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Miscellany

We Are Perking Up About These Book Stories

BookTrib wants to keep you in the loop! Here’s what has been pulsing through the book world this week: Humorist David Sedaris is an Open Book! He and BookTube Discuss the Confessional Writing Approach to Love, Shame, Family and Death That Earned Him National Acclaim — BookTrib Make Lockdown More…
BookTrib
April 17, 2020
Miscellany

What’s Pulsing in the Book World This Week

BookTrib wants to keep you in the loop! Here’s what has been pulsing through the book world this week: Just What Isolation Ordered: Eight Brick-Sized Books to Knock Out Your Pandemic-Induced Boredom — The Cut Anne Tyler’s Quirky Protagonist Keeps Taking the Same Romantic Tumbles in The Redhead by the…
BookTrib
April 3, 2020
Miscellany

BookTrib Editor Publishes First Poem

Pelletier, who has been a part of the BookTrib team since July, heard from Bangalore Review this morning that they had published her work, “Another Life,” which she wrote for her Gothic Fiction class at the University of Iowa. She had to submit a portfolio for her class final, and…
BookTrib
September 25, 2019
Miscellany

Edith Wharton… Poet?

I should probably start off this review by mentioning that I don’t know anything about poetry. Some of it is good and some of it is bad, but the bad poetry tends never to get published and popular, so I think it’s safe to assume that most of the poetry…
Jeff Daugherty
July 9, 2019
Miscellany

Celebrating National Poetry Month With Staff Picks

April is National Poetry Month, which means it's the perfect time to pay tribute to some of our favorite collections. Whether the words are nostalgic, haunting or overflowing with happiness, we love powerful language. From classics to newfound treasures, we hope you take some moments to reflect on some beautiful…
BookTrib
April 23, 2019
Fiction

Poetry That Finds Intimacy With The Reader

The man whose poetry has attracted a celebrity following including Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey, Tom and Rita Hanks, Harry Styles, Ariana Huffington and Khloe Kardashian is out this month with his new, highly anticipated work. Every Word You Cannot Say (Andrews McMeel Publishing) by Iain Thomas explores loss, growth and…
Jim Alkon
February 11, 2019
Nonfiction

“Don’t Hide The Madness” Exposes Beat Movement

I’ve never been a big fan of the Beat poets, preferring the opinion of the fictional "Gilmore Girls" character Paris Geller holding that “The Beats’ writing was completely self-indulgent. I have one word for Jack Kerouac—edit.” But I decided to give the new nonfiction book of transcripts by William S. Burroughs…
Meagan Foy
October 15, 2018
Miscellany

Poet, Social Activist and Storyteller Cleo Wade Talks from the Heart

The Cut called her The Millennial Oprah,  Fast Company named her one of the country's 100 Most Creative People of 2017, and with featured articles and photoshoots in Elle, Time, and Entertainment Weekly, it is clear: Cleo Wade is not your average "Instagram poet." A self-proclaimed social activist, poet, artist and storyteller,…
BookTrib
April 4, 2018
Fiction

Here’s Why Edgar Allan Poe Still Matters

Celebrating the death rather than the birthday of the master of the macabre, is only fitting. On this day October 7, 1849 Edgar Allan Poe died at the age of 40 after he was found in a gutter on a side street in Baltimore, Maryland. Some people say he died…
Matt Gillick
October 7, 2016