and cozy into…

Rachael ElmyOctober 3, 2018

Anxiety, Representation, and Fearless Women

Book-to-Screen on Trials of Bookshop Ownership

Applying the Principles of Improv to Break Free

Stranger Than (Cult) Fiction: An Edge-of-Your-Seat Psychological Novel

Geena Davis Rises Like a Phoenix from the Ashes of Dangerous Politeness

Paul Newman’s Career, Philanthropy and Personal Life Revealed in Touching Memoir

7 Memoirs from Stars Who Overcame Childhood Hardships

5 Characters in Need of a “Queer Eye” Makeover

10 Book Suggestions for Your TBR List This Spring

The Best Video Games for Book Lovers

Bookish: Book Recommendations for Our Favorite This Is Us Characters

Field Notes on Fascism: Four Novel Revivals, One Theme

It’s Okay to F*ck Up Sometimes—in Fact the Try Guys Recommend It

Welcome to Night Vale – Turn on the Radio and Stay a While

“Alice Isn’t Dead:” Popular Podcast is Now a Novel

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