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2018 Grammys: Carrie Fisher, Bernie Sanders and Bruce Springsteen Contend for Best Spoken Word Album

Nominees for the 2018 Grammys were announced today and people are still talking about how this is quite possibly the most diverse list of nominees with women and people of color dominating the top categories. Leading those nominations in all the music categories is no surprise to many: Jay-Z for…

Aisha K. StaggersNovember 28, 2017

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BookTube Episode: Barack Obama on “A Promised Land”

Today YouTube premiered the December episode of BookTube featuring former President Barack Obama and a unique discussion about the first volume of his presidential memoirs, A Promised Land (Crown). Joining Obama virtually are YouTube creators Mark Rober, LaGuardia Cross, Marques Brownlee, Team2Moms, and TwinsthenewTrend, who ask questions about, and share their reactions to, Obama's book.…

BookTribDecember 16, 2020

Nonfiction

Kathleen Hill’s Favorite Memoirs To Help Get You Through the Last Days of Our Writing Contest

Inspired by an interview and memoir written by Kathleen Hill, BookTrib is hosting our first writing contest where anyone with a story to tell can write for a chance to be a 2018 BookTrib Contributor. Hill, who is also a professor of writing at Sarah Lawrence College will be judging the contest …

Kathleen HillJanuary 30, 2018

Nonfiction

A ‘Promise’ Fulfilled: How Joe Biden Found Purpose After Tragedy

I have been looking forward to a number of new releases this month, including Jenifer Lewis' The Mother of Black Hollywood (released Nov. 14) and Duane Tudahl's Prince and the Purple Rain Studio Sessions: 1983 and 1984 (released Nov. 15). As I set up my list of reads for the…

Aisha K. StaggersNovember 12, 2017

Nonfiction

10 Must-Read Political Biographies for History Buffs

BookTrib is partnering with Bookish to bring you more great content. One of the most fascinating parts of studying history is diving deep into the life of a man or woman who helped to shape the world we live in today. Readers who share that sentiment are in luck. We’ve rounded up ten biographies that…

BookishAugust 23, 2017

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An Obama/Biden Caper You Could Not Have Imagined

Hope Never Dies by Andrew Shaffer (Quirk Books), a work of fiction, may bring tears to your eyes. Yes, it’s that good of a whodunit, with its plot tied up neatly with no loose ends. You may laugh until you cry because this book is that funny. But mostly, you…

Joanna PoncavageJuly 2, 2018

Fiction

Review: ‘The Underground Railroad’ is the Best Book of the Year — Maybe the Decade

Decades before the Civil War, a slave woman named Cora risks her life and runs off a cotton plantation in Georgia. Colson Whitehead’s hero in The Underground Railroad is afraid to take a gamble on so much until she realizes she wouldn’t be risking that much to begin with. Being…

Matt GillickNovember 17, 2016

Fiction

Ridin’ with Biden in “Hope Rides Again”

Andrew Shaffer’s highly innovative and hilarious Hope Never Dies burst onto the literary scene last summer as a high-action mystery putting Joe Biden and Barack Obama in the role of amateur detectives. It provided a perfect escape from the state of affairs in politics. Now, Shaffer is at it again,…

BookTribJuly 8, 2019

Audiobooks Listicles Miscellany

10 Editors’ Picks From December’s Best Audiobooks

Every month, AudioFile Magazine reviewers and editors select the best new audiobooks — from memoirs to satire, historical fiction to mystery and cultural commentary. These listening recommendations offer plenty of variety, inspiration and escape. Queue up these audiobooks. This story appears through BookTrib’s partnership with AudioFile and contains material originating from…

AudioFileDecember 28, 2020

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The Lives of Our Leaders: 7 Books to Read on Presidents Day

Every American President since Calvin Coolidge has released a presidential memoir within a few years after leaving the White House. During their post-presidencies, many presidents start to think about their legacy and how historians would rate their time in office. History is usually much kinder to their legacies long after…

Andrew MasiFebruary 15, 2021

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Celeb Book Recs: 5 Billionaire-Approved Reads From Bill Gates

With only 5% of the population scoring higher than 125 on IQ tests, a score of 160 proves Bill Gates is one smart guy. Reading on vacation three hours a day and often taking notes, this key to his learning is something we can all give a try! Here are…

Jennifer BlankfeinNovember 1, 2021

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Celeb Book Recs: 11 Summer Reads From Barack Obama

Former US president Barack Obama has been a reader since he was a young boy in the 1960s. In college, he became a writer, worked on his poetry and then immersed himself in literature through a political lens. Looking at writing through the eyes of an English professor and as…

Jennifer BlankfeinAugust 25, 2021

Podcasts

Just the Right Book Podcast: YOU May Be Related to Hillary Clinton

Author A.J. Jacobs recently discovered that he was related to President Barack Obama, Lady Gaga and Donald Trump! Jacobs’ latest book, “It’s All Relative: Adventures Up and Down the World’s Family Tree” was born out of this one email: “You don’t know me, but I’m your eighth cousin. And we have over 80,000…

BookTribMarch 9, 2018

2018 Grammys: Carrie Fisher, Bernie Sanders and Bruce Springsteen Contend for Best Spoken Word Album

BookTube Episode: Barack Obama on “A Promised Land”

Kathleen Hill’s Favorite Memoirs To Help Get You Through the Last Days of Our Writing Contest

A ‘Promise’ Fulfilled: How Joe Biden Found Purpose After Tragedy

10 Must-Read Political Biographies for History Buffs

An Obama/Biden Caper You Could Not Have Imagined

Review: ‘The Underground Railroad’ is the Best Book of the Year — Maybe the Decade

Ridin’ with Biden in “Hope Rides Again”

10 Editors’ Picks From December’s Best Audiobooks

The Lives of Our Leaders: 7 Books to Read on Presidents Day

Celeb Book Recs: 5 Billionaire-Approved Reads From Bill Gates

Celeb Book Recs: 11 Summer Reads From Barack Obama

Just the Right Book Podcast: YOU May Be Related to Hillary Clinton

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